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Lebanon aims for compromise after huge opposition rally
Dec 11 3:41 AM US/Eastern

Lebanon's divided factions were aiming for a political compromise after mass protests led by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah overwhelmed Beirut and raised fears of a return to civil...

India's Tata Steel shares plunge on higher offer price for Corus
Dec 11 2:30 AM US/Eastern

Shares in India's Tata Steel have plunged more than four percent after it raised an offer to buy Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus by nearly 10 percent. Mumbai-based Tata Steel,...

Qantas shares rise as market awaits formal takeover offer
Dec 11 2:12 AM US/Eastern

Shares in Australian flag carrier Qantas have jumped more than four percent amid expectations a takeover consortium is finally ready to formally table a multi-billion dollar offer for the...

China gears up for six-nation talks on NKorea nuclear program
Dec 11 2:08 AM US/Eastern

Six-nation talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program will begin in China within one week, the United States said, ending a 13-month hiatus during which Pyongyang tested an...

Pinochet's body to lie in military chapel as state funeral denied
Dec 10 11:27 PM US/Eastern

The body of retired general Augusto Pinochet was taken to a military school after the left-wing Chilean government denied the former dictator, whose 17-year rule was marked by the torture...

Senegal basketball school -- NBA dreams with a dose of reality
Dec 10 6:52 PM US/Eastern

Until two months ago, Moussa Seck, a soft-spoken, 7ft 4in (2m 23cm) giant, was a cosmetics street vendor but his exceptional height could be his ticket to a career in US pro basketball.

Corus accepts revised Tata Steel bid
Dec 10 5:34 PM US/Eastern

Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus said it had accepted a revised take-over bid from Tata Steel of India worth 5.7 billion pounds including debt (8.4 billion euros, 11.1 billion dollars).

Discovery heads for space station after liftoff
Dec 10 4:54 PM US/Eastern

The seven astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery began a challenging twelve-day mission involving some of the most complicated construction work ever performed on the International Space

Germany finds polonium trail as Litvinenko widow blames Moscow
Dec 10 4:40 PM US/Eastern

German police said a Russian contact of poisoned former spy Alexander Litvinenko had left a trail of polonium 210 in Hamburg as his widow accused Moscow of involvement in his murder.

Violence flares anew in Darfur as US presses Khartoum
Dec 10 2:13 PM US/Eastern

Twenty-two civilians were killed in a weekend attack in western Sudan which the government blamed on Darfur rebels and which threatened to deepen the crisis in the war-torn region.

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