US: Storms, floods kill 5 in Arkansas
2011-04-26 14:51:18
Violent storms carved out a swatch of damage three miles (five kilometers) wide Monday night in central Arkansas, leaving at least two residents of a small town dead, authorities said.
Jimmy Carter arrives in Pyongyang
2011-04-26 11:12:06
Former US President Jimmy Carter, accompanied by three other former state leaders, arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday morning for a three-day visit aimed at easing tensions on the Peninsula.
Leaked Guantanamo files reveal detainee details
2011-04-26 09:35:21
A cache of classified US military documents provides intelligence assessments on nearly all of the 779 people who been detained at the Guantanamo Bay.
US: Libya bombing not assassination
2011-04-26 09:33:11
The bombing by NATO warplanes on the residence of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is not an assassination attempt.
US mulling 'targeted sanctions' on Syria
2011-04-26 08:27:34
The United States is considering imposing "targeted sanctions" against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his inner circle.
Mississippi governor rules out running for president
2011-04-26 08:26:11
US Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour announced on Monday that he will not run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
US reiterates closure of Guantanamo prison
2011-04-26 08:26:51
The Unites States on Monday reiterated its commitment to the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison in the wake of damaging leaks of classified documents on the infamous facility.
500-year-old book surfaces in Utah
2011-04-26 07:40:40
Book dealer Ken Sanders has seen a lot of nothing in his decades appraising "rare" finds pulled from attics and basements, storage sheds and closets.
US man kills girlfriend from Philippines, self
2011-04-25 22:08:03
Police say they're trying to determine what led a man to kill his girlfriend from the Philippines at her brother's New York state home before turning a gun on himself.
Three US hikers to face trial in Iran in May
2011-04-25 16:17:43
Three Americans detained in Iran on the charges of espionage are to stand trial on May 11, local ISNA news agency reported Monday.
1 teen dead, another critical after shooting in US
2011-04-25 13:29:27
Police say a 16-year-old who was on a weekend pass from a children's home has fatally shot a 17-year-old boy and critically wounded his own 17-year-old sister after finding them together.
Workers recover body of trapped US miner
2011-04-25 12:44:57
The operator of a northern Idaho silver mine says workers have recovered the body of a miner who was trapped when a tunnel collapsed nine days ago.
