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Friday Jul. 30, 2010 12:27 PM ET
Enbridge's oil spill in Michigan appears contained
The slick of oil from a ruptured Enbridge pipeline in Michigan has been contained to a local lake and river and should not present a threat to the Great Lakes, say both U.S. officials and the Calgary-based Enbridge.
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Six U.S. soldiers die in deadliest month of Afghan war
NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war.
Three days of floods kill 430 people in Pakistan
Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 1929.
Suspected remains of IRA victim found in Irish bog
The suspected remains of a 57-year-old Northern Ireland man who was abducted by the Irish Republican Army in 1981 have been unearthed in a bog in Ireland.
Incoming BP CEO: Time for 'scaleback' in cleanup
BP's incoming CEO said Friday that it's time for a "scaleback" of the massive effort to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but stressed the commitment to make things right is the same as ever.
China criticizes Clinton comments on island chains
China's military on Friday criticized remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Washington had a strong interest in seeing territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved peacefully.
U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez closes for security
The U.S. closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, an unexpected decision that comes months after drug gangs killed three people tied to the consulate.
Thai court releases Red Shirt protest leader
A grenade exploded near a Bangkok shopping mall early Friday, wounding one person in the second explosion in a week in the Thai capital still rattled by deadly political clashes and living under emergency rule.
Police blamed for attack on Sri Lanka cricket team bus
Senior Pakistan police officers have been heavily criticized in a judge's report for being ill-prepared, poorly equipped and incompetent in their efforts to prevent a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team bus last year.
Tests to confirm if captured bear attacked campers
Wildlife officials expected DNA test results to confirm Friday that a captured grizzly bear and her three cubs were the animals that killed one camper and injured two others in a rampage that has set tourists in this Yellowstone National Park gateway community on edge.
No immunity in U.K. lawmaker expense scandal cases
Four legislators charged over Britain's lawmakers' expense claim scandal aren't immune from prosecution under parliamentary privilege laws, the country's Court of Appeal ruled Friday.
Iranian official says West smuggling tainted cigarettes
An Iranian official says cigarettes smuggled into Iran have been tainted with pig blood and nuclear material as part of a Western conspiracy.
Japanese PM calls for parliamentary co-operation
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, fresh off a major defeat in parliamentary elections, called on the opposition parties Friday to co-operate in passing measures to shore up the nation's economy and avoid political gridlock.
5 soldiers killed in land mine attack in India
Separatist rebels triggered a land mine Friday that killed at least five paramilitary soldiers and wounded 41 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, where a deadly separatist insurgency has long raged.
Arizona appeals decision to block new immigration law
Arizona was seeking to reinstate key parts of its new immigration law Thursday, while angry protesters on the streets of Phoenix chanted that they refused to "live in fear."
Top Mexican drug lord killed in gunfight with soldiers
One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug has been killed in a gunfight with soldiers, ending the long run of a mysterious capo considered a founder of the country's massive methamphetamine trade.
At least 80 dead after Congo boat disaster
A boat ferrying about 200 passengers to Congo's capital capsized after hitting a rock, and a government spokesman said Thursday at least 80 people were confirmed dead.
Obama charms hosts, defends policies on 'The View'
U.S. President Barack Obama spent some time on the couch Thursday, but he wasn't relaxing. Instead, Obama sat on the custard-coloured couch seen by millions.
Fake info can be used to obtain U.S. passports: Gov't
Posing as someone else and using fake birth certificates and driver's licenses still can obtain official U.S. passports.
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Oil spill in Michigan
In Pictures: Rush to save wildlife as millions of litres pours into Michigan river.
