Archive By Section - Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanista - Scores of Afghan civilians who had gathered in a small village for the memorial ceremony of a militia commander were killed when U.S. and Afghan soldiers launched an attack in the middle of the night, officials and villagers said Saturday.
September 07, 2008
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By JASON STRAZIUSO and RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta - The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta.
September 07, 2008
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By ROB GILLIES
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Iraq's government is grateful to U.S.-allied Sunni fighters but won't allow them to keep their weapons indefinitely, the prime minister said Saturday, hinting at a more intense crackdown on the Sunni groups.
September 07, 2008
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By SAMEER N. YACOUB
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - When Ruwaida al-Habis' father and two brothers were badly burned in a fire, she had no choice but to break Saudi Arabia's ban on women drivers to get them to a clinic.
September 05, 2008
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By DONNA ABU-NASR
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MEXICO CITY - After kidnappers in police uniforms set up a fake checkpoint to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, his businessman father paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, and waited for his son's safe return.
September 05, 2008
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By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MADRID, Spain - The jetliner that crashed in Madrid abandoned a first takeoff attempt because of an air gauge that showed overheating, but experts said it was unlikely the gauge was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people.
September 05, 2008
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By DANIEL WOOLLS
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Suicide bombers killed 59 people at an arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror attacks, adding to turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president.
September 05, 2008
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By ROBIN McDOWELL
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria - The United States appeared optimistic and reaffirmed its commitment to a landmark U.S.-India nuclear cooperation deal Thursday at the end of a first day of discussions by a consortium crucial to its fate.
September 05, 2008
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By VERONIKA OLEKSYN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MEXICO CITY - After kidnappers in police uniforms set up a fake checkpoint to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, his businessman father paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, and waited for his son's safe return.
September 05, 2008
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By MARK STEVENSON
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia.
September 05, 2008
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By PAUL AMES
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week. Officials announced the deaths of six NATO soldiers in two attacks.
September 05, 2008
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By FISNIK ABRASHI and JASON STRAZIUSO
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
POTI, Georgia - Russian forces dug trenches and built fortifications in key areas of Georgia Thursday, but also rolled columns of tanks north toward home, picking and choosing how their nation would comply with the terms of a peace accord.
September 05, 2008
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By BELA SZANDELZSKY
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.
September 04, 2008
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By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
SACHKHERE, Georgia - Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a cease-fire signed by both countries.
September 04, 2008
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By MIKE ECKEL
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30, an Iraqi official said Wednesday. But the draft has not been approved by the Cabinet and some members have expressed opposition.
September 04, 2008
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
