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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union on Wednesday banned 92 airlines, most of them based in Africa, from landing at European airports, declaring them unsafe by international standards. The ban applies to cargo and passenger carriers from Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and...

Inuit alarmed by signs of global warming 'Sentries for the rest of the world' report massive changes to Arctic life PANGNIRTUNG, Canada - Thirty miles from the Arctic Circle, hunter Noah Metuq feels the Arctic changing. Its frozen grip is loosening; the people and animals who depend on its...

DNA exonerates jailed man — 18 years later Gregory Wallis, now 47, was sentenced to 50 years in prison DALLAS - A man who spent 18 years behind bars for allegedly attacking a woman in her home has been released after DNA testing excluded him as the attacker. “I don’t know how to apologize. I...

Top Iran ayatollah backs talks with U.S. on Iraq But Ali Khamenei warns Washington not to ‘bully’ Tehran into compliance TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that he approves of proposed talks between U.S. and Iranian officials on Iraq but warned that the...

Breaking Out of the Box Tensions are rising on both sides of the border, again. Yet the only real solution is one that North American leaders aren't talking about. March 27, 2006 issue - Five years ago, U.S. President George W. Bush visited Mexican President Vicente Fox at his home in...

Airline group says 30 million bags briefly lost On average, most luggage returned to owners in less than 2 days GENEVA - If you’ve ever been frustrated after an airline lost your luggage, you’re in the good company of millions of others. An estimated 30 million bags were temporarily lost by...

Venezuelans get naked for U.S. photographer American artist composes his latest human art installation CARACAS, Venezuela - More than 1,500 Venezuelans shed their clothes on a main city avenue Sunday to pose for American photographer Spencer Tunick, forming a human mosaic in front of a...

TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday said the West should apologize to Iran for accusing it of trying to develop a nuclear weapons program and said his country would continue to resist international pressure to halt its nuclear energy program. "Today they tell our nation that...

Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD details Saddam’s foreign minister told CIA the truth, so why didn’t agency listen? In the period before the Iraq war, the CIA and the Bush administration erroneously believed that Saddam Hussein was hiding major programs for weapons of mass destruction. Now...

Woman fined for fixing makeup while driving U.K. speed camera catches driver with both hands off the wheel North Wales police couldn’t believe their eyes when a camera at a spot notorious for accidents caught a woman driver using both hands to put on her makeup. Donna Maddock, 22, was filmed...

Court: ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ banner is OK High school violated student’s rights by suspending him, federal court rules SAN FRANCISCO - An Alaska high school violated a student's free speech rights by suspending him after he unfurled a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" across the street from the...

Farmer feeds family friend’s corpse to pigs Man reportedly confesses to ill-fated attempt to exploit death for gain BERLIN - A German farmer confessed to feeding the corpse of an elderly family friend to his pigs and then stealing from his bank account, police said on Monday. Police ruled out...

Cat attacks toddler — so family shoots other cat Second pet was ‘hissing and growling,’ and attacking feline had fled BEAUMONT, Alberta - Margo Dawson says her family had no choice but to shoot a cat that was "hissing and growling" after another feline in the house attacked her 16-month-old...

Rising Barriers French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is leading a new wave of protectionism—in Europe—but also, possibly, one of reform. March 20, 2006 issue - Like his hero Charles de Gaulle, Dominique de Villepin sees himself as a man of action. When France's prime minister mulls tough...

Wal-Mart poised for major China expansion Retailer plans to hire 150,000 Chinese workers over next five years SHENZHEN, China - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to hire 150,000 people in China over the next five years, five times the number it currently employs here, as it prepares for a major store...

American dream revived for Cuban migrants U.S. judge reverses 'wet-foot, dry-foot' decision that sent them home SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba — Ernesto Hernandez hopes his luck is about to change. Six times in the last 16 years the car mechanic welded a boat out of scrap metal, packed up his...

GE says its new machine could make the hydrogen economy affordable, by slashing the cost of water-splitting technology. By David Talbot Among the many daunting challenges to replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen is how to make hydrogen cheaply in ways that don't pollute the environment...

China admits to 'deep-seated conflicts' amid economic boom By Richard Spencer in Beijing (Filed: 06/03/2006) China's prime minister gave a surprisingly gloomy assessment of the state of the country's booming economy and fast-changing society in his annual speech to parliament yesterday. In...

Imagine riot police had to be sent into Harvard to quell an enormous student protest. OK, that's not terribly hard to imagine. But instead of the usual reasons for prosperous students to get all uppity — gay rights, antiwar hoopla, a strong math requirement — imagine that Harvard students rioted...

Cyclone slams coastal area in Australia Well-prepared towns see only minor injuries, but big damage to property CAIRNS, Australia - The most powerful hurricane to hit Australia in decades laid waste to its northeastern coast on Monday, mowing down sugar and banana plantations and leaving...