Recent attacks by a family-owned newspaper on the editor of a Catholic newspaper have angered the Vatican, something that could undermine his government's stability.
Conservative President Felipe Calderón touted success in the war on drug-trafficking and launched a new 10-point reform plan in his state-of-the-nation speech Wednesday.
Afghan officials said that some civilians had been killed in the NATO airstrike in a once-calm northern region that has slipped under insurgent control.
The loss of 216,000 jobs in August suggests that while the pace of job losses is slowing, American workers will still be among the last to benefit from a recovery.
AP - The unemployment rate jumped almost half a point to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since 1983, reflecting a poor job market that will make it hard for the economy to begin a sustained recovery.
AP - A U.S. jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, including dozens of civilians who had rushed to the scene to collect fuel, Afghan officials said.
AP - Fire bosses declared progress early Friday in taming the 226-square-mile arson fire north of Los Angeles that has led to a homicide investigation into the deaths of two firefighters.
Michael Jackson's family and friends gathered at Forest Lawn cemetery near Los Angeles Thursday evening for their final farewell to the pop singer, who died 10 weeks ago. When the hour-long service ended, his brothers lifted Jackson's casket for a final time to carry him inside the Great Mausoleum, where he was placed in his crypt. A family statement said it was "his final resting place."
Despite the drop in President Obama's approval ratings, Republican policies are still not as popular as Democratic policies, according to a new national poll.
A NATO airstrike on a pair of stolen fuel trucks in northern Afghanistan early Friday killed or injured 90 people -- a mix of Taliban militants and civilians, a provincial government official said.