Politics

The federal government will not allow pilots of commercial airplanes to carry lethal weapons in the cockpit, John Magaw, the undersecretary of transportation security, announced Tuesday at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing.

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In the first major assault since the end of the Israeli incursion into the West Bank, two suicide bombers launched attacks in the last 24 hours.

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Jubilant crowds swarmed the streets Monday as foreign dignitaries and locals alike welcomed the emergence of the world's newest nation, East Timor.

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Ray Suarez reports on the newly-independent nation of East Timor.

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A key United Nations official and an election monitor discuss East Timor's transition from war-torn province to independent state.

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Israeli troops hunting for suspected militants on Friday reentered the Jenin refugee camp, scene of the some of the most intense fighting between Israelis and Palestinians last month.

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Terence Smith looks at Jimmy Carter's post-presidental years with Michael Beschloss, Roger Wilkins, Haynes Johnson, Richard Norton Smith, and Jack Nelson.

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The House of Representatives Thursday approved a GOP-backed welfare package that forces recipients to work part of each week, provides $300 million for programs designed to promote marriage and offers $50 million for "abstinence only" sex education.

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A look at the victory of the political right in the recent Dutch elections, and what it may portend for the rest of Europe.

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Responding to pressure at home and abroad for an overhaul of his government, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday called for major political reforms and new elections.

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