Attorneys grill potential jurors on second day of George Zimmerman trial
Attorneys grilled potential jurors for a second day Tuesday as the trial continued for George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch captain accused of murdering teen Trayvon Martin. Jury selection is expected to take all week, if not longer ...

Suicide blast in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
The courthouse is on a busy main road in central Kabul, near the U.S. Embassy. The NATO headquarters is also nearby. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in a statement the militants were obliged to attack ...

Egypt's opposition says 'too late' for unity talks
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's largest opposition grouping said Tuesday that calls by the president for national reconciliation talks come "too late," as activists geared up for a street protest campaign at the end of the month to demand his ouster. President ...

Insight - Ahead of vote, "kidnapped" Iran reformists imprisoned at home
When Iran elects a new president on Friday, authorities are determined to prevent a repeat of the street unrest that posed the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic's ruling system since its birth in the 1979 revolution. Mirhossein Mousavi ...

Gorbachev in hospital, spokesman says
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev speaks during his open lecture ''Does a man changes history, or history change a man?” in Moscow, Russia, in March. (Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP) MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for Mikhail ...

Bombs, ambush kill 9 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) - Militants at a fake checkpoint shot three truck drivers dead Tuesday in an ambush, and bombings killed six people, as the deadliest violence in years plagues Iraq. Gunmen killed the three drivers early Tuesday at their checkpoint on a road ...