World court: Rights of Mexicans ignored
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that the United States violated the rights of 51 Me...
Another attack leaves 4 dead
FALLUJAH, Iraq - In one of the bloodiest days in weeks for the U.S. military, five troops died when a bomb exploded under their military vehi...
He wrote plays, novels, movies
GENEVA - Sir Peter Ustinov, a brilliant wit and mimic who won two Oscars for an acting career that ranged from the evil Nero in "Quo Vadis"...
DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland outlawed smoking in workplaces today, imposing the strictest anti-tobacco measure ever adopted by any country on earth - and one certain to cha...
Attackers emerged from sea in wetsuits
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Two armed Palestinians in wetsuits and flippers emerged from the Mediterranean and fired toward a beachfron...
U.S. troops fight rebels in Fallujah
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents detonated explosives on an oil well in northern Iraq, sparking a fire that raged for 24 hours before being...
Palestinians ask public for restraint
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Sixty prominent Palestinian officials and intellectuals today urged the public to refrain from retaliation for...
Transfer of power in less than 100 days
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier died in a bomb blast north of Baghdad today amid warnings that attacks will likely increase with fe...
MADRID, Spain - World leaders dressed in black joined Spanish royalty and families of the 190 victims of Madrid's train bombings today for a state funeral paying tribute...
Al-Qaida terrorists depart via tunnels
WANA, Pakistan - Top al-Qaida terrorists may have escaped a siege by thousands of Pakistani soldiers through several secret tunnels...
