Although Barack Obama did not raise his proposal for a 16-month U.S. troop withdrawal in talks with Iraqi prime minister Nouri ...

Barack Obama on Monday began his first on-the-ground inspection of Iraq since launching his bid for the White House with U.S. ...

Obama visited Iraq in his first on-the-ground inspection since launching his bid for the White House. Iraq's government welcomed the senator with word that it apparently shares his hope that U.S. combat forces could leave by 2010.

Barack Obama met with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other senior politicians on the latest leg of his overseas tour.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is in Iraq today, meeting with members of the U.S. military and their commanders. He's already held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has controversially been quoted as backing the senator's troop withdrawal plan. An Iraqi official said the talks were "very good and successful for both sides."

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Iraqi leaders and U.S. military commanders in Baghdad on Monday in a visit overshadowed by the question of when U.S. troops should go home.

Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will participate next month in a question-and-answer forum at Saddleback Church, ...

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is launching a new television ad that blames Democratic rival Barack Obama for ...

Sen. Barack Obama's overseas trip has generated a lot more buzz than Sen. John McCain's foreign travels, but when it comes to popularity abroad, both candidates have their strengths.

The timing matches that suggested by Obama, who meets with Prime Minister Maliki in Baghdad under heavy security.

Iraqi leaders told Barack Obama today that they hope U.S. combat troops can be out of Iraq by the end of 2010, according to a government spokesman, a time frame similar to one favored by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Tropical Storm Dolly drenched a sparsely populated section of the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday and was poised to plunge into the ...

Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Caribbean sea, according to the National Hurricane center.

A tropical storm warning remained in effect Monday as Tropical Storm Dolly moved over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Fausto reaches category 2, but expected to weaken.

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Dolly headed on Monday for the southern Texas coast where it might become a hurricane later this week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The first Guantanamo war crimes trial began Monday with a not guilty plea from a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama ...

The first Guantanamo war crimes trial began Monday with a not guilty plea from a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

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Salim Hamdan is the first person to face a U.S. war crimes since World War II.

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's driver went on trial at Guantanamo on Monday in the first U.S. war crimes trial since World War Two, nearly seven years after the September 11 attacks prompted U.S. President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism.

Yahoo reached agreement with activist shareholder Icahn, under which the activist shareholder will join an expanded board in return for withdrawing a slate of his own candidates.

Yahoo averted a bruising proxy contest with the investor Carl Icahn by agreeing to appoint him and two others to its board.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo settles to avert a shareholder fight to replace the entire board.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will appoint activist investor Carl Icahn and two of his nominees to its board, defusing a proxy battle showdown and making an immediate deal with Microsoft Corp less likely.

Zimbabwe's president and opposition leader have signed an agreement calling for formal talks on sharing power.

The preliminary agreement between the nation?s feuding political leaders paves the way for a power-sharing deal.

Zimbabwe president, opposition leader to sign deal on power-sharing talks.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday signed a deal laying down the framework for formal talks on forming a power sharing government to end a deep political crisis.

Zimbabwe's president and opposition leader signed an agreement that sets out conditions for talks on forming a unity government. South Africa's president helped broker the deal.

Explosions on two public buses in southwest China early Monday killed two people and wounded 14, heightening fears of terrorism ...

Explosions ripped through two public buses during morning rush hour in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, killing two people and fanning fears of terrorism ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics.

Two public buses exploded during morning rush hour in Kunming, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others in what authorities described as deliberate attacks.

Switzerland's Roche offered to buy the roughly 44% of biotech firm Genentech that it doesn't already own for around $43.7 billion, in a deal that highlights drug companies' hunger for new products.

The Swiss drug maker was seeking to acquire the 44 percent of Genentech that it does not already own.

GENEVA -- Swiss pharmaceutical maker Roche on Monday offered $43.7 billion for the remaining shares of its U.S. biotech partner Genentech Inc., seizing the opportunity offered by the weak U.S. dollar to grab a bigger share of earnings from such Genentech drugs as blockbuster cancer treatment Avastin.

Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver's licenses despite also ...

Sick truck drivers behind the wheel in fiery highway crashes.

Poorly designed ballots continue to plague U.S. elections, even after Congress set aside $3 billion to overhaul voting systems, ...

Ballot design could create mistakes at the polls with new voters in the mix.

A federal appeals court threw out a $550,000 fine against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that ended with Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction." (Text of the opinion)

The ruling releases CBS from paying a $550,000 penalty levied for Janet Jackson's breast-baring incident during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. It's also a blow to the FCC's indecency policy.

WASHINGTON -- Federal judges today tossed out the $550,000 fine levied against CBS Corp. after Janet Jackson's breast was briefly bared during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, ruling that the Federal Communications Commission "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in penalizing the network for a "fleeting image of nudity."

Police say officers responding to a disturbance call shot the man after he came to the door with a gun.

Police responding to a disturbance call in Inglewood shot and killed an armed man at the front door of his apartment early this morning, authorities said.

The man fought with officers after being pulled from the water and was shot, police say.

A man who went overboard during a party cruise in San Diego Bay was killed by police Saturday night after he attacked the officers who had tried to rescue him, police said today.

A Fort Bliss soldier who disappeared last week was stabbed and raped by her husband before he abducted her from her off-post apartment and took her to Nevada, police said Monday.

Soldier's husband is charged with aggravated kidnapping.

Portuguese authorities have halted their investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann because detectives uncovered no evidence of a crime during their 14-month investigation

Portugal's attorney general has told police to halt the probe into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann. Her parents were named as suspects, but there was no evidence they had committed any crime, officials said. Despite a huge investigation and massive media coverage, there has been no sign of the girl since she was last seen at a vacation apartment days before her fourth birthday.

Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said.

MANILA (Reuters) - A U.S. B-52 bomber that was due to fly in a Liberation Day parade in the U.S. territory of Guam on Monday crashed into the Pacific Ocean soon after take-off, news reports and officials said.

Photographs that depict Italian sunbathers relaxing at the beach despite the nearby presence of the bodies of two Gypsy girls who had drowned have raised questions about the attitudes toward the Roma minority, The U.K. Guardian reported.

Italian newspapers expressed shock and revulsion on Monday after photographs were published of sunbathers apparently enjoying a day at the beach just meters from where the bodies of two drowned Gypsy girls were laid out on the sand.

Beijing's bold plan to restrict car use to clear its notoriously polluted skies in time for the Olympics kicked into high gear ...

Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants Congress to help figure out how to give Guantanamo Bay terror detainees their day in U.S. ...

Health officials are investigating whether a patient in a Cape Cod hospital has the human form of mad cow disease.

Burma needs at least $1 billion over the next three years to put the survivors of Cyclone Nargis back on their feet, a U.N.-led ...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Iran on Monday of not being serious at weekend talks about its disputed nuclear program ...

Markets were hemmed in by nervousness about the economy. Tech stocks slid amid concern about consumer and business spending. Financial stocks rose on a better-than-expected earnings report from Bank of America but were off their highs for the session.

Cholesterol drug Vytorin doesn't lower the risk of major heart valve problems and need for related surgical procedures, a study found. There were also more cancer deaths for patients taking Vytorin, though the data is based on a small number of people.

Bank of America posted a 41% decrease in second-quarter net income, as the largest U.S. retail bank became the latest lender to post results exceeding Wall Street expectations. Write-downs were $1.22 billion, down from $2.81 billion in the first quarter.

Michael Klein, a 23-year veteran at Citigroup who has been chairman of the firm's institutional clients group, has decided to leave the company.

Hasbro's net income surged amid year-earlier charges, as the toy maker saw continuing success in toys tied to films such as "Iron Man" and the latest "Indiana Jones" sequel, as well as strength in its core brands.

A widening array of businesses are finding it tough to get credit, and individuals could soon find it harder to get a loan as well.

Mervyn's is fighting for its survival as some vendors have halted shipments to the retail