Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

TIMISOARA, Romania - A Romanian plane carrying 51 people made a safe emergency landing in western Romania on Saturday and all the occupants escaped injury, officials said.

BEIRUT - Investigators have pored over evidence for four years — a human tooth found at the bombing site, a suicide truck that was stolen in Japan and made its way to Lebanon, reams of phone records and hundreds of interviews.

WASHINGTON - Nearly four years after a nasty breakup split organized labor, union leaders are again talking about reuniting under a single, more powerful federation, possibly this year.

LOS ANGELES - Actor Bruce Willis and his production company are being sued in Los Angeles for $4 million for breach of contract.

PHOENIX - Toronto's Chris Bosh had an explanation for how Shaquille O'Neal scored 45 points: He cheated.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A combative President Barack Obama warned on Saturday he was bracing for a fight against powerful lobbyists and special interests who sought to pick apart the $3.55 trillion budget he wants to advance his agenda of reform.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is looking to stronger Chinese cooperation on Afghanistan, piracy, and other international troubles, a Pentagon official said on Saturday after talks that he said also addressed strains over Taiwan.

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would end U.S. combat operations in Iraq in 18 months but leave up to 50,000 troops there to provide stability, a decision that riled Democrats who favored a larger withdrawal.

KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces expect to clear militants out of part of lawless tribal areas on the Afghan border by the end of the year, the commander of a paramilitary force involved in the campaign said on Saturday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - At least 37 people are still missing three weeks after devastating bushfires killed at least 210 in Australia's southern state of Victoria, a senior army officer said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republicans charged President Barack Obama with driving the United States toward socialism on Friday, opening an ideological attack on his big spending plans.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will boost its equity stake in Citigroup Inc to as much as 36 percent, bolstering the bank's capital base in the latest emergency effort to save the banking giant.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators on Friday accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, his college roommate and three of their companies of carrying out a "massive Ponzi scheme" over at least a decade and misappropriating at least $1.6 billion of investors' money.

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladeshi soldiers recovered 10 bodies in a second mass grave in a military compound in the capital Saturday, bringing to 76 the death toll from an armed mutiny staged by border guards over pay.

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Saturday welcomed the pullout of US combat troops outlined by President Barack Obama but stressed that Washington still has a "great responsibility" to help Iraq.

CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe (AFP) - Thousands of Zimabweans gathered ahead of a lavish 85th birthday party for President Robert Mugabe Saturday, held as the cholera and poverty stricken country seeks international aid.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has decided against taking part in a UN-led conference on racism after it quit the previous session in 2001 over claims of anti-Semitism, US officials said.

BEIJING (AFP) - China and the United States agreed to resume high-level military exchanges during talks here that a senior US defence official described Saturday as his best ever.

MADRID (AFP) - Spain's ruling Socialists face their first electoral test Sunday since the nation plunged into recession, with the prime minister's party seeking a historic win in Basque Country regional polls.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy contracted a stronger-than-expected 6.2 percent in the fourth quarter, government data showed, highlighting the stunning meltdown in activity late last year.