U.S. plans defense if N.Korea attacks
TOKYO — Japan and the United States, facing North Korea's apparent plans to test-launch a ballistics missile, have agreed to deploy ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Seven Sunni Arab insurgent groups have contacted the government to declare their readiness to join in efforts at national reconciliation, a key Shiite le...
Troops clash with rebels
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew today after insurgents set up roadblocks in central Baghd...
Hungarians told of parallel struggles
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Fifty years after Hungary's revolt against communism, President Bush said Thursday that war-weary Iraqis can lea...
AMMAN, Jordan — Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants went on a hunger strike Wednesday to protest the killing of an attorney on the defense team, Saddam's chief la...
Ghana beat the U.S. 2-1
NUREMBERG, Germany — There was no glory for the United States at this year’s World Cup, only frustration and failure.
The Americans were eliminat...
China study 'positive sign'
SHANGHAI, China — Scientists using DNA samples have doubled their estimates of the wild panda population in a nature sanctuary in China, a fin...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi police stormed a farm north of Baghdad early today and freed at least 17 people who were snatched a day earlier in a mass kidnapping of about 85 wo...
Tape calls for Kabul uprising
KABUL, Afghanistan — al-Qaida's No. 2 leader urged Afghans in a new videotape today to rise up against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, promp...
N. Korea plans to hold launch
VIENNA, Austria — President Bush began talks with European leaders today amid rising concern about North Korea's apparent plans to test a lo...
