By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 September 2006 U.S. Capitol Police say an incident early Monday in which a man possessing a gun drove his car through the capitol security perimeter and ran inside before being caught, has prompted a new review of pro...
By David Gollust United Nations 18 September 2006 Kofi Annan U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Monday that Iraq could be heading for full-scale civil war if current levels of violence continue. He spoke at a meeting on the Iraq situation at t...
By Michael Bowman Washington 18 September 2006 Laura Bush (left) and President Bush President Bush is promoting literacy as a key to prosperity and liberty around the world. The president and Mrs. Bush spoke in New York Monday at a global literacy e...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to focus as much attention on the tragic situation in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur as it has on the crises in the Mi...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 September 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to focus as much attention on the tragic situation in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur as it has on the crises in the Mi...
By Deborah Block Santa Fe, New Mexico 18 September 2006 watch Santa Fe Artists / Real broadband The U.S. southwestern town of Santa Fe, New Mexico is home to hundreds of artists. It is the third-largest art market in the United States, after New Yor...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 18 September 2006 Thousands of mayors and officials from Africa gathered in Kenya Monday for the opening of the week-long Africities summit, which is to look at how local authorities can best implement the United Nations' m...
By Daniel Schearf Singapore 18 September 2006 The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund open their annual meetings in Singapore Tuesday. At the top of the agenda for two days of talks among the world's finance ministers are debt relief and...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 September 2006 A Palestinian and his wife, an American of Palestinian origin, argue with Israeli soldiers shortly after their wedding ceremony, as part of a protest against Israeli barrier near Ramallah, July 2006 Some of...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 September 2006 Investigations have been launched into Sunday's military plane crash in central Nigeria. At least 12 out of the 17 on board are feared dead. --- The wreckage of the Nigerian air force Dornier 228 aircraft...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 18 September 2006 Israeli authorities on Monday charged three Hezbollah militants captured in Lebanon with murder and other terrorism-related crimes. ----- Suspected Hezbollah guerrillas from left to right, Maher Kurani, 30,...
By Peter Heinlein New York 17 September 2006 President Bush heads a long list of world leaders and government ministers gathering in New York this week for the annual U.N. General Assembly debate. This year's event takes on added significance, with...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 September 2006 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, center, speaks as Cabinet Secretary Yisrael Maimon, right, and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz look on at weekly cabinet meeting, September 17, 2006 Israel has decided to conduct an...
By Richard Green Washington 17 September 2006 A woman carrying a sign supporting Arabs argues with a man at New York's Union Square (File photo - Sept. 15, 2001) In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States five years...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 17 September 2006 India, Brazil and South Africa Dialogue Forum Trilateral Commission meet at Itamaraty palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (File photo - March 30, 2006) India, Brazil and South Africa have taken steps to in...
