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The trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic began Tuesday in The Hague, opening a key trial in the intentional community's effort to hold political leaders accountable for possible war crimes.

The FBI announced a new security alert late Monday, warning that a terrorist attack could take place as early as today in the United States or against U.S. interests in Yemen.

Israeli warplanes Monday attacked a Palestinian security headquarters for the second time in two days, responding to the deaths of two Israeli soldiers and the launch of a rocket by Palestinian extremists.