International News
Magic Johnson's publicity-shy wife Cookie in ad campaign urging women to get HIV tests
Former basketball star Magic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV. Cookie Johnson is appearing with the former LA Lakers star in a five-year, $60 million public...
07-07-2008 - 04:43
Suicide blast in Islamabad targets police; 15 people killed on key anniversary
A suicide bomber targeted a group of police officers in Pakistan's capital Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens the same day thousands of Islamists marked the one-year anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on a mosque nearby. The...
07-07-2008 - 04:41
Mendis destroys India with 6-13 as Sri Lanka retains Asia Cup title by 100 runs
Sri Lanka beat India by 100 runs to successfully defend its Asia Cup title Sunday with spinner Ajantha Mendis taking a record 6-13. India, chasing 274 runs, was dismissed for 173 in 39.3 overs with Mendis often unplayable in his eight overs. Sanath Jay...
07-07-2008 - 04:41
German woman killed on her remote ranch in Paraguay
Officials say they have found the body of a slain German woman buried on her remote ranch in Paraguay. Prosecutor Oscar Talavera tells Paraguay's Channel 4 television that the body of Martina Trosle was found on Saturday at the Aguila Negra ranch. One ...
07-07-2008 - 04:39
Shooting wounds 3 people in Somalia, including a U.N. official
A witness says gunmen have severely wounded one of Somalia's senior United Nations officials. Hassan Ali says the attack came as Osman Ali Ahmed, the head of the U.N. Development Program for Somalia, was leaving a mosque on Sunday night in Mogadishu, t...
07-07-2008 - 04:35
White Stripes frontman Jack White pens poem he hopes captures feelings about Detroit
Singer-guitarist Jack White has penned a poem expressing his strong feelings for Detroit to clear up any misconceptions about how the White Stripes frontman feels about his hometown. White said he was frustrated by a sense that his thoughts about the M...
07-07-2008 - 04:26
Moving opera: Audience rolls down tracks during "Die Soldaten" at Park Avenue Armory
The opening note of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" has to be the most moving in opera when heard in David Pountney's production: The 974-seat bleacher containing the audience slowly starts to roll down train tracks in the Park Avenue Armory's ...
07-07-2008 - 04:25
Fiorentina unveils new signings Vargas and Comotto
Fiorentina has unveiled its new signings Juan Manuel Vargas and Gianluca Comotto. Fiorentina paid 12 million (US$18 million) for the 24-year-old Vargas, who has a five-year contract, according to media reports Sunday. The Peruvian said Brazilian star ...
07-07-2008 - 04:11
Freed hostage to write play about her captivity and 'human condition'
Ingrid Betancourt, freed from six years of captivity in a Colombian jungle, plans to write a play about her experience that she said in an interview published Sunday will plumb the soul of the human condition. "People must understand," she was quoted a...
07-07-2008 - 04:11
Hushovd wins 2nd stage of Tour de France; Valverde retains race lead
Sprint specialist Thor Hushovd won the second stage of the Tour de France on Sunday with Alejandro Valverde keeping the overall lead after a windy, rain-soaked ride through the Brittany countryside. Valverde, seen as a top title threat, finished in the...
07-07-2008 - 04:02
Top News Photos
48-year-old gas station owner Kent Couch took off in a lawn chair rigged to more than 150 balloons hoping to fly more than 200 miles.
Venus and Serena Williams won the Wimbledon Doubles title.
Fireworks at the Washington Monument during the US Independence Day celebration in Washington, DC.
Singer Chaka Kahn performs on ABC's "Good Morning America," show in New York.
Opera Australia's new production of Madame Butterfly starts in Melbourne.
Official medals of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games are on display during a delivery ceremony of the medals.
