Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

COPENHAGEN - Golf and rugby will be included in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Games, following a vote Friday by the International Olympic Committee. Full Story »

ATLANTA - U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The White House and top Democrats, intensifying their push to build support for their party's health overhaul proposals, are increasingly targeting women, a politically crucial group with strong opinions on health care that polls suggest has yet to be sold on the changes. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers and may simply delay mortgage defaults for many, a government watchdog group says. Full Story »

OSLO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for giving the world "hope for a better future" and striving for nuclear disarmament, in a surprise award that drew both warm praise and sharp criticism. Full Story »

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected suicide car-bomber killed 49 people on Friday in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in an attack that the government said underscored the need for an all-out offensive against the Pakistani Taliban. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Pakistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve must continue to prop up the economy for an extended period but can't do so indefinitely for fear of triggering an inflationary surge, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Thursday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has recommended an increase of 40,000 troops as the minimum necessary to prevail, two sources familiar with his recommendations said on Thursday. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran and Afghanistan will dominate talks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week on a trip to Britain and Russia that could also spur progress on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Moscow. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform gathered steam on Thursday as a Senate panel scheduled a key vote for next week and Democrats in the House of Representatives moved closer to unveiling a bill. Full Story »

• Video: CBO: Baucus Health Bill to Reduce Deficit by $81B CNBC
• Slideshow: Health Care

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday dismissed suggestions that he should step down for the good of Italy's image, saying he was the only person qualified to lead the country now and by far the best in Italian history. Full Story »

KABUL (Reuters) - India's top diplomat inspected the site of a huge bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul on Friday but declined to point a finger of blame for a strike that has renewed focus on India's tense relations with Pakistan. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Afghan Election

OSLO (AFP) - US President Barack Obama sensationally won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, just nine months into his term, with the jury hailing his "extraordinary" efforts in international diplomacy and to hasten nuclear disarmament. Full Story »