By SARA MURRAY And COLLEEN MCCAIN NELSON Mitt Romney will announce his vice-presidential candidate Saturday morning, the campaign said late Friday, as Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin emerged as the leading contender. Is there a Romney vice-presidential … Taiwan couple in same-sex Buddhist wedding
Two women tied the knot on Saturday in Taiwan's first same-sex Buddhist wedding, a move rights groups hope will help make the island become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage. Military official: Afghan kills 3 NATO troops on same day that Afghan police kills 3 Marines
KABUL – The U.S.-led military coalition says an Afghan working on an installation shared by Afghan and foreign forces has shot and killed three NATO service members.
Clinton visits Turkey for talks on Syria
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Turkey for talks with Turkish officials as well as Syrian opposition figures on how to undermine the Syrian regime and lay the groundwork for a democratic transition.
Kingfisher Airlines losses double
Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines on Saturday said quarterly losses more than doubled from a year earlier, fuelling fresh doubts about the future of the private Indian carrier. Three more U.S. soldiers killed by Afghan in grim day for NATO
KABUL (Reuters) – Three U.S. soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for NATO-led forces in the country during which six soldiers died in rogue attacks. The shooting took place on Friday night in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, not far from where three U.S. special forces soldiers were killed by an Afghan policeman and comrades earlier in the day. …
Thorpe unbowed by Australia's pool flop
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe said Saturday Australia's poor showing at the London Games had not dampened his comeback hopes and he expected his homeland to quickly return to form. 39 killed as bus falls into gorge in north India
Police say at least 39 people were killed when a crowded passenger bus fell into a deep gorge in northern India.
Japan to take islands dispute with Korea to international court
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said on Saturday it will take the long-running islands territorial dispute with South Korea to the International Court of Justice, after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to the islands this week. The islands, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, lie equidistant from the two mainlands and are believed to contain frozen natural gas deposits potentially worth billions of dollars. …
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