BALTIMORE — With a swine flu outbreak spreading across the nation, more than half the states have yet to stockpile the number of flu-treatment doses recommended by the federal government, an Associated Press survey found.
BANGUI, Central African Republic — An aid group says fresh violence between the army and rebels in the Central African Republic has forced as many as 8,000 people to flee their homes.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of Kenyan women vowed Wednesday to begin a weeklong sex strike to try to protest their country's bickering leadership, which they say threatens to revive the bloody chaos that convulsed the African country last year.
MONROVIA, Liberia — A former Liberian president has been acquitted of pilfering around $1 million from the country's state-run oil refinery during his time in office.
HARARE, Zimbabwe — As they marked the annual Labor Day holiday, teachers said Friday their talks with the government to avert a nationwide strike over pay had not produced an agreement.
Illinois health officials have updated the state's swine flu numbers. A case is "confirmed" when federal testing backs up the state's test results. Until then, the case is called "probable."
