Aug 21 Senior Hamas Leader Killed in Strike; Militants End Truce Israeli military forces killed a senior leader in the Hamas political movement Thursday in a missile strike two days after a suicide bombing on a Jerusalem bus left 20 people dead. Continue reading
Aug 21 U.S. Exploring Possible Expanded Role for U.N., Powell Says Secretary of State Colin Powell told diplomats at the United Nations that the United States is considering a new resolution that would "call on member states to do more" in Iraq. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch Cease-Fire Collapses Israeli and Palestinian advocates discuss the impacts of the Jerusalem bus bombing and subsequent killing of a senior Hamas leader on the struggle for peace in the Middle East. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Background: Cease-Fire Collapses Secretary of State Colin Powell called upon the international community to reinforce the "road map to peace" despite recent violence in the Middle East. Continue watching
Aug 20 U.S. Resumes Drug Surveillance Flights Over Colombia President Bush late Tuesday reinstated a U.S.-backed flight surveillance program over Colombia, following a two-year suspension after the accidental downing of a U.S. missionary plane over Peru. Continue reading
Aug 20 Twenty Killed, Scores Hurt in Jerusalem Bus Bombing A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on a packed Jerusalem bus Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch More Violence in the Mideast Analysts examine the state of the peace process in the Middle East after a Palestinian suicide attacker killed himself and at least 19 others Tuesday on a bus in Jerusalem. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Mideast Violence: Background A Palestinian suicide attacker killed himself and at least 18 others on a double-length bus in Jerusalem. Kwame Holman reports on the latest developments. Continue watching
Aug 18 Warring Factions in Liberia Sign Peace Accord The Liberian government and the two largest rebel groups -- Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and the Movement for Democracy in Liberia -- signed a peace accord that calls for a two-year power-sharing government. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch California Recall Chaos Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming considers the California recall race. Continue watching