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World Headlines
- Tiger escapes at San Francisco Zoo, kills visitor
- A visitor at the San Francisco Zoo was killed and two people were injured when a tiger escaped from its cage on Tuesday, according to a report.
- Suicide bomb attacks in Iraq kill 35
- Two separate suicide attacks killed at least 35 people in Iraq on Tuesday, shattering more than a week of relative calm, local and U.S. military authorities said.
- MacKay says Iran giving weapons to Taliban
- Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay, who helped serve Christmas dinner to troops in Kandahar on Tuesday, accused Iran of fuelling the conflict in Afghanistan.
- 2 diplomats ordered to leave Afghanistan
- Two European diplomats have been arrested and ordered to leave Afghanistan, accused of being a risk to national security, a UN spokesman said.
- Queen uses web to give Christmas speech
- Although she hadn't used a computer until two years earlier, Queen Elizabeth marked the 50th anniversary of her televised Christmas message with an unprecedented web broadcast Tuesday.
- Turkey says hundreds of Kurdish insurgents killed in air strikes
- Turkish air strikes and artillery have hit more than 200 Kurdish targets in the mountains of northern Iraq since Dec. 16, killing hundreds of insurgents, the military said Tuesday.
- Pope calls for end to conflict in Christmas Day message
- Pope Benedict XVI issued a Christmas Day appeal Tuesday to political leaders around the globe to find the "wisdom and courage'' to end bloody conflicts in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan and Congo.
- 14 sailors missing after S. Korean freighter sinks
- Fourteen sailors are missing after a South Korean freighter sank in rough waters off the country's coast on Tuesday morning, the coast guard says.
- Footbridge collapses in Nepal, killing 13
- At least 13 people were killed and dozens — perhaps 100 or more — were missing after a footbridge collapsed over a river in western Nepal on Tuesday, officials said.
- U.S. Midwest recovering from deadly snowstorm
- Improved weather conditions in the U.S. Midwest are helping road crews deal with the remnants of a snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and is blamed for at least 22 traffic deaths.