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  1. Afghan children play football in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, July 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
    US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan; 2 crew dead AP - Sat Jul 18, 11:27 AM ET

    KABUL - A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet crashed early Saturday in central Afghanistan, killing the two crew members, the U.S. military said.

  2. File - Britain's oldest man Henry Allingham aged 112 and the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in the First World War, holds a copy of his book at a launch in London, in this Sept.23, 2008 file photo. St Dunstan's care home in Ovingdean, near Brighton on England's south coast, says Allingham died early Saturday July 18, 2009. He was one of only two surviving World War I veterans in Britain and had been the world's oldest man since June 19. He was 113. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
    World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies AP - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

    LONDON - Only death could silence Henry Allingham.

  3. Robert Capa's iconic war photograph is displayed during the "Correspondents In the Spanish Civil War" exhibition at the Instituto Cervantes in New York. A Spanish newspaper has claimed that the photo -- that shows a Republican soldier at the apparent moment he was fatally hit in the back by a bullet -- was in fact staged.(AFP/SunReel Media/File/Ivan Cortazar)
    Iconic Capa war photo was staged: newspaper AFP - Fri Jul 17, 11:30 AM ET

    MADRID (AFP) - A Spanish Civil War photo by Robert Capa that shows a Republican soldier at the apparent moment he was fatally hit in the back by a bullet was in fact staged, a Spanish newspaper claimed on Friday.

  4. Indonesian police search people as they enter the grounds of the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Jakarta the morning after a bombing, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Investigators say suicide bombers who stayed as guests attacked American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital and set blasts Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
    Fugitive terrorist a suspect in Indonesia bombings AP - Sat Jul 18, 12:52 PM ET

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - The mangled faces of two suspected suicide attackers may be the main clue linking the bombings of two luxury American hotels in the Indonesian capital with a notorious al-Qaida-linked militant network that has struck many times before.

  5. A Sequel to the Case of the Pregnant Nine-Year Old Time.com - Sat Jul 18, 1:35 AM ET

    The Catholic Church came under criticism after it excommunicated the family and doctor in a controversial abortion. Now, it has clarified its position

  6. FILE - In this July 7, 2009 file photo, a Uighur woman faces off Chinese paramilitary police in Urumqi, China. A U.S. group that monitors militant Web sites said an offshoot of a secessionist group with ties to al-Qaida is threatening revenge Thursday, July 16, 2009 on China for the deaths of Muslim Uighurs in clashes this month. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
    Report: Group tied to al-Qaida threatens China AP - Sat Jul 18, 9:35 AM ET

    BEIJING - A group linked to al-Qaida that threatened to disrupt last year's Beijing Olympics is vowing to avenge Muslim Uighurs who died in ethnic violence with Chinese earlier this month.

  7. The ruin of a residential house and a destroyed street in Nachterstedt, Germany, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Three residents were missing after their lakeside home and another building suddenly collapsed early Saturday morning into the water. A 350-metre stretch of shoreline gave way next to an old open-cast coal mine converted to a lake in the small town of Nachterstedt, 170 kilometres south-west of Berlin. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
    Mudslide swallows house in Germany, 3 missing AP - Sat Jul 18, 12:12 PM ET

    NACHTERSTEDT, Germany - A mudslide undermined a house and buried it in a crater along a lake shore in central Germany on Saturday. Three people who lived in it were missing.

  8. A supporter of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya shouts slogans outside the site of talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras in San Jose, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Zelaya, who was forced into exile in a June 28 military coup, gave negotiators meeting in Costa Rica until midnight to restore him to office, threatening to return to Honduras in secret and attempt to retake power on his own if no agreement is reached. He indicated he would reject any power-sharing agreement, a proposal to be discussed at the talks. (AP Photo/Kent Gilbert)
    Honduras crisis talks start, shadowed by ultimatum AP - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Crucial talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras began Saturday following an ultimatum from ousted President Manuel Zelaya that appeared to leave little room for compromise.

  9. Pigs at a swine farm on the outskirts of Medellin, Colombia on April 2009. Argentina has issued a nationwide alert after pigs were confirmed to have the swine flu virus.(AFP/File/Raul Arboleda)
    Argentina declares alert as pigs found with swine flu AFP - Fri Jul 17, 12:34 PM ET

    BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentina issued a nationwide alert on Friday after pigs in the country were confirmed to have the swine flu virus, health authorities said.

  10. Japan police raid tour agent over mountain deaths AP - Sat Jul 18, 8:50 AM ET

    TOKYO - Japanese police raided the offices of a tour organizer Saturday on suspicion of negligence after eight senior citizens died of apparent hypothermia in cold, wet weather during a climbing tour of Japan's northern mountains, officials said.

  11. Michael Owen celebrates during a Manchester United football match against Malaysia at the National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. Owen got his Manchester United career off to a flyer on Saturday when he scored the winner on his debut as the Premier League champions struggled past a Malaysian XI 3-2.(AFP/Saeed Khan)
    Owen scores winner on Man Utd debut AFP - 33 minutes ago

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Michael Owen got his Manchester United career off to a flyer on Saturday when he scored the winner on his debut as the Premier League champions struggled past a Malaysian XI 3-2.

  12. Scottish island's sacred Sunday under threat AP - Sat Jul 18, 1:38 PM ET

    ULLAPOOL, Scotland - An unholy row has broken out over a ferry company's decision to sail on Sunday between a remote Scottish island and the mainland.

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