SANAA – The Yemeni government is willing to hold talks with separatists, local media reported on Tuesday.
“We say to them: Come talk with your brothers in the authority, and we will talk with you,” President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in an address at a military academy.
“We welcome any political demands. Come to dialogue,” he said.
The [...]

BAGHDAD – The Iraqi prime minister’s coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top US commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer.
Sunday’s election, which took place against a backdrop [...]

PARIS – Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new international attention to its secretive nuclear activities.
Both countries laid out their hopes at an international conference on civilian nuclear energy at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [...]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Kim Yu-na of South Korea won the women’s figure skating gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics on Thursday, delivering an elegant program in royal fashion.Known at home as “Queen Yu-na,” Kim soared to a world-record 228.56 points and shattered her previous mark by more than 18 points. It will go down as [...]

VANCOUVER: A goal from Sydney Crosby in overtime helped Canada beat the United States 3-2 in men’s hockey final at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games Sunday and sent the country into sea of joy.It doesn’t even feel real. It feels like a dream,” said Crosby, who scored a backhand goal 7:40 into overtime after the [...]

NEW YORK – Single teen mom Bristol Palin, the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, will make her acting debut on a television show that centers around a teen pregnancy, the Disney-owned ABC Family channel said on Tuesday.
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Bristol, 19, whose pregnancy caused a stir during her mother’s 2008 campaign, will play herself on [...]