Probe reveals oxygen bottle burst on Qantas flightAn oxygen tank exploded and blew a car-sized hole in a Qantas jet last month, air safety officials said Friday, but investigators appear to be no closer to figuring out why.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,150As of Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, at least 4,150 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Mexico City's abortion-rights law is upheldMexico's Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to abortion-rights legislation on Thursday in a decision likely to reverberate across the rest of largely Roman Catholic Latin America.
Chalabi aide arrested on suspicion of Baghdad bombingsU.S. forces have arrested a deputy of Ahmad Chalabi, who was once the Bush administration's favorite Iraqi politician, and implicated him in bombings that killed Americans and Iraqis, Chalabi and Iraqi government officials said Thursday.
Ex-generals convicted of killing Argentine senatorAn Argentine court convicted two former generals on Thursday for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military dictatorship and sentenced them to life in prison.
Russia criticized at UN over S. Ossetia, AbkhaziaGeorgia and its backers in the U.N. Security Council on Thursday decried Russia's recognition of two breakaway provinces. Russia responded by accusing its critics of bias and hypocrisy in an emergency meeting that turned bitter and personal.
Iran, Nigeria to share peaceful nuclear technologyAn Iranian trade delegation announced an agreement Thursday for Iran to share peaceful nuclear technology with Nigeria, to help Africa's biggest oil producer bolster its woeful electricity-generation capacity.
Putin:19 US poultry producers barred from Russia
UK: 3 men charged with terror offenses
Pakistan's next president: Mr. 10 Percent?
Congo rebels, army clash near Congo gorilla park
After 1,500 years, pagans plan Acropolis prayer

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