60 casualties, including women and childrenIsrael says target was Hezbollah launching groundProtesters attack U.N. compound in Beirut Beirut rejects talks with Rice without cease-fireRice's planned visit to Lebanon postponed

60 casualties, including women and childrenIsrael says target was Hezbollah launching groundProtesters attack U.N. compound in Beirut Beirut rejects talks with Rice without cease-fireRice's planned visit to Lebanon postponed

60 casualties, including women and childrenIsrael says target was Hezbollah launching groundProtesters attack U.N. compound in Beirut Beirut rejects talks with Rice without cease-fireRice's planned visit to Lebanon canceled

60 casualties, including women and childrenIsrael says target was Hezbollah launching groundProtesters attack U.N. compound in Beirut Beirut rejects talks with Rice without cease-fire

65 casualties, including women and childrenIsrael says target was Hezbollah launching groundProtesters attack U.N. compound in Beirut Beirut rejects talks with Rice without cease-fire

65 casualties, including women and childrenIsrael says target was Hezbollah launching groundProtestors break into U.N. compound in Beirut Beirut rejects talks with Rice without cease-fire

Reuters - NATO's expansion into southern Afghanistan will target drug warlords who are the root cause of growing violence, the force's commander said on Saturday.

AFP - Scuffles broke out between protesters and police guarding Australian Prime Minister John Howard when demonstrators surrounded his car in the western city of Perth.

AFP - Prudential, the second-biggest British insurance group, has published solid half-year results but sharply raised its cost-savings target in a bid to halt losses at online banking division Egg.

AP - Israeli troops withdrew from northern Gaza early Friday after a bloody two-day sweep that killed 29 Palestinians, the deadliest violence since Israel's incursion began more than a month ago.

AFP - US requests to send two more planes carrying bombs and missiles to Israel via Britain in the next fortnight are likely to be approved, newspapers reported.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday failed to quash fears that a new version of its Windows software system would be further delayed, stirring concerns that a new technology cycle tied to the upgrade could be put on hold.

AFP - US requests to send two more planes carrying bombs and missiles to Israel via Britain in the next fortnight are likely to be approved, a newspaper reported, citing an unnamed senior government official.

AFP - US requests to send two more planes carrying bombs and missiles to Israel via Britain in the next fortnight are likely to be approved, a newspaper reported, citing an unnamed senior government official.

AdWeek.com - As marketers continue to debate new self-regulatory guidelines for ads directed at kids, advocacy groups are pushing lawmakers and regulators to curb interactive ads that they claim irresponsibly push junk food at a time when childhood obesity rates are soaring.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it sees no reason why its new Windows Vista operating system would be delayed, but it stopped short of committing to its previously stated launch target.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. sees revenue at its core desktop Windows business growing 8 percent to 10 percent in the current fiscal year ending June 30, a top executive said on Thursday.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it sees no reason now why its new Windows Vista operating system would be delayed, but stopped short of committing to its previously stated launch target.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday that he seriously doubted claims that Israel had purposely targeted a UN observer post in southern Lebanon a day earlier killing four peacekeepers. He said the more serious question was why the position was still being manned in the middle of...

AP - Britain's prime minister sent a strong warning Wednesday to the food industry to restrict advertising of less healthy products to children — or risk a total ban on promotions that target minors.