ATLANTA - Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers. The estimate was made in an annual report that shows that, overall, the
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Americans should expect a significant U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for two years to four years more. Just as in Iraq, the U.S. eventually will turn over provinces to local security forces, al
WINDHOEK, Namibia - Namibia's election commission says President Hifikepunye Pohamba has won re-election, with more than six times as many votes as his nearest rival. According to results posted Saturday on the Election Commission of Namibia's Web s
KABUL - President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces have theirs. While the new U.S. war strategy was unveiled with worldwide fanfare, Afghan's defense force has been quietly planning its own troop buildup to
LONDON - Sir Alex Ferguson is poised to recall his big guns when Manchester United travel to Upton Park on a mission to keep in touch with Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table. Ferguson fielded a youthful side in the midweek League Cup vi
Royal Bank of Scotland has signalled that it will succumb to pressure to pay its high-flying investment bankers substantially less than rival institutions amid an escalating row with the government. The bank, which is 70 per cent owned by taxpayers,
ROBBEN ISLAND, South Africa - FIFA announced a 60 percent hike in prizemoney for next year's World Cup and offered Ireland 'moral compensation' formissing out thanks to Thierry Henry's handball.Emerging from a historic meeting on Robben Island, whe
Top bankers at Royal Bank of Scotland have been warned by the Treasury not to expect bumper bonuses next year, as Alistair Darling, chancellor, prepares to get tough with those staff who do not “get the new political and financial landscape.It is un
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