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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty: judge WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Alleged September 11, 2001 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants have indicated they will confess to terror charges in their trial before a US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the judge...

Obama vows to improve treatment of vets CHICAGO (AFP) - - US president-elect Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to improve the treatment of troops returning home from war as he nominated retired general Eric Shinseki to head the Department of Veteran Affairs. If confirmed by Congress, Shinseki...

Blackwater security guards charged with killing 14 Iraqis WASHINGTON, Dec 8, 2008 (AFP) - - Five guards from US security firm Blackwater Worldwide, a State Department contractor in Iraq, were charged with killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others using gunfire and grenades at a busy...

Canadian tortured in Syria victim of US conspiracy: lawyer NEW YORK, (AFP) - - A Canadian man wrongly accused of terrorism and sent to be tortured in Syria was the victim of a high level US conspiracy, his lawyer told a court in New York. The full 12-judge panel of the Second US Circuit...

White House, Congress agree on outlines of auto bailout plan WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The White House indicated an agreement in principle was in place with Congressional leaders on a 15-billion-dollar automotive industry rescue package, but said negotiations were not yet over. "We will...

Rice in Panama for LatAm meeting on trade PANAMA CITY, (AFP) - - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Panama City to meet with 11 Latin American ministers and discuss ways of boosting regional trade, in the framework of the "Pathways to Prosperity" initiative. Launched in...

Ill. governor scandal could dog Obama WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama hasn't even stepped into office and already a scandal is threatening to dog him. Obama isn't accused of anything. But the fact that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Democrat, has been charged with...

Solar systems powering more Calif. agribusinesses RICHVALE, Calif. - For more than 70 years, California's abundance of sunshine has enabled the Lundberg family to grow rice in the Central Valley north of Sacramento. Now the sun is helping the family churn out myriad rice products, from...

AB Inbev says it will cut 1,400 US jobs BRUSSELS (AFP) - - Newly merged brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev said Monday it would cut 1,400 jobs in the United States as part of its recently closed takeover of Anheuser-Busch. The Belgium-based brewing giant also said it would not fill 250 US...

Formula One: Honda exit casts cloud over F1 future PARIS (AFP) - - Honda on Friday announced its shock withdrawal from Formula One raising fresh fears over the future of the multi-million dollar sport struggling to keep afloat in the current economic downturn. Honda Motor president Takeo...

Oil price falls below $40 LONDON (AFP) - - The price of Brent crude oil slumped to 39.77 dollars a barrel in trading here on Friday -- the lowest point in almost four years -- on prospects of a severe drop in energy demand, traders said.

Financial crisis tipped to cut cost of air travel PARIS (AFP) - - The price of air tickets should start coming down soon because of the world financial crisis, experts are predicting, while ruling out a plunge that would endanger the health of airlines. "If you keep prices too high you're...

New recession warnings hit leading economies PARIS (AFP) - - The OECD warned Tuesday that the US faced more economic pain before any recovery late next year as data showed Japan and Britain slipping even deeper into recession than previously feared. The Organisation for Economic...

Military jet crashes in California suburb, three dead LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Three people were killed and one remained missing after a US F/A-18 fighter jet slammed into a densely populated residential neighborhood in California on Monday, officials said. The accident occurred shortly...

Dow Chemical to cut 5,000 jobs, close 20 facilities WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The Dow Chemical Company announced Monday it would cut about 5,000 full-time jobs, close 20 facilities and divest non-strategic businesses in an aggressive move to cope with dire economic times. ADVERTISEMENT The...

Fire at Japan nuclear plant, no radiation leak TOKYO - A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan and a worker was sickened by smoke inhalation, but there was no release of radioactivity, the plant operator said Monday. A small fire broke out at a turbine facility at the...

Japan: Chinese ships intruded in disputed waters TOKYO - Two Chinese survey ships intruded on Japanese waters surrounding disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday but retreated several hours after Tokyo protested to Beijing, Japanese officials said. The Japanese coast guard said...

Greenpeace protests anti-whaling arrests TOKYO - Greenpeace officials from around the world gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday to protest what the group says is unfair treatment of two activists arrested earlier this year on suspicion of stealing whale meat. About a dozen members of the...

Death toll in India bus fire up to 63: police AGRA, India (AFP) - - Indian police on Wednesday raised the number of people killed in a bus fire in northern India to 63. The fire was set off when sparks from a burst tyre ignited the vehicle's fuel tank 75 kilometres (46 miles) east of the...