1. Iraq's constitution seems assured of passage despite strong opposition from Sunni Arabs, who voted in surprisingly high numbers in an effort to block it. 2. President Bush portrays the Iraqi vote o...
1. Sunni Arabs voted in surprisingly high numbers on Iraq's new constitution, many of them hoping to defeat it in an intense competition with Shiites and Kurds over the shape of the nation's young dem...
1. Hundreds of Iraqi police and army troops fanned out across Baghdad, setting up checkpoints and fortifying polling stations ahead of a historic constitutional referendum. 2. Thousands of birds wer...
1. Rescue and relief efforts continue in Pakistan. The UN's emergency relief chief fears they are running out of time to get help to remote villages cut off by blocked roads. 2. Scores of Islamic mili...
1. Iraqi lawmakers convene a special parliamentary session to consider a last-minute compromise meant to gain Sunni support for a draft constitution. 2. As weather clears and aid begins pouring into P...
1. Heavy rain and hail force the cancellation of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistan as survivors scuffle over badly needed food. 2. President Bush says lots of work remains...
1. Hungry families huddle under tents waiting for relief supplies as shopkeepers clash with looters after Pakistan's worst earthquake levels entire villages. 2. Insurgents launch a new salvo of deadly...
1. Villagers desperate to find survivors dig with bare hands through the debris of a Pakistani school that collapsed in a massive earthquake that killed more than 20,000. 2. President Bush orders cash...
1. A powerful earthquake strikes near the border between Pakistan and India, rocking South Asia and killing more than 3,000 people. 2. Iraq's government announces plans for new security measures ahead...
1. New York's Mayor Bloomberg defends going public with the threat that terrorists might want to strike the city's subway system. 2. Bomb blasts kill six marines in Western Iraq while US forces kill d...
1. Defending his Iraq War policy, President Bush accuses Islamic radicals of seeking to " enslave whole nations and intimidate the world". 2. Insurgent attacks in Iraq aimed at wrecking next week's vo...
1. Authorities search flooded and mud-caked communities for victims of storms spawned by Hurricane Stan that left a trail of destruction and killed 82 people across Central America. 2. New Chief Justi...
1.Hundreds of fans lined up outside a New York City bookstore for autographed copies of Paul McCartney's new children's book--High in the Clouds. McCartney took a break from his current US tour to mak...
1. President Bush nominates White House counsel Harriet Miers, a lawyer who's never been a judge , to the US Supreme Court. 2. Investigators search for the cause of a deadly boating accident in Lake G...
1 Indonesia says it suspects two fugitives linked to Al-Qaida masterminded suicide bombings that killed at least 26 people in crowded restaurants in Bali tourist areas. 2 Hundreds of US troops comb th...