February 19, 2008 | World Fidel Castro resigns Cuban presidency after nearly half-century in power HAVANA — Fidel Castro, ailing and 81, announced Tuesday he was resigning as Cuba’s president, ending a half-century of autocratic rule which made him a communist icon and a relentless opponent of U.S.
February 18, 2008 | World Fidel Castro resigns Cuban presidency, state-run paper reports HAVANA — An ailing Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when the new parliament meets Sunday. February 18, 2008 | World Diana inquest: Al Fayed accuses Prince Philip of being racist and a Nazi LONDON -- Mohamed Al Fayed testified Monday that the delay by police in revealing a note recording Princess Diana's fears for her safety proves that she and his son Dodi were murdered in Paris in...
February 18, 2008 | World Bush: “The Kosovars are now independent” ARUSHA, Tanzania - President Bush on Monday recognized Kosovo's bold and historic bid for statehood, saying "The Kosavars are now independent." February 13, 2008 | World Imad Mughniyeh, leading Hezbollah official wanted by US, killed, militant group says BEIRUT, Lebanon - Imad Mughniyeh, the militant accused of attacks that left hundreds of Americans and Israelis dead, including a U.S. February 5, 2008 | World Dutch court rules video admissible in Holloway case ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A hidden-camera interview with a Dutch student saying missing woman Natalee Holloway was dead and that he had a friend dump her body at sea is admissible in court, the chief... February 1, 2008 | World Dutch student says he lied about role in Holloway disappearance THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch student Joran van der Sloot said in a television interview Friday that he was lying when he told someone privately he was involved in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance.
January 24, 2008 | World Gazans breach fence at border, pour into Egypt RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Tens of thousands of Gazans flooded into Egypt yesterday through a border fence blown up by militants, puncturing a gaping hole in Israel's airtight closing of the Gaza Strip and...
January 9, 2008 | World Richey arrives in Scotland He had to return home via Germany, but Kenny Richey on Wednesday was greeted by an unprecedented crush of reporters and paparazzi at Edinburgh Airport, outdrawing even returning World Cup teams. January 9, 2008 | World Iranian TV: US video images, audio recordings of encounter in Gulf 'fabricated,' official says TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Wednesday called video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian Revolutionary Guards boats confronting U.S. January 8, 2008 | World United Kingdom sees Richey news as 'massive story' OTTAWA, Ohio - Kenneth Richey's plea hearing only lasted half an hour, but it drew heavy media attention from across the pond where his release from prison after 21 years is a much bigger story than...
January 8, 2008 | World Iranian speedboats menace U.S. warships WASHINGTON - Five small Iranian boats charged and threatened three U.S. January 8, 2008 | World Friend: Fayed affair over, Diana said before crash LONDON - A family friend said yesterday that Diana, Princess of Wales, said her relationship with Dodi Fayed was "all over" two weeks before the couple died in a car crash in Paris.
January 1, 2008 | World Elections in Pakistan are off; commission mulls new date ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's election commission said Tuesday that unrest following the killing of Benazir Bhutto would almost certainly force the postponement of Jan.
December 30, 2007 | World Bhutto’s 19-year-old son, husband to lead her party into elections NAUDERO, Pakistan — Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son was chosen Sunday to succeed her as chairman of her opposition party, extending Pakistan's most famous political dynasty but leaving the real...
November 24, 2007 | World 154 on ship sinking off Antarctica are saved BUENOS AIRES — A Canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began sinking, but all 154 passengers and crew took to lifeboats and were plucked to safety by a passing cruise ship. November 24, 2007 | World Ex-premier to try new return to Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Despite its protests that parliamentary elections will be a sham, Pakistan's political opposition seemed to be lining up yesterday for a chance to take part - with one former... November 24, 2007 | World France exempts Rumsfeld from trial on torture charge PARIS - A Paris prosecutor has thrown out a complaint against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture in Iraq and at the U.S. November 24, 2007 | World Bombers hit checkpoint, market, kill 28 BAGHDAD - Bombers struck a pet market in central Baghdad and a police checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul yesterday, killing a total of 28 people in two of the deadliest attacks in weeks. November 24, 2007 | World Brothers held in disappearance of missing teen ORANJESTAD, Aruba - A judge yesterday ordered an extended detention of two brothers held in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway after reviewing new evidence in the case of the missing teenager. November 24, 2007 | World Grotto tied to Rome's founders discovered ROME - Archaeologists this week unveiled an underground grotto believed to have been revered by ancient Romans as the place where a wolf nursed the city's legendary founder Romulus and his twin... November 24, 2007 | World Skeptical Arab nations to attend Mideast peace parley CAIRO - Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations grudgingly agreed yesterday to attend next week's U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference, despite failing to get any guarantee of concessions from Israel. November 24, 2007 | World Bus found in rubble in China landslide BEIJING - Workers clearing a landslide in central China discovered a bus under the rubble yesterday, three days after the slide. November 24, 2007 | World 3 Indian courthouses blasted; 13 lawyers die LUCKNOW, India - At least 13 lawyers were killed and dozens of persons hurt as explosions ripped courthouse complexes in three north Indian cities nearly simultaneously yesterday, officials said. November 24, 2007 | World U.S. Navy ship, helicopters in Bangladesh to help DHAKA, Bangladesh - A U.S. Navy vessel arrived in Bangladesh yesterday to help relief efforts.
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