Police: 8 killed in Philippine bank robberySeven bank employees and a security guard were fatally shot in the head during a bank robbery in a town south of Manila on Friday, police said.
UN: World economy to grow by 1.8 percent in 2008The world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections Thursday.
Security Council wants UN peacekeepers in SomaliaThe Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling for a U.N. political presence in conflict-wracked Somalia for the first time in years and setting conditions for the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,078As of Thursday, May 15, 2008, at least 4,078 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
French workers strike in protest of job cutsTeachers, postal workers and other public servants staged a one-day strike and tens of thousands marched through French cities Thursday, a widespread protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's planned job cuts.
Leader to apologize to Canadian IndiansPrime Minister Stephen Harper will deliver a public apology for a decades-long government policy requiring Canadian Indians to attend state-funded church schools - often scenes of physical and sexual abuse.
Failed Haiti PM nominee lashes outAn international banker whose nomination for Haiti's No. 2 political post was rejected by the lower house of Parliament said Thursday he was hamstrung by corrupt legislators.
Web site: Bin Laden to release Israel message
Moroccan court broadens terrorism investigations
Feuding Lebanese factions agree to begin dialogue
Canada eyes OTC sale of Plan B `morning-after' pill
Clashes lead UN to pull staff from Sudan oil area

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