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 messageOsama bin Laden, who has threatened to extend al-Qaida's terror to Israel, will release a new Internet message dealing with Israelis and Palestinians, a terrorism monitoring group said Thursday.
Moroccan court broadens terrorism investigationsA Moroccan court broadened investigations Thursday into two alleged terrorism cells, one accused of supporting insurgents in Iraq and the other of plotting suicide bombings in Casablanca last year.
Feuding Lebanese factions agree to begin dialogueThe Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war, now that the Cabinet has reversed measures aimed at reining in the Iranian-backed militants.
Canada eyes OTC sale of Plan B `morning-after' pillCanada's national pharmacy regulation body is recommending that "morning-after" contraceptive pills be sold over the counter.
Clashes lead UN to pull staff from Sudan oil area
Chavez: Interpol report 'ridiculous'
Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base
Italy arrests nearly 400 in security crackdown
China OKs 4 foreign rescue teams for quake zone

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