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  1. Somali government soldiers stand on guard as officials attend a rally in which people supported the endorsement of Sharia law in the country's capital Mogadishu April 19, 2009. NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian tanker, NATO officials said on Sunday. In the latest successful assault, pirates seized a Belgian dredger on Saturday. Somali sea gangs have captured dozens of ships, taken hundreds of sailors prisoner and made off with tens of millions of dollars in ransoms despite an unprecedented deployment by foreign navies in waters off the Horn of Africa. REUTERS/Mowliid Abdi (SOMALIA CONFLICT SOCIETY POLITICS MILITARY)
    NATO forces foil attack on Norwegian tanker Reuters - Sun Apr 19, 6:30 AM ET

    ON BOARD NRB CORTE-REAL (Reuters) - NATO forces foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian oil tanker, and briefly detained seven gunmen after hunting them down under cover of darkness, NATO officials said Sunday.

  2. U.S. President Barack Obama poses with leaders of the Caribbean islands during an official photo session at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, April 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICS)
    Obama pursues charm campaign at Americas summit Reuters - 30 minutes ago

    PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday pursued his diplomatic charm campaign in the Americas in the closing hours of a regional summit that has helped restore the United States' battered image in the hemisphere.

  3. FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, Madonna arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party , in West Hollywood, Calif. Madonna has taken a tumble while horseback riding in New York's Hamptons and has suffered 'minor injuries' and bruises. A spokeswoman says the pop star fell Saturday afternoon when the horse was startled by paparazzi who 'jumped out of the bushes' to photograph her. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
    Madonna suffers minor injuries in fall from horse Reuters - Sat Apr 18, 11:52 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. singer and actress Madonna was thrown from a horse and suffered minor injuries on Saturday after the animal was startled by photographers on New York's Long Island, her spokeswoman said.

  4. US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, seen here in an image from the National Press Photographers Association in 2004, has been sentenced to eight years in jail on charges of spying for the United States, her lawyer said.(AFP/NPPA/File)
    Iran president: ensure U.S.-Iranian reporter's rights Reuters - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the judiciary to ensure that an Iranian-American journalist jailed for espionage enjoys her legal right to defend herself, the official news agency IRNA said on Sunday.

  5. A protester holds a banner during a demonstration against racism in Geneva April 18, 2009. The Durban Review Conference, which will review progress and assess implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, will be held at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva from April 20 to 24, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
    Australia, Netherlands join U.N. race meeting boycott Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Australia and the Netherlands on Sunday joined a growing Western boycott of a United Nations conference on racism over fears it will be used as a platform for unfair criticism of Israel.

  6. President Barack Obama greets Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning before departing the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sunday, April 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
    Obama says he'll cut dozens of wasteful programs Reuters - Sat Apr 18, 3:47 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would soon announce the elimination of dozens of wasteful or ineffective government programs as part of a broad effort to restore fiscal accountability to the federal budget.

  7. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2009, during the unveiling of the House Republican's budget solution. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
    Eric Cantor Is Plotting the GOP's Comeback U.S. News & World Report - Thu Apr 16, 3:21 PM ET

    The shorthand on House Republican Eric Cantor: He's Jewish, southern, a fundraising dynamo--and ambitious. Cantor was elected to the No. 2 spot in the House GOP leadership late last year, signifying a meteoric ascent for someone who entered Congress only in 2001. Where the 45-year-old conservative Virginian goes next probably will hinge on the fate of Barack Obama and congressional Democrats as well as the political fortunes of Cantor's dispirited GOP colleagues. ...

  8. U.S. will boycott U.N. conference on racism Reuters - Sun Apr 19, 7:44 AM ET

    GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will boycott a United Nations conference on racism next week, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday, citing objectionable language in the meeting's draft declaration.

  9. ISAF's commander in Afghanistan, U.S. General David McKiernan, listens to an interpreter during a news conference in Kabul April 19, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
    Pakistan must do more to fight Taliban: U.S. commander Reuters - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    KABUL (Reuters) - Pakistan must do more to "erase" Taliban bases inside its territory which are destabilizing the entire region, the U.S. commander of Western troops in neighboring Afghanistan said on Sunday.

  10. US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, seen here in an image from the National Press Photographers Association in 2004, has been sentenced to eight years in jail on charges of spying for the United States, her lawyer said.(AFP/NPPA/File)
    Ahmadinejad urges 'justice' for jailed US reporter AFP - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Sunday for fair treatment of US reporter Roxana Saberi, who has been sentenced to eight years in jail as a US spy, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.

  11. FILE - In this file photo originally made available by Advanced Cell Technology in 2006,, a single cell is removed from a human embryo to be used in generating embryonic stem cells for scientific research. The National Institutes of Health issued draft guidelines Friday. April 17, 2009, ruled that scientists must use cells culled from fertility clinic embryos that otherwise would be thrown away in federally funded embryonic stem cell research. The guidelines exclude more controversial sources such as cells derived from embryos created just for experiments. (AP Photo/Advanced Cell Technology)
    U.S. stem cell proposals forbid funds for cloning Reuters - Fri Apr 17, 6:00 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New stem cell guidelines released on Friday by the U.S. National Institutes of Health would limit federal funding of the research to embryos left over at fertility clinics and prohibit federal funding of embryos made by cloning or certain other methods.

  12. Geithner sees no new banking crisis: report Reuters - Sat Apr 18, 10:49 PM ET

    TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner does not see a second wave of banking collapses and the government is ready to support capital-raising when needed, a Japanese newspaper said on Sunday.

  13. Morning commuters drive past the Federal Reserve Bank building in Washington March 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
    Fed officials suggest worst of recession is over Reuters - Sat Apr 18, 6:18 PM ET

    NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Top U.S. officials on Saturday offered reassurances that the worst of the economic downturn is likely over, helped by unprecedented efforts to keep credit flowing, though the recovery will be slow.

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