Pontiff felt confident he'd survive
WARSAW, Poland - Pope John Paul II for the first time publicly described the moments after he was gravely wounded in 1981, saying in h...
Forces have been there since 1976
DAMASCUS, Syria - The barrage of criticism aimed at Syria after the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has some Syri...
Superpowers agree with disarmament
SEOUL, South Korea - The United States and China agree that North Korea must end its nuclear ambitions and resolve the standoff through...
Troop rotation partly to blame
WASHINGTON - U.S. troops in Iraq have suffered a rash of fatal vehicle accidents and other non-combat deaths in recent weeks, even as the n...
Distrust is widespread
ROME - At the Pantheon, where antiquity's best preserved monument stares sternly across the piazza at a McDonald's, Antonio Rossi shakes his head a...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Suicide bombers shattered a day of prayers at two Shiite mosques and at a religious procession today, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens more...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's electoral commission today certified the results of the country's Jan. 30 elections and allocated 140 National Assembly seats to the United Iraqi ...
SAN`A, Yemen - A suspected member of al-Qaida has turned himself in to the authorities and confessed to planning terror attacks against Western embassies in the Yemeni c...
KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka - "Baby 81," the infant claimed by nine couples after he miraculously survived the tsunami, was reunited with his parents today in the joyous conclus...
Leaders meet in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Members of the winning Shiite political alliance gathered at the home of the ticket leader to discuss the new government today, as...
