BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants ambushed a convoy carrying Iraq's deputy interior minister today, killing a bodyguard and wounding the deputy's son and two other people, an of...
ENNEPETAL, Germany - A man armed with a knife forced at least four children off a bus in northwest Germany today and held them hostage in a nearby house, police said.
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Chemicals can kill thousands
One scenario in Iraq goes like this: Insurgents finally succeed in concocting chemical weapons and use them against U.S. troops. Not only cou...
Partnership meant to increase trade
NEW DELHI - India and China, the world's two most populous countries, agreed today to create a "strategic partnership" in an effort to...
Some upset at Law's inclusion
VATICAN CITY - American clergy sex abuse victims brought their campaign for reform today to the center of Roman Catholicism, demanding Vatic...
U.S. teams up with police
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi forces today launched their biggest Baghdad raid in recent weeks, moving on foot through a central ne...
Cardinals must pick next pope
ROME - The world's Catholics looked to the College of Cardinals to begin the difficult task of choosing a worthy successor to John Paul II, ...
Queen Elizabeth skipped wedding
WINDSOR, England - Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles were married Saturday at the 17th century Guildhall, capping a decades-long lo...
ROME - Millions push toward the bier of Pope John Paul II. Britain postpones a royal wedding. Television coverage is nonstop, and major newspapers run headlines proclaim...
Crowds packed St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican early this morning for the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II. Millions of people, including foreign dignitaries and world...
