America's battered housing industry is showing signs of life, according to new U.S. government statistics. Home sales rising, but prices still slumping U.S. home sales recorded the largest monthly increase in more than eight years, rising 11 percent...
Negotiators for the Congolese government and a rebel group in the country's east have reached a preliminary agreement, after talks in the eastern town of Goma. Neither side has released details of the discussion, which would only set the stage for f...
A U.S. passenger jet crash-landed in New York City's Hudson River on Thursday with 155 passengers and crew onboard. But tragedy was averted when ferries and tourist boats came to the aid of the sinking plane and everyone was evacuated. Tail fin of A...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 28 February 2008 Intelligence officials and witnesses in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area say an apparent missile strike has killed at least 13 people - several of whom appeared to be foreigners. Similar previous ex...