Iraq wants explanation on reported U.S. spying on PM
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iraq will seek an explanation from U.S.
officials about a report asserting the United States spied on
Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the
Iraqi government spokesman said on Friday.
Reuters - Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of
former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was poised on
Saturday to win an election to become president.
AFP - Pakistan lawmakers were Saturday expected to elect slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's widower as president of the frontline state in the United States-led "war on terror".
Reuters - Boeing Co's
27,000-strong machinists' union declared it will strike at
midnight Pacific time on Friday, as the plane maker failed to
improve its contract offer after two days of emergency talks.
Reuters - The U.S. government plans to put
troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times
and Washington Post newspapers reported on Friday.
AP - Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS.
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tunis early Saturday to pursue a North Africa tour after a landmark meeting in Libya with its leader Moamer Kadhafi.