All posts tagged World News

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a

Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, has been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of the star by a jury in Los Angeles. A panel of seven men

By CHRISTOPHER GILLETTE and KIM GAMEL Associated Press SIRTE, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday

World leaders have risen to condemn the bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters building in the Nigerian capital, Abuja killing at least 18 people and 62 others

By JULIE PACE and MATT APUZZO WASHINGTON – Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain in

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Ivory Coast's elected president used his troops and French tanks and air power to oust strongman Laurent Gbagbo, ending their four-month standoff on Monday

By PATRICE CITERA AND TODD PITMAN Associated Press Writers A fuel tanker flipped over and burst in flames in eastern Congo overnight, killing at least 220 villagers and wounding more

By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer Conservative leader David Cameron became Britain's youngest prime minister in almost 200 years Tuesday after Gordon Brown stepped down and ended 13 years of

By JENNIFER LOVEN AP White House Correspondent [caption id="attachment_1998" align="alignright" width="300" caption="USA President Barack Obama (left) and Vice President Joe Biden (right)"][/caption] Claiming a historic triumph that could define his