A series of coordinated terrorist bombings on the southern Philippines island of Basilan left 13 dead on Tuesday. The Philippines military blamed the attack on the Abu Sayyaf Group.
AP - President Barack Obama's national standing has slipped to a new low after his victory on the historic health care overhaul, even in the face of growing signs of economic revival, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK poll.
AP - Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing at least 589 people and injuring more than 10,000.
AP - Israeli defense officials said Wednesday they believe Hezbollah has Scud missiles that could hit all of Israel, a day after Israel's president accused Syria of supplying the Lebanese guerrillas with the weapons for the first time.
A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck a remote mountainous region in western today, killing at least 400 people and injuring about 10,000. The temblor occurred at 7:49 a.m. in Qinghai province, with its epicenter in Yushu county, an area populated mostly by Tibetans.
Today the United States announced it is giving up on the Korengal Valley, pulling the 130 or so troops stationed there to move to more populated centers.
James King said he set out on his own to look for 11-year-old girl lost in a Florida swamp, trekking two hours before his repeated calls of "Nadia" finally drew a reply.