The Star Iraq PM said to be ahead on eve of vote results | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for ... (photo: AP / Iraqi Government, HO)
The New York Times Tycoon Wins Libel Suit in Ex-Spy's Murder Case | Boris A. Berezovsky, a self-exiled Russian tycoon, won a libel suit in London on Wednesday against a Russian satellite broadcaster that had linked him to the murder in 2006 of Alexander V. Litvinenk... (photo: AP/Sang Tan)
The Star UK opposition party calls for U.N. arms embargo on Iran | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives, favourites to win an election due in weeks, said on Wednesday they would back a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and a ban on oil and gas investment if Tehran re... (photo: (AP Photo/Max Nash)) EmbargoIranPhotosUKUN
The Star German Catholic sex abuse scandals draw link to pope | PARIS (Reuters) - In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says that if anyone leads innocent children to sin, "it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in ... (photo: AP / Maurizio Brambatti, pool) AbuseChurchGermanyPhotosSociety
Asia Times Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics | By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ChinaDefencePhotosPoliticsUS
Independent online Head of al-Azhar dies | Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saud... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) DeathEducationEgyptIslamPhotos
San Fransisco Chronicle Taliban's gone, but Afghan town still deserted | (03-10) 04:00 PST Now Zad, Afghanistan -- | This southern Afghan city has been touted as a symbol of the progress U.S. troops have made in recent weeks. But when Defens... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) AfghanistanPhotosTalibanUS
