Permanent military bases also possible
KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai said today he is preparing a formal request to President Bush for a long-term security ...
Visitors stop inside the grottos of St. Peter's Basilica Wednesday at the Vatican in front of the grave of Pope John Paul II on the opening day of the burial site. The g...
He visits U.S. troops there
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on another quick visit to Iraq, pressed the country's new leaders today to avoid delays in ...
Law at heart of sex scandal
VATICAN CITY - Barbara Blaine clutched a pile of blue and yellow fliers as she walked alone Monday onto one of the most venerated sites in Cat...
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...