At a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's bid to return to his country was "reckless."

THE STATE DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., ...   more »

Ousted Zelaya crosses briefly into Honduras, then returns to Nicaragua.


LAS MANOS, NICARAGUA (JULY 24, 2009) REUTERS - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya arrived at Honduras' border on Friday (July 24) vowing to return to power, ...   more »

The funeral of former CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite was held in Manhattan on Thursday (July 23) at St. Bartholomew's Church, which the Cronkite family has attended for many years.
The large church was packed ...   more »

Iranian state news agency says 17 people died when a plane crashed on landing the airport of the Iranian town of Mashhad.


MASHHAD, IRAN (JULY 24, 2009) IRIB - Seventeen people were killed when a ...   more »

President Barack Obama says he should have chosen his words more carefully when he said police "acted stupidly" in arresting a prominent black Harvard scholar, touching off a debate over race.

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Embattled British premier Gordon Brown endures another bad day, as his ruling party Labour loses a key parliamentary seat.

NORWICH, NORFOLK, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 24, 2009) ITN - Britain's opposition Conservatives captured a parliamentary ...   more »

China and Russia begin a joint military exercise seen as a chance to beef up anti-terrorism cooperation after the recent flare-up of violence in China's Xinjiang region.



China's state television CCTV broadcast pictures of the ...   more »

HONG KONG, CHINA (JULY 22, 2009) REUTERS - The 20th annual Hong Kong book kicked off on Wednesday (July 22) and looked set to beat last years record numbers.
In 2008 over 800,000 visitors poured ...   more »