BAGHDAD — Radical Shiite politicians pressed Thursday for legislation demanding a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops and a freeze on the number of foreign f...
Benedict talks to Brazil teens
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Pope Benedict XVI addressed sexual morality in a speech to tens of thousands of young Catholics, instructing young peop...
Blair formally backs candidate
LONDON — Treasury chief Gordon Brown today launched his campaign to become Britain's next prime minister and win back voters disenchanted a...
Nuns sing prior to the start of a Mass with Pope Benedict XVI at the Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday. The pope addressed sexual morality in a speech t...
Successor is likely in July
TRIMDON, England — Tony Blair returned to his Parliamentary district today to call an end to a decade in power by announcing his resignation a...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair waves to the crowd today as arrives at the local Labour club in Trimdon, England. Blair announced he will step down as prime minister o...
He stays night in Tikrit base
CAMP SPEICHER, Iraq — Vice President Dick Cheney saluted U.S. troops stationed near former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's hometown today and ...
BAGHDAD — U.S.-led forces conducted a raid in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City early today, killing three militants as they tried to break up a cell accused of smug...
Wednesday was 62nd anniversary
MOSCOW — Russia marked the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany on Wednesday with soldiers bearing hammer-and-sickle banners goose-ste...
BAGHDAD — Vice President Dick Cheney and Iraqi Prime Minister Mouri al-Maliki acknowledged problems in the pace of reducing violence in Iraq today, but both pledged thei...
