Turkish Pm: All Linked To Coup Plot Will Be Tried (ap)
AP – Turkey’s prime minister vowed Friday to put everyone who conspired against the country’s democracy on trial, as the number of military officers charged and jailed for allegedly plotting a 2003 coup against his Islamic-based government rose to 33. Read more
Strong Earthquake Injures 2 In South Japan (ap)
AP – A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 rattled Japan’s southern islands early Saturday, injuring two and initially prompting fears of a tsunami. Read more
Niger: Once-taboo Topic Of Hunger Spoken Again (ap)
AP – They are simple words humanitarian workers in Africa use often but dared not speak in this impoverished nation: hunger, starvation. Read more
Us To Play For Gold, Routs Finland 6-1 (ap)
The torment began almost immediately. The shot by Ryan Malone of the United States into a wide-open net left Finland goalie Miikka Kiprusoff staring at the ceiling and shaking his head. What happened next in this semifinal jolted Canada Hockey Place: The Americans scored four times on Kiprusoff in a six-goal first period, surging into [...]
Kabul Taliban Attack Shows Insurgents Not Crippled (ap)
AP – Insurgents struck Friday at hotels in the heart of Kabul with suicide attackers and a car bomb, killing at least 16 people — half of them foreigners — in an assault that showed the militants remain a potent force despite setbacks on the battlefield and the arrest of more than a dozen key [...]