AP - The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller said Tuesday that his Wichita clinic will be "permanently closed," effective immediately. more

Tue Jun 09 07:20pm IRST

AP - President Barack Obama is calling for Congress to pay for new increases to federal benefit programs such as health care by raising taxes or coming up with budget cuts — a "pay-as-you-go" system that would have the force of law. more

Tue Jun 09 07:19pm IRST

AFP - The world is getting "very close" to a swine flu pandemic, a senior World Health Organisation official said Tuesday, noting that there is now community-level transmission in Australia. more

Tue Jun 09 07:07pm IRST

(AP) - North Korean soldiers observe the South Korean side at the border village of Panmunjom, which separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. A South Korean company has decided to pull out from a troubled industrial complex in North Korea a… more

Tue Jun 09 11:19am IRST

(AP) - Palestinian men work at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. U.S. envoy George Mitchell has begun a new swing through the Mideast as the White House tries to push Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Ban… more

Tue Jun 09 11:15am IRST

(AP) - The President of the European Investment Bank Philippe Maystadt arrives for an EU Finance Ministers meeting at Kiem Conference Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday June 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) more

Tue Jun 09 11:14am IRST