WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that "Iraq's future is in the hands of its own people," warning of more violence in the days ahead but signaling optimism that Iraq will prevail as a stable, sovereign nation. "The Iraqi people are rightly treating this as a cause for celebration," Obama said, marking Tuesday's withdrawal of U. (0) comments

NEW YORK (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration said Monday a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant last week has tested positive for E. coli. Nestle voluntarily recalled all Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products made at the Danville, Va. (0) comments

by AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press Writers TOM MALITI Associated Press Writers

MORONI, Comoros (AP) - A Yemeni jetliner carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean as it came in for a landing during howling winds on the island nation of Comoros. There were conflicting reports about whether a child survived. The crash came two years after aviation officials reported faults with the plane, an Airbus 310 flying the last leg of a journey from Paris and Marseille to Comoros, with a stop in Yemen to change planes. (0) comments

by PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back in the direction it came from, after being tracked for more than a week by American Navy vessels on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons. The move keeps the U. (0) comments