Pope Benedict XVI has urged G-8 leaders meeting next week in central Italy to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world's poor from the effects of the economic downturn.
Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence.
A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and said in an editorial Saturday that he should be tried for committing crimes against the nation.
The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national security."
A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and said in an editorial Saturday he should be tried for committing crimes against the nation .
A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him in an editorial Saturday of committing crimes against the nation .
A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him in an editorial Saturday of committing crimes against the nation .
Six people, including a 3-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London on Friday, emergency services said.
With a fireworks show and a picnic at the White House, President Barack Obama leads the nation in observing Independence Day.
A top aide of Iran's supreme leader has called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation.
The inauguration in the capital, Lima, is to be attended by the presidents of Bolivia (Evo Morales), Colombia (Alvaro Uribe), Brazil (Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva), Chile (Michelle Bachellet) and Ecuador (Alfredo Palacio), among others.
The United States is being represented by Trade Minister Carlos Gutierrez.
Mr. Garcia’s first term as president ran from 1985 to 1990 but ended with the Peruvian economy in shambles. He has assured voters that he has learned from his mistakes and will not repeat them.
Mr. Garcia supports free trade with the United States and promises to continue many of the economic policies of outgoing President Alejandro Toledo.
On Thursday, the president-elect announced his new government, naming women to head six of 16 cabinet ministries.
Women will lead the ministries of women’s affairs, the interior, foreign commerce, labor, justice, transportation and communications.
Some information for this report was provided by AP.
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