Tuesday is the week’s wettest day

October 20th, 2009 KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced Tuesday that he failed to win an outright election in the first round and accepted the results for the second round of voting to be held in two weeks. The president told a press conference at his palace that the decision for the second round of the election announced by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) was in accordance with the Afghan constitution.

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - After the discovery of water on the Moon, scientists have picked a new target for the planned October 9 crash of a NASA spacecraft into a crater near the Moon's south pole, in the hopes of gathering water ice. Earlier, the Lunar Crater Remote Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was going to target Cabeus A, a crater half as wide that sits further from the South Pole.

September 15th, 2009 Comedian Eddie Izzard completes set of marathonsLONDON — British standup comic Eddie Izzard has completed 43 marathons in seven weeks as part of a grueling charity run. The 47-year-old performer finished his 1,100 mile (1,770 kilometer) odyssey across Britain on Tuesday when he staggered across the finish line at London's rain-soaked Trafalgar Square.

September 8th, 2009 KABUL - The NATO military command said Tuesday its probe into a deadly airstrike in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz would take "several weeks" and an initial assessment showed "civilians had been killed or injured in the strike". Friday's airstrike conducted by US planes was ordered by a German military commander when a large crowd of people was observed through satellite images gathering around two trucks stuck in a riverbed in Chardarah district in Kunduz province.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - A baby boy born with multiple complex conditions is being kept alive on Viagra. Three-and-a-half weeks old Owen Bloomfield, born with his stomach in the chest, a hole in his heart and a rare lung disorder, is virtually living on the impotence drug.

August 18th, 2009 WELLINGTON - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Fiordland, New Zealand's lower South Island, early Tuesday morning. It is the biggest aftershock in some weeks following the 7.6 quake in the region last month, the New Zealand's Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) reported.

August 5th, 2009 TORONTO - The Canadian dollar - the only among the major global currencies - is on the rampage, reaching its highest level against the US dollar in 2009 Tuesday. The loonie, as the Canadian dollar is called, reached almost 94 cents US for the first time since October 2009, raising concern about its impact on the country's economic recovery.

May 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday he would back former Florida Governor Jeb Bush if he decided to run for president. "I like Jeb.

May 7th, 2009 BERLIN - The military offensive against the Taliban in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan would continue for two to three weeks more, as Islamabad has said that it needed more time to flush out the extremists completely from the region. Addressing a joint press conference with his German counterpart Franz Josef Jung, Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said Islamabad wants to root out the extremists from its soil completely.

May 6th, 2009 John Cleese recalls golden age of 'Fawlty Towers'LONDON — They don't make 'em like they used to. Bunch of money-chasing idiots.

April 15th, 2009 LONDON - Late British reality TV star Jade Goody told husband Jack Tweed to look for 'someone nice' after she died. Goody, who died last month aged 27, kept a diary of her public battle with cervical cancer.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he expects footballer William Gallas to bounce back from the knee injury that will see him miss the rest of the season. Gallas suffered the injury in the 1-1 draw at Villarreal in the quarter-finals of the Champions League Tuesday.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Cycling champion Lance Armstrong's broken collarbone will take at least eight weeks to heal, a surgeon who operated on him, has said. Seven-time Tour de France champion Armstrong yesterday had successful surgery on the injury he suffered in a crash on Monday.

March 17th, 2009 LONDON - Arsenal suffered a big set-back as midfielder Tomas Rosicky has been ruled out of action for two weeks with an injury. The Czech player has already spent 14 months undergoing treatment for a hamstring injury.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Megan Fox was spotted visiting furniture stores and dining out with former fiancé Brian Austin Green just two weeks after they split. The 'Transformers' actress was seen having an intimate lunch with her 13-year-senior ex at a plush LA restaurant.