Reuters - Taliban insurgents killed 10 Frenchsoldiers and wounded 21 in a major battle in Afghanistan, theFrench president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest singleloss of foreign troops in combat there since 2001.

Reuters - Next Olympics hosts Britain reachedtheir highest gold medal tally in a century on Tuesday withfour victories including one from a once-banned runner.

Reuters - Next Olympics hosts Britain reachedtheir highest gold medal tally in a century on Tuesday withfour victories including one from a once-banned runner.

Reuters - A day after President PervezMusharraf quit, leaders of Pakistan's fractious coalitiongovernment squabbled over the judiciary on Tuesday and a bombkilled 25 people, underscoring the challenges facing thenation.

Reuters - A day after President PervezMusharraf quit, leaders of Pakistan's fractious coalitiongovernment squabbled over the judiciary on Tuesday and a bombkilled 25 people, underscoring the challenges facing thenation.

Reuters - Iran's attempt to launch a dummysatellite into orbit was a"dramatic failure"that fell farshort of the country's assertions of success, a U.S. officialsaid on Tuesday