Washington (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - The US military plans to maintain US forces in Iraq at current levels even as it concentrates more troops in Baghdad to deal with rising violence, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.
United Nations (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - The UN Security Council on Monday turned the spotlight on the plight of children caught in armed conflicts, with calls for a more robust mechanism to monitor abuses and slap sanctions against offenders.
New York (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - After suffering powerless through eight days of blistering heat, most of 25,000 residents of New York's Queens borough now have their electricity restored, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.
Washington (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - The US military is winding down the evacuation of US nationals from Lebanon and will shift its mission to deliveries of relief supplies to non-governmental groups, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.
Tripoli (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - The lawyer of five Bulgarian nurses accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with AIDS said it would be extremely difficult to win their conditional release, ahead of the start of their retrial on Tuesday.
Los Angeles (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered California state offices to cut electricity usage by 25 percent on Monday, the third day of a heat wave that may drive power consumption to a record level. A dangerous heat wave with record-breaking temperatures in California and other parts of the Western United States continues to tax the electricity system to the limits of its capacity, Schwarzenegger said.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Online journal tracker Technorati unveiled its revamped website on Monday as the worldwide blogosphere continued to expand at a stunning rate.
Miami (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - A Taiwanese man was sentenced to six and a half years in prison Monday for trying to buy US military missiles and aircraft engines for China, Miami federal prosecutors said.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - Microsoft on Monday released test versions of its Exchange Server 2007 e-mail managing software and a security package designed to complement it.
Los Angeles (AFP) Jul 24, 2006 - A forest fire has scorched nearly 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) in a mountainous area near San Diego, California, as fire fighters said Monday they had only gotten the blaze five percent under control.
Madrid (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - Even as Britain, following a detailed review, mulls the need for increased nuclear capacity, Spain has the bit between its teeth as it champions renewable energy.
Seoul (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has taken a musician-turned-secretary as his new wife after his former spouse died of cancer two years ago, a report said Sunday.
Tehran (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - Iran warned Sunday that it would retaliate to any UN Security Council resolution ordering it to stop sensitive nuclear work.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - China may cut tax rebates on exports of some resource- and energy-intensive products seen as harmful to the environment as part of efforts to reduce its growing trade surplus, state press said Sunday.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - China's foreign exchange authority has granted 4.8 billion dollars in overseas investment quotas as part of efforts to allow the greater convertibility of the yuan, state press said Sunday.
Beirut (AFP) Jul 23, 2006 - Queen's iconic anthem We Will Rock You takes on a new meaning when you hear it in a Beirut bar just a few kilometres from the booms of Israeli missiles.
