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WASHINGTON - Taking the advice of his top commander in Iraq, President Bush will not to order additional troop drawdowns beyond July, leaving open the possibility that about 140,000 U.S. servicemen and women will still be in the war zone when the next president takes office.
ELDORADO, Texas - Agents searching a 1,700-acre polygamist compound in West Texas found a bed in the soaring limestone temple and prosecutors believe it was used for male members to have sex with their underage wives after sect-recognized unions.
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc.'s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale featuring a rich cast of Internet and media stars.
NEW YORK - Never-before-seen photos have surfaced of Elvis Presley rocking Madison Square Garden in all his jumpsuited glory. The images were taken in 1972 by George Kalinsky, the official photographer of the famed arena, the singer's estate said Wednesday.
BANGKOK, Thailand - A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday could provide insight into what drives evolution in certain species.
BEIJING - The IOC stripped the medals Thursday from Marion Jones' U.S. relay teammates at the 2000 Olympics because of her doping history.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc , which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to accepting Microsoft Corp's takeover offer, has become a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their media allies, sources said on Wednesday.
SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Reuters) - Facing job losses, rising mortgage rates and higher gasoline prices, voters in 2008 want their next president above all to listen to their anger and fix the economy .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a contentious debate in Congress on Iraq, President George W. Bush on Thursday will defend his war policy, which will leave resolution of the costly and unpopular conflict to his successor.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants, most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush proposed on Wednesday expanding a program to help homeowners meet mortgage payments while Democratic lawmakers pressed ahead with a broader plan, setting the stage for a political showdown over how best to aid the housing market.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict is coming to America and American Catholics may be in for some surprises.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, criticized by his Democratic rivals for being soft on economic issues, lays out a set of proposals on Thursday to address the U.S. housing crisis and ease the burden of unemployment.
BEIJING (AFP) - China bluntly told the world Olympics chief Thursday to keep out of politics, in a tart exchange on human rights following days of protests that have shadowed the Olympic torch around the world.
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Voting in landmark elections in Nepal ended Thursday, with the United Nations praising the "overwhelming enthusiasm" for the polls that will define the country's political future.
RI-KWANGBA, Sudan (AFP) - Uganda's top rebel leader Joseph Kony was to sign an historic peace deal on Thursday to end one of Africa's longest conflicts which has left tens of thousands dead.
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Thursday for action by the industrialised powers over soaring inflation which has sparked mounting unrest around the globe.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Men who develop diabetes in middle age are at significantly increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life, according to a long-term study.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo, after years of battling Internet rival Google for online advertising, said Wednesday it would launch a limited test of Google's AdSense for Search service.
FRANKFURT (AFP) - RWE, the second biggest German energy group, is ready to offer almost 11 billion pounds (13.7 billion pounds, 21.7 billion dollars) for British Energy, the Financial Times said Thursday.
PARIS (AFP) - Twenty percent of scientists admit to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, according to a survey released Wednesday by Nature, Britain's top science journal.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a contentious debate in Congress on Iraq, President George W. Bush on Thursday will defend his war policy, which will leave resolution of the costly and unpopular conflict to his successor.
NARITA, Japan (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, said on Thursday he supports the Beijing Olympics and opposed violent protests that have disrupted the Olympic torch relay around the world.
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - For married women who can't figure out why they always have so much housework researchers may have the answer -- husbands.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
BEIJING - The IOC stripped the medals Thursday from Marion Jones' U.S. relay teammates at the 2000 Olympics because of her doping history.
NEW YORK - Most retailers reported sluggish sales in March when consumers fretting about mounting economic problems limited their shopping to food and other essentials.