US president defends rescue, restructuring plans
LOS ANGELES (AP): President Barack Obama was in the midst of a campaign-style swing through California yesterday, selling his plans for rescuing and restructuring the nation's sickly economy and fragile financial system.In Washington, meantime, lawmakers...

Protesters flood streets
PARIS (AP): More than one million people marched in France on Thursday to demand the government do more to overcome the economic crisis, but planned strikes failed to fulfil a key goal - to paralyse the country.Skirmishes between several hundred youths...

Bin Laden calls for Somalis to oust new president
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP):Osama bin Laden urged Somalis yesterday to overthrow the country's new president, issuing a statement that clearly outlined al-Qaida's ambitions in a nation long feared to be a haven for the terror network.Bin Laden's 111/2-minute...