Traders work on the floor just before the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange in August 2010. A season of bumper profits for some of the world's biggest corporations provides a shocking contrast to the low rates of growth and high levels of unemployment in most developed economies.

Bumper profits fail to dispel wider worries

AFP - 22 minutes ago

PARIS (AFP) - - A season of bumper profits for some of the world's biggest corporations provides a shocking contrast to the low rates of growth and high levels of unemployment in most developed economies. Full Story »

US troops fire back as suicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad

AFP - 2 hours 18 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - - American troops were among those who fired back to repel a coordinated suicide attack on an Iraqi army complex that killed 12 people on Sunday, days after US forces officially ended combat operations in the country.

78-year-old woman found alive after week missing in Alps

AFP - Monday, September 6
A 78-year-old Frenchwoman suffering from Alzheimer's disease who was missing for a nearly week after falling on a walk in an Alpine forest was found alive at the weekend and hospitalised.

THONON-LES-BAINS (AFP) - - A 78-year-old Frenchwoman suffering from Alzheimer's disease who was missing for a nearly week after falling on a walk in an Alpine forest was found alive at the weekend and hospitalised.