The Farm - World News

Most of scenic Big Sur evacuated after wildfire spreads, but some stay behind

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:26:55 +0000

BIG SUR, Calif. - An explosive wildfire ravaged the hillsides above this scenic coastal community Thursday, leaving the popular tourist region mostly deserted ahead of the U.S. Independence Day holida...

Daring Colombian rescue operation hinged on rebel disarray, payback

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:20 +0000

BOGOTA, Colombia - The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them some 150 kilometres through Colombia's wilderness. A m...

Obama struggles to avert impression that he's changing stance on Iraq

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:11 +0000

FARGO, N.D. - Democrat Barack Obama struggled Thursday to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops from the war.

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U.S. command says it spent $250 million trying to find American hostages

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:14 +0000

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Defence Department contractors every day since their 2003 kidnapping. The cost...

Obama hints he could change his plan to bring U.S. troops home early

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41:40 +0000

FARGO, N.D. - Democrat Barack Obama opened the door Thursday to refining his plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq in 16 months based on what he hears from military commanders during his upcoming t...

Puerto Rico police rescue 181 dogs, cats and birds, arrest their owners

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41:47 +0000

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police say they rescued 181 dogs, cats and birds from a farm in southern Puerto Rico where they were found sick and undernourished in dirty cages.

Officer Lourdes Ortiz says...

After Jerusalem attack, Olmert calls for revival of home demolitions

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:21:04 +0000

JERUSALEM - A day after a Palestinian construction worker's deadly rampage in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday called for reviving the practice of demolishing the homes of attackers' ...

Chicago man suspected of caging his daughters to control them

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:20:55 +0000

POSEN, Ill. - Police say a father in suburban Chicago has admitted to locking his two young daughters in a cage in his pickup truck.

Ricardo Gonzalez was arrested after officials say a woman spotte...

British police seek help in solving brutal killing of French students

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:21:06 +0000

LONDON - British police appealed Thursday for witnesses to help solve the deaths of two French students who were stabbed dozens of times in the head and neck before being set on fire in their southeas...

Kissinger honours elder Bush with award for supporting a united Germany

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:16 +0000

BERLIN - Henry Kissinger honoured former U.S. president George H.W. Bush on Thursday for his commitment to Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification.

The Henry A. Kissinger Prize...

Group of Eight leaders meet in Japan amid calls to take on new members

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:12 +0000

TOKYO - The Group of Eight countries, holding their annual summit in Japan starting Monday, have always been a club for the world's biggest and brightest economies. Now a growing chorus is saying it's...

Italy starts controversial fingerprinting of Gypsies, including children

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:19 +0000

ROME - Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country - adults and children alike - brushing aside accusations of racism by human...

Fired Kandahar police chief speaks out, says he's innocent in prison plot

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:38:44 +0000

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The fired police chief of Kandahar has denied any involvement in an explosive prison break last month.

In his first public comments since being dismissed last week, Gen. Sye...

U.S. investigates airport 'go-arounds' as possible safety hazard

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:38:43 +0000

NEWARK, N.J. - A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway.

So the United pilot...

Freed hostage Betancourt sees children for first time in 6 years

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:59:21 +0000

BOGOTA, Colombia - Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt embraced her children for the first time in six years Thursday, saying the thought of them helped her stay alive until a da...