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- President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.
President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.
Hurricane Ida strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Sunday, and a hurricane watch was extended to the Florida Panhandle as Ida made its way across the Gulf of Mexico.
Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.
Iraq's parliament passed on Sunday a long-delayed law in a crucial step to setting up nationwide elections, and the head of the electoral commission said he did not expect any major delays in the vote planned for January.
The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration - a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government.
El Salvador's interior minister says the death toll is now 91 from floods and slides touched off by three days of heavy rains.
The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about the Muslim faith of the alleged Fort Hood gunman.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government.
China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing's motives in Africa are far from altruistic.
Britain's Defense Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.
A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said.
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives on Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, health care overhaul legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance and create a government-run insurance plan to help them do so.
LONDON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday turned a cold shoulder to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s call for a global tax on financial transactions by banks.
Chalk one up for the flat-tailed horned lizard.
Announcement: Should come after NATO meeting Nov. 23 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he might not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy Newspapers.
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