At least three people were killed and 39 wounded Wednesday in a suspected bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, doctors said. The bodies of three people, including that of a woman, were in the city's main Mirwais hospital,

Thirty-nine people died Tuesday when a ferry capsized in the central Philippines, the local police chief said. The ferry, with 119 people on board was overturned by a freak wind off the island of Masbate, according to Senior Superintendent

The 2009 Defense Authorization Act, which included a host of improvements in military pay and benefits, capped by a 3.9 percent raise, and was signed into law by President Bush. The pay raise, which takes effect on Jan. 1, marks the eighth