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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Tuesday that the leaders of Bosnia's three major ethnic groups reached an agreement to overhaul its constitution, 10 years after the Dayton Accords ended the Bosnian war. Richard Holbrooke and one of the principal…

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threw the Israeli government into chaos Monday by announcing he would leave the hard-line Likud Party he helped form and asking the country's president to dissolve parliament and order new elections.

Michael Scanlon, a former press aid to Rep. Tom DeLay and former partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty on conspiring to bribe public officials, a charge that arose from a government investigation into attempts to defraud Indian tribes and…

After last week's run-off election in Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is poised to become the Africa's first female leader. Two guests discuss the election and challenges ahead for the West African nation.