Barack Obama said Friday the use of military force should not be taken off the table when dealing with Iran, which he called " a threat to all of us.

Manager Lou Piniella said Friday evening that he thought it was " improbable, " according to the Daily Southtown.

Bobby Fischer, the troubled chess genius who achieved fame by taking the game ' s world championship from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, has died, his spokesman said Friday.

Police have not determined a motive for the shooting, and had no suspects, Cobb said Friday morning

Employers cut 43,200 positions in October, reversing two months of gains, Statistics Canada said Friday.

" It ' s an interesting thing that ' s going to happen, " Boreanaz said Friday when the summer TV press tour visited the " Bones " set.

Vaccine makers and federal officials will be immune from lawsuits that result from any new swine flu vaccine, under a document signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, government health officials said Friday..

The military said Friday night that it was gravely concerned and indicated it was willing to become more openly involved in the process a statement some interpreted as an ultimatum to the government to rein in officials who promote Islamic initiatives

The Russian government has agreed to let American troops and weapons bound for Afghanistan fly over Russian territory, officials on both sides said Friday.

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Six youths were arrested in Copenhagen for setting cars and dumpsters ablaze and throwing stones at police in a fifth night of riots in a predominantly immigrant area of the Danish capital, police said Friday

" All day today, they ' ve been bombing Georgia from numerous warplanes and specifically targeting [ the ] civilian population, and we have scores of wounded and dead among [ the ] civilian population all around the country, " Georgia ' s president, Mikhail Saakashvili, said Friday.

The education ministry said Friday that it had warned school and university directors that the textbook is not in line with the recognized curriculum and that they should disregard it

Citam na soccerwayu: MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona have agreed to sign Arsenal ' s French international striker Thierry Henry for a fee believed to be in the region of 24 million euros (32 million dollars), a Barcelona spokesman said Friday, but denied media reports a four-year deal was sealed and delivered