Santos handily wins first round of Colombian presidential election

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- A former defense minister who would continue President �lvaro Uribe's tough anti-guerrilla policies handily defeated a former Bogota mayor Sunday in the first round of presidential elections. Juan Manuel Santos, 58, who oversaw the most decisive strikes against rebel forces, d...


United States - President - Elections - Government - 2008

In Afghan region, U.S. spreads the cash to fight the Taliban

NAWA, AFGHANISTAN -- In this patch of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. strategy to keep the Taliban at bay involves an economic stimulus.


Afghanistan - Taliban - Asia - Politics - Stanley McChrystal

Netanyahu's cancellation of meeting with Obama delays efforts to improve ties

The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to abruptly cancel Tuesday's White House meeting with President Obama delays an effort by the two leaders to move beyond their often rocky relationship.


United States - Barack Obama - Israel - President - Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel: At least 10 pro-Palestinian activists killed on Gaza flotilla carrying aid

JERUSALEM -- At least 10 pro-Palestinian activists were killed and dozens were wounded aboard an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip when Israeli naval commandos seized control of the boats in international waters early Monday. An Israeli military source said most of the 10 killed were Turkish ...



Gaza - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Israel - Israel-Palestine

At nuclear conference, U.S. expects little, gains little

It didn't end in failure. That was perhaps the best the U.S. government could boast about a month-long conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which ended Friday in New York.


United States - Nuclear - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - Nuclear weapon - Warfare and Conflict

Former Libyan militants now wage battle within homeland to discredit al-Qaeda

TRIPOLI, LIBYA -- His life as a militant began with a call to holy war. It ended inside a prison in his native Libya. In between, Sami al-Saadi orchestrated attacks against Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, moved in Osama bin Laden's inner circle and befriended Mohammad Omar, the Taliban leader.


Al-Qaeda - United States - Terrorism - War on Terrorism - Warfare and Conflict

U.S. commander says some Taliban fighters are training in Iran

AFGHANISTAN The commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Sunday that there is "clear evidence" some Taliban fighters have trained in Iran.


Taliban - Afghanistan - Iran - Politics - Middle East

Party defection, poll results highlight unpopularity of Japan's Hatoyama

TOKYO -- Japan's increasingly unloved prime minister was battered Sunday with more demoralizing news, as a small political party abandoned his ruling coalition ahead of a key election and a poll showed that more than half the electorate wants him to quit.



Japan - Asia - United States - Mizuho Fukushima - Yukio Hatoyama

Afghanistan war deaths

Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2001 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Afghanistan war, as announced by the Pentagon:


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Iraq war deaths

Total number of U.S. military deaths since 2003 and names of the U.S. troops killed recently in the Iraq war, as announced by the Pentagon:


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Palestinian officials think about replacing Israeli shekel with Palestine pound

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -- Negotiations on a future Palestinian state might be stuck in neutral. But Jihad al-Wazir, the closest thing to a Palestinian Federal Reserve board chairman, is planning one key aspect of statehood: what the money will be.


Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine - Palestinian Territory - Israel