Nation Mar 13 Milosevic Death Precedes War Crimes Verdict Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic died Saturday at age 64 in the midst of a four-year trial for alleged war crimes that appeared nearing an end this year.
World Mar 10 African Union to Transition to U.N. Force in Darfur U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday the African Union will transform its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western region of Darfur into a U.N. force.
Politics Mar 10 Militant Group Poses Threat to Nigerian Oil Industry The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged as an armed militia group in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks on oil installations.
Politics Mar 09 Patriot Act Renewed With Some Privacy Protections President Bush signed a renewal of the USA Patriot Act into law Thursday, a day before 16 major provisions of the law were set to expire.
World Mar 08 Iran, U.S. Spar Over Nuclear Research; Iran Referred to Security Council The United States and Iran exchanged threats over Iran's nuclear program as the International Atomic Energy Agency agreed Wednesday to refer the matter to the U.N. Security Council.
Nation Mar 08 Thousands of Sudanese Protest Proposed U.N. Troops Thousands of Sudanese protesters, shouting "down, down USA," rallied in Khartoum on Wednesday against the proposed deployment of U.N. peacekeepers to the troubled western Darfur region.
Politics Mar 07 U.S. Rejects Russian Plan to Allow Iran to Enrich Some Uranium The Bush administration said Tuesday it opposes allowing Iran to enrich any uranium, a process used in the creation of a nuclear bomb, and hopes the U.N. Security Council moves to rebuke Iran over its nuclear program.
Politics Mar 03 Nuclear Watchdog Mulls Action Over Iran Nuclear Program Negotiations between Iran and the European Union over Tehran's nuclear program appeared to yield little ahead of a meeting of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog on Monday.
Politics Mar 02 Indian, U.S. Leaders Seal Landmark Nuclear Pact India and the United States have sealed a civilian nuclear agreement to allow India access to U.S. nuclear technology.
Politics Mar 01 Senate Approves Patriot Act Changes The Senate voted Wednesday to renew the USA Patriot Act with some checks on government power, but some Democrats and civil liberties groups protest the act would still infringe on people's privacy.