Chinese try to heal psychological wounds of unrest
Construction worker Zhang Binkun was seething over the death of his mother, whom he believes was killed by a mob of Uighurs with sticks and stones.
2 more British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Thousands of mourners bowed their heads in tribute Friday to the passing coffins of soldiers killed in a new offensive in Afghanistan, where the climbing toll is raising questions in Britain about the cost of the war.
Court convicts suspects in killing of French Jew
A Paris court on Friday convicted a gang leader of the brutal 2006 killing of a young man prosecutors said was targeted because he was Jewish.
1 dead at Pamplona bull run; first death since '95
A man was gored to death Friday at Pamplona's running of the bulls _ the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. Nine others were injured in a particularly messy and dangerous chapter of the tradition.
Pakistani refugees begin returning home
Crammed into rickety vans with electric fans and sacks of flour roped to the roof, the first of Pakistan's 2 million refugees have begun returning to their homes after the army said it expelled Taliban militants from some northern strongholds.
Report: 2 US journalists staying in guest house
North Korea has not yet sent two convicted U.S. journalists to a prison labor camp in a possible attempt to seek talks with Washington on their release, a scholar who visited the North said in an interview published Friday.
Obama set for emotional visits to Vatican, Ghana
President Barack Obama is ending three days of often-wonkish policy discussions with fellow world leaders to embark on two of the most photogenic and emotional events of his young presidency: meeting the pope at the Vatican and becoming the first black American president to visit a mostly black African country.
Obama and pope to hold their first meeting
The White House says it expects "frank" but constructive talks in President Barack Obama's meeting Friday with Pope Benedict XVI _ two men who share similar views on helping the poor and pushing for Middle East peace but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.
US to launch $15 billion food initiative at G-8
World leaders are set to announce a fundamental shift in the way the West tackles world hunger, taking wisdom from the old proverb about teaching a man to fish.
Suu Kyi trial resumes in Myanmar
A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed.
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