JERUSALEM - In a speech marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today that the world "didn't lift a finger"...
Leaders warn of anti-Semetism
BERLIN - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder expressed shame Tuesday over the horrors of the Nazi era, acknowledging that Adolf Hitler's reg...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - One month after an epic tsunami ravaged southern Asia, children and teachers in Indonesia's worst-hit Aceh province today made an emotional retur...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. Marine helicopter transporting troops crashed today in the desert of western Iraq, killing 31 Marines, American military officials said. It was th...
9 women claim Sri Lanka infant
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A judge will begin hearing evidence next week from nine women who each claim that an infant dubbed "Baby 81" is her lo...
U.N. breaks with protocol
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations broke with years of protocol and commemorated the 60-year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death ca...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An American hostage pleaded for his life with a rifle pointed at his head in a video released today while 11 Iraqi police died in fierce clashes and gunm...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces have arrested the "most lethal" top lieutenant of al-Qaida's leader in Iraq - a man allegedly behind 75 percent of the car bombings...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A local group of Palestinian militants announced Saturday it is ready to stop violence, a sign that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas appears to b...
BEIJING - The Chinese authorities will hold a low-key funeral service for Zhao Ziyang, the purged Communist Party chief, and have given permission for his burial in a ce...
