
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says its aircraft struck at a rocket squad that attacked Israel from the southern Gaza Strip, and Palestinians officials report that two men were found dead in the area. Palestinian security officials...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Experts say it will take at least 30 years to close Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear power plant read more

TOKYO - A Japanese government panel says it will take at least 30 years to safely close the tsunami-hobbled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclearpower plant, even though the facility is leaking far less radiation than before and is considered relatively...
photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.

By DION NISSENBAUM KABUL—The Taliban's deadliest attack on the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul, which killed 13 troops and civilian employees this weekend, showcased the insurgency's increasing ability to strike the Afghan capital, challenging...
photo: AP / Saurabh Das

The president of the European Central Bank has denied that eurozone countries are going "cap in hand" to China. On the eve of his departure from the ECB's top job, Jean-Claude Trichet said the move was...
photo: World Economic Forum / Remy Steinegger

THE Arab League has proposed a plan of "concrete steps" to end the bloodshed in Syria and expects President Bashar al-Assad to respondtoday, Qatar's foreign minister said. An Arab ministerial team "agreed on a serious proposal to...
photo: AP / Bassem Tellawi

BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad warned against Western intervention in his country's 7-month-old uprising, saying such action would trigger an "earthquake" that "would burn the whole region." Assad comments, published in an interview with...
photo: AP / SANA

A special court in Bangladesh set up to try war crimes suspects from the country's 1971 battle for independence has delayed the start of its first trial. The prosecution was due to make an opening statement on Sunday against Delwar Hossain...
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