Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home (AP)

Jermaine Jackson, right, and Jackie Jackson drive out of the Jackson family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

AP - Questions about Michael Jackson's use of prescription drugs are intensifying after a powerful sedative was found inside his home.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:52:00 GMT
Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move (Reuters)

U.S. Republican vice- presidential nominee Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to the crowd after U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain delivered his concession speech in Phoenix, November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Reuters - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:33 GMT
Serena tops Venus again for third Wimbledon title (AP)

AP - Serena Williams fell to her knees on the grass, eyes closed, arms raised, and threw back her head.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:51:14 GMT
Myanmar snubs UN chief over Suu Kyi visit (AFP)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was

AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday that he was "deeply disappointed" after the reclusive head of Myanmar's military junta refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:13:13 GMT
N.Korea test-fires seven missiles: S.Korea (AFP)

North Korea fired a Unha-2 rocket from North Hamgyong province in April 2009. North Korea has test-fired seven missiles off its east coast in what appeared to be a calculated message of defiance timed for the US Independence Day holiday.(AFP/KCNA/File)

AFP - North Korea test-fired seven missiles off its east coast on Saturday, South Korean officials said, in an act of defiance apparently timed for the US Independence Day holiday.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:33:27 GMT
Obama's trip: 3 more countries, 1 broad mission (AP)

Russian traditional wooden dolls, Matreshkas, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, form part of a street vendor's display in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 3, 2009. Obama is to visit Russia on July 6-8. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

AP - Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:49:08 GMT
Two U.S. soldiers killed in complex Afghan attack (Reuters)
Reuters - Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their base in southeast Afghanistan came under attack on Saturday, the U.S. military said, two days after a major operation against the Taliban was launched in the south.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:50:18 GMT
Rescuers find debris of Yemenia aircraft: government (Reuters)
Reuters - Search crews have located a large piece of debris from a Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands last week and are working to retrieve it, the Yemeni transport ministry said Saturday.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23:42 GMT
Hardline Iran editor calls for Mousavi to face trial (Reuters)

Two women walk past a reflection of a mural with pictures of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and a member of the Basij militia with a quote from Iran's Supreme Leader that reads,

Reuters - A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said on Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible crimes" which should be tried in court.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:18 GMT
VP Biden celebrates July 4 with US troops in Iraq (AP)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talks with soldiers at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence. Biden began Independence Day by greeting more than 200 U.S. soldiers who were becoming American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in a marble domed hall at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces at Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the outskirts of Baghdad. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, Pool)

AP - Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:33:43 GMT