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10 Taliban killed while planting bomb (AP)

Afghans listen to a radio during a picnic as they view the Arghandab district, which was recently recaptured from Taliban militants by the NATO and Afghan forces in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

AP - Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:28:04 GMT

Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages (AP)

In this frame grab from a video released by Colombia's Army taken on July 2, 2008 and released on July 4, 2008, hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, reacts while being rescued from captivity by a Colombian military mission in an unknown location in Colombia's Guaviare state. Betancourt is one of 15 hostages rescued by Colombia's military from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002. (AP Photo/Colombian Army)

AP - Colombian military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a media crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:04:50 GMT

Pakistan nuclear proliferation case 'closed' (AP)

The founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, is seen in this undated file photo in Islamabad, Pakistan. Disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan said Friday, July 4, 2008, in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army during the rule of President Pervez Musharraf. His claims contradict his 2004 confession that he was solely responsible for spreading nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. (AP Photo/File)

AP - Pakistan's Foreign Ministry insisted Saturday that its nuclear proliferation case was closed, a day after the disgraced architect of its atomic program claimed the army under President Pervez Musharraf helped spread the technology.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:49:13 GMT

1,000 protest G-8 summit in Japan; police arrest 4 (AP)

A member from the international relief group Oxfam personates the likes of Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, center, as he leads other Oxfam members portraying other Group of Eight leaders to belt it out karaoke tunes at Sapporo, northern Japan, on Saturday, July 5, 2008. The G8 leaders, representing the U.S., Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Canada, will descend in this northern Japanese island of Hokkaido for the summit meeting to discuss global warming and food crisis, among others. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

AP - More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan on Saturday to protest an upcoming summit of the top industrialized countries, and police arrested four protesters after a brief scuffle. No injuries were reported.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:12:43 GMT

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Federer, Nadal back in Wimbledon final (AP)
Roger vs. Rafa III, coming soon to a grass court near London. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are headed to Centre Court for their third straight Wimbledon final, with one trying to extend his amazing winning streak on grass and the other attempting to win his first Grand Slam title on a surface other than clay.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:11:54 PDT

Down by 9, Rockies outslug Marlins 18-17 (AP)
The blasts returned to Coors Field long before the fireworks. In a throwback to the pre-humidor days, Colorado homered six times and beat the Florida Marlins 18-17 on Friday night after trailing by nine runs in the biggest comeback in Rockies history. Chris Iannetta singled home the winning run off Kevin Gregg in the ninth inning.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:11:59 PDT

Jagr leaves NHL, signs with Russian team (AP)
Jaromir Jagr signed with a Russian team a day after his split with the New York Rangers, leaving the NHL after nearly two decades and returning to the club he joined during the 2004-05 lockout. The Russian League team Avangard Omsk announced the signing of the 36-year-old Czech winger on its Web site Friday.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:40:11 PDT

Cubs' Zambrano wins in return from DL (AP)
The return of Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano trumped the soap opera setting of Jim Edmonds' homecoming and Albert Pujols' 300th home run. Zambrano came off the 15-day disabled list from a shoulder strain with six spotless innings Friday night, leading Chicago to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a three-game series matching the National League's top two teams.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:58:53 PDT

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BCE buyers finalize funding (Reuters)

A sign is seen outside the offices of BCE Inc., Canada's largest telecoms group, in Montreal, May 21, 2008. (Shaun Best/Reuters)

Reuters - Announcing what it said were "essential milestones" allowing the world's largest leveraged buyout to go ahead, BCE Inc said on Friday that its buyers had finalized funding and were sticking to their C$34.8-billion ($34.1 billion) purchase price.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:01:01 GMT

Hyundai union calls for work stoppage next week (Reuters)

An employee talks on a phone at a Hyundai automobile shop in Seoul April 24, 2008. Unionized employees of Hyundai Motor Co will walk off the job for four hours next week to push for a pay increase, the auto maker's union said on Saturday. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)

Reuters - Unionized employees of Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) will walk off the job for four hours next week to push for a pay increase, the auto maker's union said on Saturday.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:11:52 GMT

Merrill nears deal to sell Bloomberg stake: report (Reuters)

A Merrill Lynch sign is seen in Toronto, April 29, 2008. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)

Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co may sell its 20 percent stake in financial news and data provider Bloomberg LP to a blind trust controlled by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, The New York Post reported on Friday.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:01:26 GMT

French bank body fines SocGen $6 million over Kerviel (Reuters)

Former Societe Generale junior trader Jerome Kerviel poses in a hotel in the Paris suburb of Neuilly during an exclusive photo session May 27, 2008. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)

Reuters - France's Banking Commission on Friday fined Societe Generale 4 million euros ($6.3 million) for serious breaches in internal controls revealed by the French bank's 4.9 billion euro rogue trading loss.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:34:07 GMT

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2 fires raging along Calif.'s Central Coast (AP)

A firefighter walks along a large hill backfire on a wildfire burn in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. The raging blaze near Big Sur was one of more than 1,700 wildfires, mostly ignited by lightning, that have scorched more then 770 square miles and destroyed 64 structures across northern and central California since June 20, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar)

AP - Weary firefighters got no Independence Day reprieve from a pair of out-of-control wildfires that roared along California's central coast, chewing through opposite ends of an arid forest in the Los Padres National Forest.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:12:16 GMT

Spitzer call girl drops 'Girls Gone Wild' lawsuit (AP)

This undated image obtained from a MySpace Web page shows Ashley Dupre, the former call girl for ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York. Dupre dropped a $10 million lawsuit claiming 'Girls Gone Wild' founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet. (AP Photo, file)

AP - The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:06:26 GMT

Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress (AP)

In this June 7, 2008 file photo, Al Franken, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for U. S. Senate from Minnesota, addresses delegates at the party's state convention in Rochester, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

AP - Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:58:33 GMT

Italy moves to help combat decay at Pompeii site (AP)
AP - Italy's government moved Friday to help combat damage to the buried ancient city of Pompeii, which has been damaged by decay and inadequate management, officials said.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:31:06 GMT