KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo — NATO peacekeepers closed off roads between Serbia and northern Kosovo and armed U.N. policemen guarded smoldering border checkpoints, bracin...
People yearn for more freedom
HAVANA — Commuters lined up at bus stops. Government offices hummed, and tourist resorts were bustling.
All appeared normal — a typical Tues...
ACCRA, Ghana — President Bush said today that the United States is not trying to expand its military influence in Africa by building new military bases on the continent....
Cuban president to end long rule
HAVANA — An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president today after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's ruling party conceded defeat today after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that ...
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters during a rally Monday in Beloit, Wis. Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii today will choose be...
President's plan fights malaria
ARUSHA, Tanzania — President Bush handed out hugs and bed nets in Tanzania's rural north today, saying the U.S. is part of a new internati...
Leaders seek recognition
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo's leaders sent letters 192 countries today seeking formal recognition of independence, and suspense gripped the provinc...
ARUSHA, Tanzania — President Bush today recognized Kosovo's bold and historic bid for statehood, saying "The Kosavars are now independent."
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian lead...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A provincial governor said today he had warned an anti-Taliban militia leader targeted in Afghanistan's deadliest suicide attack since the 2001 i...
