Kidnapping
PUNANI, Sri Lanka - Inside, there are no victims, no killers, and no questions.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines - Several white wooden coffins - all but one shut to hide the journalists' disfigured remains - were crammed into a rundown funeral parlor in the southern Philippines, not far from where they were slaughtered with guns, machetes and a backhoe.
NAIROBI, Kenya - Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia have been receiving medical care in neighboring Kenya, Canada's ambassador said.

Democratic senator says health care bill 'on life support' after Obama fails to break logjam
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans.