Jun 28 - By Charles J. Hanley, AP Special Correspondent
From the African bush to Indonesia's shores, the number of wars worldwide has dropped to a new low, peace researchers report. But the face of conflict is changing, they say, and free-for-all violence in such places as the Congo can defy their definitions. Complete Story
Jun 25 - By Madlen Read, AP Business Writer
Moscow has eclipsed Tokyo as the world's most expensive city, a new survey says.
Jun 20 - By Jonathan Paye-Layleh, AP Writer
A senior U.N. official marked World Refugee Day Tuesday by welcoming home 125 Liberians from Sierra Leone where they lived for years seeking haven from Liberia's civil war.
Jun 16 - By Associated Press
Justin Gatlin's record-equaling time for the 100 meters was ratified Friday by the sport's world governing body.
Jun 15 - By Eric Olson, AP Sports Writer
A few minutes after Oregon State was knocked out of last year's College World Series, reliever Kevin Gunderson made a guarantee that followed the Beavers everywhere they went. "The Beavers will be back in Omaha next year in 2006. I promise you that," Gunderson said 361 days ago.
Jun 15 - By Amy Lorentzen, AP Writer
Three men who helped turn Brazil's arid tropical plains into a thriving agricultural region were announced Thursday as winners of the 2006 World Food Prize.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
Renewed worries about interest rates sent global markets tumbling Tuesday, with the Japanese index plunging more than 4 percent in its biggest one-day loss in two years. European stocks followed, and Colombia led Latin America's markets lower, dropping 8.8 percent.
Jun 9 - By The Associated Press, AP Writer
Stock markets around the globe bounced back Friday after worries about rising interest rates sparked heavy losses for much of the week.
Jun 8 - By Danica Kirka, AP Writer
Islamic militants and world governments warned Thursday that violence would continue in Iraq and around the globe despite the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed by a U.S. airstrike.
Jun 8 - By Christopher Torchia, AP Writer
Years ago, an Indonesian foreign minister brushed off international criticism of his nation's brutal occupation of East Timor, calling the territory "a pebble in our shoe." Seven years after East Timor's bloody break from Indonesia, however, the tiny country is becoming a perennial problem for the rest of the world.
Jun 8 - By Kozo Mizoguchi, AP Writer
Stock markets in Asia tumbled to their lowest levels in months Thursday and European shares also declined amid anxiety that interest rates hikes in both Europe and the United States will slow global economic growth.
Jun 7 - By Jim Litke, AP Sports Columnist
The ball has stopped wars and started them, whipsawed financial markets and sent shivers of ineluctable joy and cardiac arrest rippling across entire countries at the same moment.
Jun 3 - By Associated Press
Meseret Defar of Ethiopia set the world record in the women's 5,000 meters in 14 minutes, 24.53 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix on Saturday.
Jun 1 - By Aron Heller, AP Writer
Israeli scientists have discovered an ancient ecosystem containing eight previously unknown species in a lake inside a cave, where they were completely sheltered from the outside world for millions of years.
Jun 1 - By David Bauder, AP Television Writer
The 24-hour BBC World news channel broke into the U.S. market on Thursday and is soon launching a one-hour morning newscast available to a wider audience that is being done with Americans in mind.
May 31 - By Kozo Mizoguchi, AP Writer
Global equity markets remained jittery Wednesday as growing fears about rising interest rates, inflation and the outlook for growth in the United States, the world's largest economy, fed into already overheated exchanges.
May 31 - By Kelly Olsen, AP Business Writer
South Korea's successful rise from one of the world's poorest countries half a century ago can be a model for the developing world, particularly Africa, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Wednesday.
May 29 - By Laurence Frost, AP Business Writer
European stocks edged down and Asian markets were mixed amid thin trading on Monday, as U.S. and British exchanges remained closed for public holidays.
May 21 - By Sam F. Ghattas, AP Writer
Global business and political leaders focused Sunday on dialogue, democracy and development in the Middle East, although three major players — Iran, Hamas and Syria — were absent, leaving the talks nearly rancor free but with a hollow ring.
May 20 - By Sam F. Ghattas, AP Writer
President Hosni Mubarak opened the World Economic Forum in a booming Red Sea resort Saturday with a surprisingly tough speech that signaled deepening strains in the once-ironclad links with Egypt's American allies and benefactors.
May 19 - By Nadia Abou El-Magd, AP Writer
Police and plainclothes agents flooded this resort city at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula Friday as Egypt set out to stage a major international gathering less than a month after terrorist bombings killed 21 tourists just a few miles to the north.
May 17 - By Associated Press
Justin Gatlin equaled but did not break the 100-meter world record at the Qatar Grand Prix last week, the sport's governing body said Wednesday.
May 12 - By Associated Press
Olympic champion Laure Manaudou of France broke Janet Evans' 18-year-old world record in the 400-meter freestyle Friday, finishing in 4 minutes, 3.03 seconds at the French national championships.
May 12 - By Associated Press
Olympic champion. World champion. Now, Justin Gatlin is the world record holder, too. The American sprinter broke the 100-meter record Friday with a time of 9.76 seconds at the Qatar Grand Prix. He shaved one-hundredth of a second off the mark of 9.77 seconds set by Jamaica's Asafa Powell on June 14, 2005, in Athens, Greece.
May 4 - By Peter Muello, AP Writer
Taina Moraes cut sisal to make rope, a tough job for a 7-year-old. But U.N.-backed programs helped her family plant crops and buy goats — and in doing so got Taina out of the factory and into school.
Log In | Register
Feeds 
