If Democratic lawmakers thought all the furor over President Obama's health care plan expressed this month at town hall meetings was dying down, they might be in for a surprise Saturday.That's when citizens are planning anti-"Obamacare" rallies across the country Saturday in all 435 congressional districts.And their message is clear: We will...

The leading rivals in Afghanistan’s presidential election both claimed they were headed for victory on Friday, raising the risk of a dispute over the results that could undermine US President Barack Obama’s attempts to portray the polls as a success.Aides to President Hamid Karzai, who has led Afghanistan since 2001, and Abdullah Abdullah,...

Is he the evil perpetrator of the deadliest terrorist attack in British history, or a sick old man, a loving father and grandfather, who has suffered a terrible miscarriage of justice? Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi put on a virtuoso performance when The Times came calling yesterday.His house, in the Dimachk area of Tripoli, was not hard to find....

(CBS/AP) Forecasters have downgraded Bill to a Category 1 hurricane as it nears the U.S. coast, but tropical storm watches and warnings are still in effect for the Massachusetts coast and parts of Canada.Bill was churning up rough seas, creating dangerous rip tides and closing beaches to swimmers up and down the eastern seaboard, including...

HALIFAX -- The Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued its first tropical storm warnings and hurricane storm watch stemming from hurricane Bill.The centre has issued tropical storm warnings for the Halifax area and parts of Nova Scotia including the Lunenburg, Queens and Shelburne counties.A tropical storm warning means that sustained winds...

The Government are under fresh pressure this morning over an alleged trade deal behind the release of the Lockerbie bomber.Opposition MPs say claims made by Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son raise ‘serious questions’ over the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said negotiations over al-Megrahi’s release had...

President Hamid Karzai's campaign team has claimed victory in the violence-scarred election in Afghanistan - a claim disputed by his main opponent, Abdullah Abdullah. The president's campaign manager said preliminary results showed there would be no need for a second round run-off."Initial results show that the president has got a majority,"...

мусульман розпочався священний місяць Рамадан. Згідно мусульманських регілійних канонів, упродовж місяця віруючі зобов'язані протягом світлового дня відмовитись від їжі, води та інтимних стосунків задля духовного очищення.В Україні регіоном, де найбільш поширений іслам, є Крим. Тут Рамадан розпочався для тисяч мусульман. Протягом тридцяти...

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's campaign team claimed Friday he was on track for victory in the country's presidential election, while his close rival Abdullah Abdullah also said he was leading the vote. Their claims came as election officials said the results of the vote, seen as a judgment on the Karzai government's...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday closed Texas lender Guaranty Bank and sold its assets to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria , allowing Spain's second-largest bank to expand its reach in the U.S. market.Guaranty, a unit of Guaranty Financial Group Inc , is the 81st U.S. bank failure this year and represents another sizable hit...

Vice President of creative at Blizzard, Chris Metzen says that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will change the face of Blizzard's massive online multi-player game. No release date as been set for Cataclysm butThe new expansion pack boasts a host of new features including a character level cap increased to 85, two new playable races for both...

With his all-out push for healthcare reform in peril and time running out to get it through Congress, the young Democratic President delivered an impassioned plea to the US public.“Don’t let the fearmongers, don’t let the dividers, don’t let the people who disseminate false information frighten the United States Congress into walking away...

It would not be Martha’s Vineyard if it did not have a grapevine. On this millionaires’ playground off the Massachusetts coast the islanders are abuzz with anticipation that Chelsea Clinton may get married here today — and that President Obama could be the surprise guest.The official denials of the happy event are strenuous, but locals insist...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program on Monday, giving car shoppers a few more days to take advantage of big government incentives. The Transportation Department said Thursday the government will wind down the program on Monday at 8 p.m. EDT. Car buyers can receive rebates of...

The nation's largest Lutheran denomination today reversed a long-standing ban on the appointment of non-celibate gays to the clergy, becoming the second major Christian group in a month to liberalize its ministry policies.Leaders of the 4.7-million-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, meeting in Minneapolis, gave local congregations...

s he the evil perpetrator of the deadliest terrorist attack in British history, or a sick old man, a loving father and grandfather, who has suffered a terrible miscarriage of justice? Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi put on a virtuoso performance when The Times came calling yesterday.His house, in the Dimachk area of Tripoli, was not hard to find....

BAGHDAD (AP) — A truck bomb exploded across the street from Iraq's Foreign Ministry near the Green Zone Wednesday, knocking out concrete slabs and windows and leaving a mass of charred cars outside as a wave of explosions around Baghdad killed at least 95 people and wounded more than 400.A suicide truck bomber also targeted the Finance Ministry...

Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says pressure from fellow cabinet members to raise the nation's terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election helped convince him it was time to quit working for former president George W. Bush.In a new book, Mr. Ridge says that despite the urgings of former defence secretary...

The program that gives Americans up to $4,500 US to scrap their old gas guzzlers for new, more fuel-efficient cars will come to an end Monday, the U.S. government announced Thursday.Since the "cash for clunkers" program began in late July, U.S. car buyers have traded in more than 457,000 vehicles in return for $1.9 billion US in rebates....

High waves and hazardous currents are crashing into island communities in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Bill continues its northward track.Flood warnings were issued for Bermuda Friday as the hurricane continued on its northwest path at around 28 km/h about 680 kilometres south of the island.The government urged islanders to secure boats...

Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo will sign up to the Open Book Alliance being spearheaded by the Internet Archive.They oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many online works."Google is trying to monopolise the library system," the Internet Archive's founder Brewster Kahle told BBC News."If this deal goes ahead,...

The crew and suspected hijackers of the Arctic Sea - the cargo ship found by Russia's navy off West Africa on Monday - have arrived in Moscow.Members of the 15-strong Russian crew and eight suspected hijackers landed at a military airfield near Moscow.The suspects, who were handcuffed to members of Russia's security forces, were then taken...

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland will say on Thursday whether it has agreed to the early release of a dying Libyan jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, most of them Americans.British media reports said Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who has terminal cancer, will return to Libya on compassionate grounds, despite pressure...

BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's stocks fell 4.3 percent to a two-month low on Wednesday's close, as the real estate, non-ferrous metals and coal shares dropped more than 7 percent. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 125.3 points to finish at 2,785.58. The Shenzhen Component Index dropped 4.79 percent, or 563.38 points, to...