MADRID (AP) — A court official in Spain says a judge wants to question ex-members of Colombia's FARC rebels to investigate that organization's links to the Basque separatist group ETA.
The official says Judge Eloy Velasco also wants to see copies of testimony given by two detained ETA members who said they took a weapons training course in 2008 in Venezuela, which Colombia says has served as a haven for …
Former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. returned to his job as an MSNBC pundit on Tuesday, one day after announcing he wouldn't run for U.S. Senate in New York, and said he would have won the primary but worried that the intraparty battle would have emboldened Republicans.
Ford, who represented a Tennessee district in the U.S. House, had been publicly exploring a possible Democratic primary challenge in New York, but announced Monday night in a New York Times op-ed that he wouldn't run. He said Tuesday on MSNBC that he hopes "another opportunity presents itself."
Ford said he doesn't want to divide the party and risk strengthening the Republicans' chance …
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MINNEAPOLIS Frank Thomas admits he's worried about the White Sox.He looks across the field at the Minnesota Twins and sees the kind offundamental offense that was the hallmark of the Sox' magical run in2000.
"This is not the same team as last year," Thomas said after theSox' 9-4 loss Saturday to the first-place Twins. "The rhythm of thisteam is not the same. It bothers me a little bit because what we hadlast year was special."
Just as the Twins are trying to copy the success of the Sox,Thomas wishes the Sox could take a page out of Minnesota's playbook.
"We really have to get back to the fundamentals of last year-moving runners over, …
BEIRUT (AP) — The embattled Syrian regime is largely "out of the danger zone" despite a 7-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad, the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Monday.
The comments by Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, a steadfast ally of Syria, appeared to be an attempt to portray confidence that the regime in Damascus will recover from a popular revolt that has become the most serious challenge to the Assad family's four-decade dynasty.
"Is Syria out of danger? We can say, to a very large extent, yes," Nasrallah told Hezbollah's Manar TV station during an hours-long interview.
Mass demonstrations in Syria have triggered a brutal crackdown, …
Well, at least the San Diego Padres can call themselves the best of the worst in the National League.
Adrian Gonzalez's 35th homer and Kevin Kouzmanoff's three RBIs backed Cha Seung Baek's strong start, and the Padres beat the Washington Nationals 6-2 Sunday to sweep a three-game series between the NL's worst teams.
"Things aren't going our way, but I think we just do the best we can with the things we can control _ running balls out, playing hard, and just trying to stay in the game mentally," Kouzmanoff said. "At this point in the season, it's hard to just hang them up, shut it down, quit early. I think it's important for us to finish …
BATH SUNDAY Tramways turned the Roper Rhodes Bathrooms Bath &District Sunday League Division 3 table on its head as they beatleaders Bristol City Supporters' Club. Brian Hobbs grabbed thedecisive goal 15 minutes from time as Tramways climbed off the footof the table and up to eighth spot with a 2-1 victory. They hadearlier taken the lead through Kane Brinkhurst's thumping header,only for BCSC to level within 30 seconds. Rose & Crown Vultures wereunable to sustain a spirited comeback as they went down 7-2 toKingsmead Reserves.
Trailing 3-0, Jack Harvey and Andy Brookin scored to cut the gapbefore the visitors pulled away again. The Division 2 match betweenBear …
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - President Bush asked Congress on Saturday for $3.2 billion to pay for 8,200 more U.S. troops needed in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of the 21,500-troop buildup he announced in January.
Bush wants Congress to fund 3,500 new U.S. troops to expand training of local police and army units in Afghanistan. The money also would pay for the estimated 3,500 existing U.S. troops he already announced would be staying longer in the region to counter an anticipated Taliban offensive in Afghanistan this spring.
In Iraq, most of the additional troops would help with the latest Baghdad security plan, which is getting under way in the capital. The money would pay for …
