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Obama promises to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan

Obama promises to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON -- Signaling he's decided on new troop levels for the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he intends to "finish the job" on his watch and destroy terrorist networks in the region. [Full Story]

  • Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed

    Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed

    AMPATUAN, Philippines -- The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies, pushing the death toll to 46 in some of the deadliest election violence in the nation's history.


  • Pakistani officials: 5 army officers detained

    Pakistani officials: 5 army officers detained

    ISLAMABAD -- Five Pakistani army officers have been detained for questioning over possible links to two U.S. terror suspects accused of plotting an armed attack on a Danish newspaper, intelligence officials said Tuesday.


  • Netanyahu: Prisoner swap not a done deal

    Netanyahu: Prisoner swap not a done deal

    JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister tried on Tuesday to temper expectations that a deal to free an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants was imminent.


  • India probe blames mosque attack on Hindu leaders

    India probe blames mosque attack on Hindu leaders

    NEW DELHI -- A government investigation released Tuesday reportedly implicated dozens of Hindu nationalist politicians -- including a former prime minister -- in the 1992 demolition of a mosque that sparked deadly communal riots.


  • Official: Iraq faces election delay

    Official: Iraq faces election delay

    BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi election official says a political dispute has made it "impossible" to hold elections in January as required by the constitution, and that a delay is certain.


  • Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran

    Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran

    BRASILIA, Brazil -- Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.


  • Iran said ready for uranium exchange on its soil

    Iran said ready for uranium exchange on its soil

    TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran is ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched material, but only on its own soil, to guarantee the West follows through with promises to give the fuel, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.


  • China moves to protect pandas from swine flu

    China moves to protect pandas from swine flu

    BEIJING -- A panda research center in northwestern China has been closed to visitors as a precaution to protect the endangered species from catching swine flu, state media reported on Tuesday.


  • Bomb kills 6 family members in eastern Afghanistan

    Bomb kills 6 family members in eastern Afghanistan

    KABUL -- A remote-controlled bomb planted in a water station exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing six members of a family, including four children, authorities and a relative said.


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