Nation Aug 23 Countries Weigh Iran Nuclear Counterproposal France offered its first take on Iran's proposal to re-open negotiations over its nuclear program, saying the door to talks was open, but only if Iran suspends uranium enrichment -- something it has opposed to date.
Politics Aug 23 Governor Frank Murkowski Loses Re-election Bid in Alaska Primary After a rocky first term, Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski lost his chance at a second try for Alaska's governor's mansion.
Politics Aug 21 Violence Marks Announcement of Election Runoff in Congo Gun battles between supporters of the two leading candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo's first free presidential election in 40 years followed the announcement Sunday that a runoff will be held Oct. 29.
World Aug 21 Nations Struggle with Details of Lebanon Peacekeeping Mission The United States plans to present another U.N. resolution on disarming Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in an effort to flesh out a peacekeeping plan for the region and break an impasse in the international body.
Politics Aug 18 President Defends NSA Wiretapping After Court Calls It Unconstitutional President Bush said Friday he believes other U.S. courts will uphold the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program a day after a federal judge in Detroit ruled it unconstitutional.
World Aug 17 France Offers Few Troops to Lebanese Peace Force President Jacques Chirac said France would only deploy 400 troops to Lebanon even as U.N. officials said they hoped for more troops from the country slated to lead the force to end the clashes between Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah militants.
Nation Aug 15 Lebanese Refugees Return Home as Tense Cease-fire Holds Israel began pulling its troops out of southern Lebanon Tuesday and made plans to hand over territory to U.N. peacekeeping forces and the Lebanese army on the second day of a delicate cease-fire tested by skirmishes and rocket fire.
Politics Aug 14 Photographs Show Cuba’s Castro Ailing, But Alert After Surgery Cuba's Communist daily newspaper published photos of President Fidel Castro in his bed during a visit with his brother Raul and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in town for Fidel Castro's 80th birthday Sunday.
Nation Aug 10 Suicide Bomber Attacks Shiite Shrine in Iraq A suicide attacker detonated his explosives outside a Shiite shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, killing at least 35 people and injuring at least 122, the Iraqi army said.
World Aug 10 Terrorism Alert Raised to High After Bomb Plot Foiled British authorities on Thursday arrested 21 people reportedly planning to detonate explosives aboard aircraft flying from the UK, prompting U.S. officials to raise the terror alert to "red," its highest level yet, for commercial flights from Britain.