General News

Peshawar, Pakistan (CNSNews.com) - Taliban militants have vowed revenge against the United States after an apparent missile strike reportedly killed up to 14 people in Pakistan's restive tribal region.

Cairo, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden says in a new message that al-Qaeda will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.

(CNSNews.com) - A meeting of Latin American and European leaders beginning Friday could be overshadowed by a dispute between Andean neighbors over Venezuela's alleged links to a Colombian terror group.

London (CNSNews.com) - Amid a storm of controversy, the British parliament next week will consider a number of significant changes to the country's laws affecting human reproduction and bio-technology. The areas covered include abortion and the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos.

(CNSNews.com) - Evangelical pastors, scientists and policymakers have launched a petition drive intended to spread the truth about global warming: That Christians should be good stewards of God's creation and that government policies and regulations based on "faulty science" will hurt people who should be helped.

On the Spot (CNSNews.com) - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), if elected president, would be "ill-advised" to implement a new international agreement on global warming as he suggested in a recent speech, said Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho). Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), while not as dismissive as Craig about McCain's idea, nonetheless said he had a lot of questions about a new climate change plan.

(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. State Department has issued an alert, warning travelers that the "equivalent to military small-unit combat" is taking place across the southern U.S. border in Mexico and that Americans are being kidnapped and murdered there.

(CNSNews.com) - The California Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that puts homosexual marriage back in the political spotlight.

(CNSNews.com) - In Thursday's 4-3 decision legalizing same-sex marriage, the California Supreme Court stripped children of the right to be raised by a mother and a father.

At least 10 people are killed in a suicide attack in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, the army says.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden vowed in an audio tape marking Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations to continue the fight against the Jewish state and not give up an inch of Palestinian land.

The Commons loses its court battle over a watchdog's decision to force disclosure of MPs' expenses

BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the dead and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, four days after a massive earthquake which is expected to have killed more than 50,000.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action - she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show....

BATH, South Dakota (Reuters) - Sitting on board Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign plane are the remnants of a colorful balloon replica of the candidate, once nearly life-size but now almost deflated and shriveled.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The San Antonio Spurs' Big Three came through. Now they have to win one on the road to keep their title defense alive. Manu Ginobili scored 25 points, Tim Duncan had 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Tony Parker added 15 points in the Spurs' 99-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in Game 6 on Thursday night....

British Airways reports a 45% jump in annual profits to £883m but its boss says he will not accept a bonus.

BOSTON (AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren....

Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found - adding to evidence the "sunshine vitamin" has anti-cancer benefits. The results are sure to renew arguments about whether a little more sunshine is a good thing....

LUOSHUI TOWN, China (AP) -- Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000....