QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend's national elections, "Voting means death." It's a very real threat: Over recent weeks at least six p... [Full Article]
ISLAMABAD (AP) - On the campaign trail in Pakistan, candidates boast about their readiness to stand up to Washington and often tout their anti-American credentials. One party leader even claims he would shoot down U.S. drones if he comes to power. (S... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - An official says Israel has offered to deport a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner to Europe or a U.N. member country in an effort to reach a compromise over the case. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Rep. Don Young might not be the only member of Congress in need of some sensitivity training. After the Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Arizona Wildcats Thursday night in the college basketball tournament with a tie-breaking 3-pointer from LaQuinton Ros... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters plans to retire in May 2014 after more than five decades as one of the most prominent figures on U.S. television, a source familiar with her plans said on Thursday. Walters, 83, is expected to announc... [Full Article]
By Rosalba O'Brien LONDON (Reuters) - Britain announced a shake-up of rail concessions on Tuesday, returning one service to private hands and announcing dates for other sales as it tries to get the process back on track after a botched franchise... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Workers digging a new railway line in London have uncovered what they believe is a burial ground containing victims of the Black Death - a plague that wiped out as much as half of London's inhabitants when it swept the city in the ... [Full Article]
By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) - The government will forge ahead with a high speed rail link from north to south after winning four out of five court challenges to its plans for the $50 billion project on Friday. The government planned to address t... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Archaeologists said on Friday they had discovered a lost burial ground during excavations for a massive new rail project in London which might hold the bodies of some 50,000 people who were killed by the "Black Death" pla... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In early 2007, as signs of distress began appearing in securities backed by residential mortgages, executives at Standard & Poor's began advising analysts responsible for rating mortgage bonds that they should put the ph... [Full Article]
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