Karl Rove to quit
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Karl Rove, who set the political strategy for U.S. President George W. Bush's two White House victories and became a favourite target for critics, said yesterday he was resigning and returning home to Texas.
Taliban free two South Korean hostages
ARZOO, Afghanistan (Reuters): Two South Korean women held hostage by the Taliban for more than three weeks in Afghanistan were freed yesterday and handed over to Korean officials in relatively good health. The International Committee of the Red Cross...
Teens plead no contest in alleged plot to bomb Wisconsin high school
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (AP):Three teens accused of helping to plan an attack on a Wisconsin high school similar to Colorado's Columbine school massacre in which 12 people were killed years earlier pleaded no contest yesterday to conspiracy charges.William...
Envoy to Peru called home amid fishing row
SANTIAGO (Santiago): Chile called home yesterday its ambassador to Peru to 'report' as relations frayed between the South American neighbours over their maritime territory."The foreign relations ministry communicates that Chile's ambassador to Peru...
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