Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  South Koreans help clean up oil spill AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  MALLIPO BEACH, South Korea - Residents and emergency workers used buckets to remove dense crude oil from South Korea's western shore as the Coast Guard struggled in high waves and strong winds to contain the country's largest oil spill Saturday.

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  Gunmen kill 3 supporters of Bhutto AP - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

  QUETTA, Pakistan - Gunmen killed three people in an attack Saturday on a party office of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, police said — the first reported deaths apparently linked to Pakistan's current election campaign.

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  McCain again focusing on New Hampshire AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  ATKINSON, N.H. - New Hampshire made John McCain the last time he sought the White House. Now he's hoping the nation's first primary can save him.

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  Ex-wife takes on Chavez's socialist push AP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela - A new voice has emerged to challenge Hugo Chavez's push to turn Venezuela into a socialist society, someone with rare insight into the president's passions and vulnerabilities: his ex-wife.

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  Florida's Tebow seeks Heisman history AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - The Heisman Trophy has been handed out every year since 1935 and all the winners have been either juniors or seniors. Florida sophomore Tim Tebow is poised to break that trend and score one for college football's underclassmen.

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  Gates says Iran still a threat Reuters - Sat Dec 8, 2:46 AM ET

  MANAMA (Reuters) - Iran poses a threat to the United States and the Middle East despite a U.S. intelligence assessment that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday.

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  Democrats' fury grows over destroyed tapes Reuters - Sat Dec 8, 12:39 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats charged cover-up and demanded investigations into the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing terrorism suspects being subjected to severe interrogation techniques.

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  South Korea's worst oil spill blackens coast Reuters - Sat Dec 8, 5:35 AM ET

  TAEAN, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean workers using skimmers and containment fences battled on Saturday to clean up the worst oil spill in the country's history, as the slick washed ashore near a nature preserve on the west coast.

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  Israeli minister rebuffs Rice on settlement homes Reuters - 10 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli minister on Saturday rebuffed criticism by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of Israel's plan to build new homes on occupied land in the Jerusalem area, saying nothing should prevent the project.

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  Qaeda changing tactics in Iraq's Diyala: U.S. general Reuters - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A spate of recent attacks in Iraq's volatile Diyala province indicate a change in tactics by al Qaeda rather than an upsurge in violence, the commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq said on Saturday.

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  Pakistan's emergency rule to end early Reuters - Sat Dec 8, 4:28 AM ET

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will lift emergency rule and restore the suspended constitution on December 15, a day earlier than planned, Attorney General Malik Mohammad Qayyum said on Saturday.

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  Afghan, NATO troops fight to take Taliban bastion Reuters - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan, British and U.S. troops were fighting in a major operation on Saturday to capture the Taliban's biggest stronghold in Afghanistan.

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  Britain to take three Guantanamo detainees: lawyer Reuters - Fri Dec 7, 11:10 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Guantanamo inmates who are British residents will be released under an agreement between Britain and the United States, their lawyer said on Friday.

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  Leaders seek new era at EU-Africa summit AFP - 57 minutes ago

  LISBON (AFP) - Leaders of Europe and Africa opened a landmark summit Saturday designed to forge a new partnership of equals, but with strains showing over trade and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's presence.

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  SKorean oil spill washes onto coast: witnesses AFP - Sat Dec 8, 4:06 AM ET

  SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's worst-ever oil spill reached the country's southwest coastline on Saturday, polluting beaches and threatening valuable sea farms, witnesses and officials said.

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  US Defence Secretary sees Iran as threat to US and Mideast AFP - 48 minutes ago

  MANAMA (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday said Iran's foreign policy was a threat to the United States, the Middle East and all countries within range of missiles which he said Tehran was developing.

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  NATO soldier killed in assault on Taliban town AFP - 44 minutes ago

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Afghan and international troops closed in on a Taliban-occupied town Saturday, with a NATO soldier, two children and a dozen "terrorists" killed in fighting to reclaim the area, the defence ministry said.

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  Shuttle launch postponed third time: NASA AFP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago

  CAPE CANAVERAL (AFP) - The US space agency Saturday delayed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for a third consecutive day and announced plans to strengthen safety rules governing launches.

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  Trump takes on Philippine real estate giant over name: report AFP - Sat Dec 8, 12:49 AM ET

  MANILA (AFP) - The US tycoon and television personality Donald Trump is taking on a Philippine property firm over their alleged attempt to use his name in one of their real estate projects, a report said Saturday.

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  Iran drops dollar from oil deals: report AFP - 54 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (AFP) - Major crude producer Iran has completely stopped carrying out its oil transactions in dollars, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Saturday, labelling the greenback an "unreliable" currency.

Most Popular Top Stories

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  Europe dream turns sour for African migrant youth Reuters - Thu Dec 6, 12:11 PM ET

  COVA DA MOURA, Portugal (Reuters) - The dream of a new life that brought their parents from Africa has turned sour for thousands of youngsters across Europe who are grappling with unemployment and bitterness in run-down city ghettos.

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  Bush unveils plan to stem wave of foreclosures Reuters - Thu Dec 6, 5:44 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush announced a plan on Thursday aimed at slowing a wave of home loan foreclosures that has threatened to knock the U.S. economy into recession and rattled investors worldwide.

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  Mesopotamian sculpture sells for record 57 million dollars AFP - Wed Dec 5, 8:36 PM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - A tiny and extremely rare 5,000-year-old white limestone sculpture from ancient Mesopotamia sold for 57.2 million dollars in New York on Wednesday, smashing records for both sculpture and antiquities.

• Cuban circus juggling act vanishes on Mexican tour Reuters - Fri Dec 7, 2:43 PM ET

  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Eight Cuban acrobat jugglers disappeared before a performance at a festival in central Mexico last week, presumably to defect to the United States, organizers said on Friday.

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  Marine charged with murder in Fallujah killing Reuters - Fri Dec 7, 4:01 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Marine was charged a second time on Friday with murder and dereliction of duty in the shooting death of an Iraqi detained during 2004 combat operations in Fallujah.