Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)

Karzai: Afghanistan, US in contacts with Taliban (AP)
AP - President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential...

Ivory Coast report: Ouattara forces commit abuses (AP)
AP - Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's democratically elected president killed hundreds of civilians, raped his rival's supporters and burned villages during an offensive launched in the...

Snipers, shells, tanks terrorize key Libyan city (AP)
AP - Moammar Gadhafi's snipers and tanks are terrorizing civilians in the coastal city of Misrata, a resident said, and the U.S. military warned Tuesday it was "considering all options" in...

Obama: US will turn over control of Libya effort (AP)
AP - The four-day air assault in Libya will soon achieve the objectives of establishing a no-fly zone and averting a massacre of civilians by Moammar Gadhafi's troops, President Barack Obama...

Explosion at Japan nuke plant, disaster toll rises (AP)
AP - An explosion at a nuclear power station Saturday destroyed a building housing the reactor amid fears that it was close to a disastrous meltdown after being hit by a powerful earthquake...