VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II is "progressively improving" and may be able to leave the hospital by Easter, the Vatican said today, a week after the pontiff was rushe...
Car bombs target Iraqis
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq has topped 1,500, an Associated Press count showed today after the military announced the...
LONDON - The Bush administration is applying its strongest pressure to date on Syria, insisting on an immediate withdrawal from neighboring Lebanon and blaming terrorist...
Car bombs kill 10 Iraqi troops
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen killed a judge and lawyer working for the special tribunal that will try Saddam Hussein and members of his former re...
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II spoke with a top Vatican official in German and Italian today, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said, suggesting the ailing pontiff was making ...
More than 140 injured by bomb
HILLAH, Iraq - Weeping and beating their chests, hundreds of Iraqis inspected corpses at a hospital morgue in Hillah today, looking for frie...
Pontiff appears alert at window
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II is recovering without complications and has started breathing and voice therapy, the Vatican said today, ...
Homes won't be destroyed
JERUSALEM - Israel may leave buildings in Jewish settlements intact after a Gaza Strip withdrawal, rather than demolishing them as initially plan...
At least 133 hurt outside of clinic
HILLAH, Iraq - A suicide car bomber blasted a crowd of police and national guard recruits today as they gathered for physicals outside...
President would face competition
CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday ordered a revision of the country's election laws and said multiple candidate...
