Ambassador is taken to safety
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Insurgents fired a mortar at a ceremony today to hand over a presidential palace in Saddam Hussein's hometown, sending the A...
U.N. report focuses on African poverty
ROME — Hunger and malnutrition kill nearly 6 million children a year, and more people are malnourished in sub-Saharan Africa this d...
She faces big challenge
BERLIN — Angela Merkel was elected today as Germany's first female chancellor, taking power at the helm of an unwieldy alliance of the right and l...
Nation's security forces will be ready by late 2006
CAIRO, Egypt — Reaching out to the Sunni Arab community, Iraqi leaders called for a timetable for the withdrawal of U....
Large-scale strike retaliates to attacks
JERUSALEM — Israel said its warplanes struck in Lebanon today in what Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz described as the large...
Country assists in war on terror
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — President Bush, buffeted by unrelenting criticism at home over Iraq, today saluted Mongolia's "fearless warriors" ...
Vehicle was near base in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. forces mistakenly fired on a civilian vehicle outside an American base in a city north of Baghdad today, killing three ...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Cabinet today formalized a proposal to withdraw one-third of the country's troops from Iraq, but to also extend the overall deployment...
U.S. will complete its mission in Iraq
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — His war policies under siege at home, President Bush said Saturday there would be no early troop withd...
She started as a waitress in Wisconsin
MONROVIA, Liberia — She has swept floors and waited tables and earned a degree from Harvard. She has been jailed at home and exile...
