AP - From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable commitment to the security" of Israel, whether the threat comes from terrorists, Iran or elsewhere.
July 23, 2008, 3:43 pm
AP - China will allow a modicum of dissent at the Olympics, setting up special protest zones far from the main sports venues, in a shift that supporters and detractors said Wednesday is meant to safely channel criticism and avoid disrupting the games.
July 23, 2008, 3:10 pm
AP - Iraq's presidential council on Wednesday rejected a draft provincial elections law and sent it back to parliament for reworking a major blow to U.S. hopes that the vote can be held this year.
July 23, 2008, 3:10 pm
AP - Pakistan has warned a deal leading to increased Indian access to nuclear fuel could accelerate the atomic arms race between the rivals, according to a letter obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
July 23, 2008, 3:41 pm
AP - The French electric company EDF says that 100 employees have been "slightly contaminated" by a leak at a reactor site in southern France.
July 23, 2008, 2:42 pm
AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that the United States' participation in the latest round of nuclear talks is a step toward recognizing Tehran's right to acquire nuclear technology.
July 23, 2008, 3:23 pm
AP - In a July 16 story before the Senate vote on President Cristina Fernandez's grain-export taxes, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the first name of a political analyst. His name is Ricardo Rouvier, not Roberto.
July 23, 2008, 3:35 pm
Reuters - The African Union said on
Wednesday it was incapable of stabilizing the situation in
Somalia and urged the United Nations take over peacekeeping
operations in the lawless Horn of Africa country.
July 23, 2008, 3:27 pm
AFP - The Pentagon is unable to send additional combat brigades to Afghanistan this year because of constraints imposed by the war in Iraq, leaving the decision on reinforcements to the next president, a spokesman said Wednesday.
July 23, 2008, 5:59 am
AP - An Australian TV journalist has been released on bail on drug charges in Singapore, his employer reported Tuesday.
AP - As violence in Afghanistan escalates, the U.S. is responding by scrambling to get in more troops. But it's far from clear how the strategy will work in a vast, rugged land where hiding places are many and suspicion of foreign forces is deep.
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