Summary: Battles erupted in Somalias capital on Wednesday between Islamist rebels and Ethiopian troops backing the government a day after the United Nations said it was still too dangerous to send peacekeepers there
Summary: AP - The astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex geared up Thursday for the fourth spacewalk of their mission, a high-profile test of a repair technique they hope they never have to use.
Summary: Financial authorities made a rare public move to calm jittery markets on Wednesday saying they were not aware of problems at any UK bank and would investigate share price moves sparked by unfounded rumours
Summary: AP - Vice President Dick Cheney flew to Afghanistan on Thursday to bolster the country's fragile government as it faces rising threats from al-Qaida and Taliban militants.
Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton's early job as health care policymaker gave way during the remainder of her years as first lady to a more traditional, restricted role, according to thousands of pages of calendars outlining her activities in the White House.
Summary: Pharmaceutical companies have lost confidence in investing in Britain following a decision by the government to scrap a 50yearold drug pricing mechanism according to a survey released on Thursday
Summary: RWE npower has teamed up with five partners for the governments competition to build the first commercial scale project to bury carbon emissions from power plants underground the German utility said on Thursday
Summary: Strike action is looming for South West Trains passengers after the company announced on Wednesday that drivers would walk off the job for four days from March 31 in a row over pay
Summary: Pay settlements held steady in February according to a survey by Industrial Relations Services on Thursday indicating that building price pressures have yet to feed through to wages
Summary: A group of small shareholders in nationalised bank Northern Rock has written to the government denouncing the terms set to determine compensation levels the first step in a legal fight to recover their losses
Summary: Two tabloid newspapers made unprecedented front page apologies on Wednesday to the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann for suggesting they might have killed their daughter and covered up her death
Summary: Reuters - Vice-President Dick Cheney made an
unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to meet President
Hamid Karzai as the United States urges NATO allies to provide
more troops and support.
Summary: AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Afghanistan Thursday for talks with President Hamid Karzai to assess the fight against extremism here ahead of a summit of NATO partners in the battle.
Summary: A court in Chile has sentenced 24 former police officers in cases of kidnapping, torture and murder that happened just after a U.S.-backed coup toppled the country's democratically elected president in 1973, the country's Judicial Authority said Wednesday
