Maya Alleruzzo/The Associated Press
Lieutenant General Raymond Odierno, the no. 2 commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, meeting with with tribal leaders in Quarghuli Village south of Baghdad on Wednesday to thank them for helping secure the area.
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Bomb attacks kill at least 8 in Iraq
AP
A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, killing at least seven officers in a Shiite area south of Baghdad while to the north at least one Kurdish soldier died from a suicide bomber.
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Letter from Africa Poison pot of obstacles facing peace in Darfur
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
The problem with Darfur is that it is not a Kosovo, an East Timor, or a Cyprus, all places where United Nations blue helmets have stepped between well-defined warring parties. Darfur is experiencing a different, messier kind of war.
UN official in Mogadishu is detained after raid on compound
AP
Dozens of heavily armed attackers stormed into a United Nations compound Wednesday and spirited away the official overseeing emergency food aid.
Rice speaks of reconciliation in Bethlehem tour
Reuters
The search for peace in the Middle East took Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Bethlehem on Wednesday, where she toured the Church of the Nativity and voiced hope for reconciliation.
Pentagon wants one authority over contractors in Iraq
By ERIC SCHMITT AND THOM SHANKER
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is pressing for the armed security contractors in Iraq to fall under a single authority, most likely the American military.
Homo sapiens developed taste for shellfish early
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Discovery of shellfish remains, hearths, etc. on the coast of southern Africa suggests this diet helped man survive during a perilous time.
U.S. military releases 350 detainees in honor of Ramadan
AP
The U.S. military released about 350 detainees Wednesday as part of a goodwill gesture marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.
In southern Darfur, signs of another massacre
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Witnesses described government troops and allied militias killing more than 30 civilians in a small town on Oct. 8.
Olmert defends Israel's swap of bodies with Hezbollah
By STEVEN ERLANGER
The Israeli leader said the trade of a captured Hezbollah fighter and two dead comrades for the body of an Israeli citizen had been part of the United Nations-moderated talks to return two Israeli soldiers captured at the start of the war in Lebanon last summer.
Libya and Vietnam elected to UN Security Council
By WARREN HOGE
Also named to the powerful panel in secret balloting of the General Assembly were Burkina Faso, Costa Rica and Croatia.
Putin, in Iran, warns against use of force
By NAZILA FATHI AND C.J. CHIVERS
President Vladimir Putin of Russia said Tuesday at a summit meeting of the five Caspian Sea nations in Iran that any use of military force in the region was unacceptable.
Memo From Egypt On human rights, U.S. seems to give Egypt a pass
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Democracy campaigners in Egypt say that while Washington may criticize Egypt's human rights failings, it does little to follow up to ensure results.
Letter from Washington: War on terror trumps promoting Ethiopian democracy
By JANINE ZACHARIA / Bloomberg News
"Security concerns have prevailed as the thing that drives U.S. relations with Ethiopia at the moment," said Terrence Lyons, associate professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University in Virginia.
Rice pushes U.S. resolve on Mideast
Slightly off religious path, Iranian TV finds viewers
Freed Iran advocate recalls his jailing
News Analysis: Pre-emptive caution: The case of Syria
World bank neglects African farming, study says
As Angola prospers, poverty persists for most
Ex-commander calls Iraq effort 'a nightmare'
Shiites grow disillusioned with militia in Baghdad
New twists mark end of Ramadan
Supreme leader of Iran urges boycott of Mideast talks
U.S. calls on Turkey for restraint against Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Fugitive Lebanese banker avoids extradition by Brazil
Memo From Johannesburg: Dark turns of party struggle enthrall South Africa
Ex-rebels quit unity government in Sudan
Desolation awaits returning Palestinian refugees
Gaza banks run out of cash as Israelis cut ties
Iraq's worries on Turkish border grow
U.S. Marines press to pull forces from Iraq
Legal or not, abortion rates similar
Letter from the Middle East: A buyer's market in Lebanon
Distribution of nets splits malaria fighters
Georgia becomes an unlikely U.S. ally in Iraq
In life of lies, Iraqis conceal work for U.S.
Transcript: Charlie Rose interview with David Kilcullen
In Congo, an epidemic of rape
Israelis debate Torah-mandated sabbatical for the land
Darfur rebels find refuge in Eritrea, but little hope
After rocky election, Nigerians warm to new leader
From errand to fatal shot to hail of fire to 17 deaths in Iraq
A father's shadow clouds his son's rise in Lebanon
Money to rebuild is finding ways to flow in provinces of Iraq
A boy named Godknows: In southern Africa, names that say a mouthful
From back seat, Saudi women long to drive
Somalia teeters on edge of survival
Haidar Abdel Shafi, leader in PLO and Red Crescent, dies at 88
The voice of hard-line Iran carries far
With scars that will never heal, one woman fights human trafficking
An up-and-coming force in Libyan politics
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