As Ireland Makes Big Cuts, Low Corporate Taxes Are Sacrosanct

Ireland plans to keep low rates that have attracted Microsoft, Intel and Pfizer but that other countries say distort competition.

Arrests Put Pressure on Afghan Voting Officials

The actions intensified pressure from the government on election officials a day after the election commission released final results.

3 Teens Rescued in South Pacific

Three teenagers survived 50 days adrift in a tiny boat in the South Pacific by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish and a seagull before being rescued by a passing trawler, a senior crewman on the fishing vessel said.

Maliki Given 30 Days to Form Government in Iraq

The nomination had been delayed to give Nuri Kamal al-Maliki time to cobble together an Iraqi government from deeply divided factions.

Russia Expresses Anger Over European Visa Proposal

A European Union proposal would deny visas to a list of 60 officials who have been implicated in the death of a lawyer who died in detention in Moscow.

Questions Remain in Cambodia Crush

The response by the police and Phnom Penh?s readiness to handle an influx of visitors for the festival that turned deadly are being analyzed.

Rio Police Raid Gang Stronghold

Elite police units riding in military armored vehicles rumbled through a heavily fortified slum Thursday hunting for drug gang leaders blamed for five days of violence, even as dozens of armed youths fled to a neighboring shantytown.

Dilemma for Spanish Federation in Contador Case

The federation is faced with the awkward task of having to decide whether its biggest star should be sanctioned.

France Approves New Search for Wreckage of Plane

France approved a request to mount a fresh search of the mid-Atlantic seabed for the wreckage of an Air France jet that crashed nearly 18 months ago.