AP - The world's top industrialized nations begin their annual summit Monday confronted with demands they reinvigorate the world economy, push ahead languishing climate change talks and make good on pledges to battle poverty and hunger.
AP - The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces.
AP - There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies?
AP - Afghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths.
Reuters - President George W. Bush
and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will discuss the next
steps in the six-party talks over North Korea's nuclear status
when they meet on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Japan, a
White House official said on Saturday.
Reuters - An earthquake with a preliminary
magnitude of 5.1 shook northern Japan on Saturday, a Japanese
government agency said, but there were no immediate reports of
damage.
AP - Japan announced Friday it will provide $50 million in new emergency food aid to help developing countries cope with the impact of soaring food prices.
