AT least eight women and one man have been sentenced to be stoned to death in Iran and may be executed at any time, the lawyers defending several of those sentenced said today
US forces shot dead the 17-year-old son and another relative of the governor of northern Iraq`s Salahuddin province in a raid today, local officials said
US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed to set a "time horizon" for US troop withdrawals as part of a long-term security pact
French resistance ... Lleyton Hewitt came back from two sets down in what looked to be an early French Open exit to beat Argentina`s Gaston Gaudio 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 and make the third round / AAP