Politics Jun 15 Britain Agrees to Imprison Taylor if Ex-Liberian Leader Is Convicted Britain agreed to host former Liberian President Charles Taylor in one of its prisons if he is convicted of war crimes, a government official said Thursday, paving the way for the U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone to transfer Taylor to…
Politics Jun 15 Renewed Violence in Sri Lanka Raises Fears of Return to Full-scale War Landmines in northern Sri Lanka ripped through a crowded bus Thursday morning, killing 64 people, including 15 school children, and wounding 78.
Nation Jun 14 Somali Islamist Militants Seize Town from Warlords Somali Islamist militias that took over the capital Mogadishu last week ousted warlords from the strategic town of Jowhar on Wednesday.
Nation Jun 13 President Bush Visits Iraq to Discuss Security, Other Matters President Bush made a surprise trip to Baghdad Tuesday to meet with Iraqi leaders about ways to secure the country, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's reported plan to deploy 75,000 Iraqi and multinational forces to the capital.
Arts Jun 12 William Inge Theater Festival Honors Playwrights The William Inge Theater Festival started on Monday in the small town of Independence, Kansas. The festival has honored America's great playwrights for the past twenty-five years.
Politics Jun 12 High Court Allows Lethal Injection, DNA Evidence Challenges The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that death row inmates may file last-resort challenges to lethal injections, citing them as cruel and unusual punishment.
World Jun 09 U.N., AU Work to Convince Sudan to Accept U.N. Troops A U.N. Security Council and African Union team arrived in Sudan Friday in a rare joint effort to convince Khartoum to accept U.N. peacekeeping troops in Darfur and plan for their deployment.
Politics Jun 08 Iraq Finalizes First Full-term Government Since Saddam's Fall The Iraqi parliament finalized a permanent government Thursday after filling three contentious cabinet posts of the defense, interior and national security ministries, renewing hope that Iraq's nascent democracy can overcome sectarian differences.
Politics Jun 08 Islamist Control of Mogadishu Raises Concern of Extremist Future for Somalia Islamic militias that recently took control of the Somali capital Mogadishu after nearly a decade of warlord rule are drawing widespread support among Somali citizens for their efforts to stabilize the troubled nation.
World Jun 08 Al-Qaida Leader Zarqawi Killed in Air Strike Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose al-Qaida in Iraq has claimed responsibility for some of the bloodiest attacks against Shiite Iraqis and American forces, was killed in an American air strike Wednesday night.