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SALT LAKE CITY - A Republican governor whose name has come up as a potential challenger to President Barack Obama in 2012 intends go to work for the president as ambassador to China, a source close to the governor said.
WASHINGTON - In an apparent reversal, President Barack Obama is reviving the much-criticized military tribunals for Guantanamo Bay detainees and promising to make changes to the system that could jeopardize his timetable for closing the prison by January.
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared victory in India's national elections on Saturday, saying voters had given the Congress party-led coalition a "massive mandate."
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama warned Democrats in Congress against making a partisan cause out of the Bush administration's harsh interrogation tactics.
MEXICO CITY - "Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera is hoping her new film will inspire Americans to address the struggles soldiers face after they come home from Iraq or Afghanistan.
BALTIMORE - Even if Rachel Alexandra doesn't win the Preakness, the horse racing industry should be indebted to the filly and her owners for providing an aura of mystery and intrigue to the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp said it would drop about 1,600 U.S. dealers as it struggles to slash billions of dollars in operating costs and debt ahead of an anticipated bankruptcy filing by the end of the month.
BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen Mandarin-speaking Jon Huntsman, the Republican governor of Utah, to be the next U.S. ambassador to China, a diplomat said on Saturday.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran should engage with the United States and negotiate over its nuclear program, Mohamed ElBaradei, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in a magazine interview released on Saturday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's ruling coalition won an overwhelming election victory on Saturday, boosting hopes of a stable government as the emerging Asian power faces economic downturn and tensions with Pakistan.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A car packed with mortar bombs blew up on a busy street in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing 11 people hours after a suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles at militants in another region and killed 10.
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan troops on Saturday seized the entire coastline for the first time in a 25-year war with the Tamil Tigers, the military said, cutting off escape for separatist rebels now facing annihilation.
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes earlier this month killed 140 villagers, an Afghan government investigation concluded on Saturday, putting Kabul starkly at odds with the U.S. military's account.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta has barred a prominent activist lawyer from defending opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as pressure intensifies on the regime to drop new charges against the Nobel Peace laureate.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's ruling Congress-led alliance swept to a commanding election victory Saturday, crushing its Hindu nationalist rivals and setting up a second term for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan troops on Saturday captured the last strip of beach held by the Tamil Tigers, leaving the rebels completely surrounded and allegedly planning to commit "mass suicide."
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian police arrested over 30 people at a gay rights protest Saturday just hours before the Eurovision Song Contest final was to start in Moscow.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama has revived Bush-era military tribunals for top Guantanamo Bay terror suspects that he once branded a "failure," but proposed new rules on evidence and detainee rights.
HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) - Two US astronauts will venture into open space for a third time Saturday to continue repairs on the ailing Hubble Space Telescope and equip the 19-year-old observatory with a new key instrument.
NEW YORK (AFP) - Moves by ailing carmakers Chrysler and General Motors to slash their US dealerships will cost tens of thousands of jobs, taking a heavier toll than cuts in production, analysts say.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google rules the roost when it comes to Internet search and has easily brushed aside efforts by Yahoo!, Microsoft and others to knock it off its perch.
In his inaugural address, President Obama promised "to restore science to its rightful place." Last week, in arguably one of the toughest tests of that pledge yet, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from ethanol. [Read more about Obama's commitment to science]
LONDON (Reuters) - A man who tried to hire a prostitute to take his 14-year-old son's virginity as a present was spared jail by a court on Friday.
Another week, another assault on business-as-usual by President Obama. Or is it, as some critics are starting to wonder, an assault on business, as usual?
Wherever Wayman Tisdale went, whatever he was doing, chances were he was smiling.
NEW YORK - Leave it to Wall Street to figure out a way to win big from a government-mandated rush by banks to raise capital.