«I woke up in the recovery room with sweet Diane gently tugging on my big toe,» she said in a posting Monday

«I am incredibly grateful that my surgery went well Friday,» Roberts said in a posting on ABC News’ Web site. «Thanks for all the prayers — I owe you big time!» Roberts, 46, told «GMA» viewers last Tuesday that she had cancer, which she discovered through self-examination. Her mother and sisters traveled from the Mississippi […]

«Google has cemented its dominance in online search adverts and shielded itself from competitive pressure by imposing anti-competitive contractual restrictions on third-party websites,» Vestager said in a statement

European Union regulators fined Google almost $1.7 billion for for abusing its dominant role in online advertising. The fine of 1.49 billion euros, or $1.68 billion, was announced by the EU’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday. The penalty is the result of a long-running probe of Google’s AdSense […]

It discredits us as a nation, as Ukrainians,» Yushchenko told a sparsely attended briefing, appearing dejected but calm

Yushchenko made the statements, some of his harshest against President-elect Viktor Yanukovych, at a news conference nine days before he is due hand over power. «The victory of Yanukovych is a Kremlin project. It is a policy of deep dependence on Russia,» Yushchenko said. Yushchenko was the leader of mass street protests in 2004 against […]

It wasn’t clear what caused the collapse, which occurred after a late-night tremor and heavy rains

In a rare exclusive sit-down interview, Preval told Associated Press Television News on Monday that Haiti faces a long reconstruction process that will result in fewer people living in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Complete Coverage: Devastation in Haiti Haiti Quake: How You can Help «It will take 1,000 trucks moving rubble for 1,000 days, so that’s […]

Israel considered him to be the point man in smuggling Iranian rockets into Gaza that would be capable of striking the Jewish state’s Tel Aviv heartland

While few people are privy to the cloak-and-dagger operations of the Mossad, senior Israeli security officials not directly involved with the affair said they were convinced it was a Mossad operation because of the motive and the use of Israeli identities. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a government order not […]

«What is needed now is a swift decision to terminate Dagan’s contract and to appoint a new Mossad chief,» wrote Oren in a front-page commentary

While few people are privy to the cloak-and-dagger operations of the Mossad, senior Israeli security officials not directly involved with the affair said they were convinced it was a Mossad operation because of the motive and the use of Israeli identities. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a government order not […]

Kartika, the woman convicted of drinking beer, has insisted she wants to get the punishment over with, but government authorities said they needed to train personnel to properly carry out the penalty first

The caning of women has fueled debate about whether Islamic conservatism was intruding into people’s personal lives in this moderate Muslim-majority country. Another woman, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old mother of two, was sentenced to caning last year for drinking beer. Kartika’s sentence has not been carried out, but authorities at a women’s prison […]

«There is no reason for Israel to change this policy.» Amir Oren, a military analyst for the Israeli daily Haaretz, called for the ouster of Mossad director Meir Dagan

While few people are privy to the cloak-and-dagger operations of the Mossad, senior Israeli security officials not directly involved with the affair said they were convinced it was a Mossad operation because of the motive and the use of Israeli identities. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a government order not […]