By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 July 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a joint press conference in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice em...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 25 July 2006 watch California Energy report California is facing a power emergency in the wake of record high temperatures. Air conditioning units across the state are set on high and consumers are being urged to conse...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 25 July 2006 Afghan woman sits over sacks of flour after getting them from CARE International at the food distribution center in Kabul, March 19, 2006 Afghanistan is seeking nearly $80 million to help fight an imminent foo...
By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 25 July 2006 Southern Lebanon is bearing the brunt of Israeli airstrikes that have now gone on nearly two weeks. The towns and villages of the Shiite-dominated south have been pounded by artillery, killing more th...
By Michael Coren Jakarta 25 July 2006 Destroyed fishing boats are seen after a tsunami swept past the beach in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Beneath the veneer of modern Indonesia, ancient beliefs are strong. Some Indonesi...
By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 25 July 2006 Healthcare professionals are in Miami for a two-day conference on HIV/AIDS and the Latino population. Erik Estrada Latino actor Erik Estrada was a guest speaker at the 2006 National Conference on Latinos and AID...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 25 July 2006 General view of the plenary session at the 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 25, 2006 As North Korean diplomats prepare to take part in a regional security forum in Malaysia, Pyongyang is...
By Heda Bayron Kuala Lumpur 25 July 2006 Southeast Asian foreign ministers have opened their annual meeting with the political stagnation in Burma casting a shadow over their goal of regional integration, and damaging ASEAN's credibility with the in...
By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 25 July 2006 The U.S. secretary of state said she is deeply concerned about the plight of the Lebanese people and about the humanitarian situation in Lebanon after more than a week and a half of Israeli air strike...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 July 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Later Tuesday, Secretary Rice meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Both officials say there will be no retu...
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 July 2006 President Bush President Bush meets Tuesday at the White House with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The talks come at a time of ongoing sectarian violence in Iraq. --------- They will look for a way to...
By Mike O'Sullivan Ft. Irwin, California 24 July 2006 Deep in the California desert, the U.S. military is training soldiers in the techniques of fighting an urban insurgency. The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, where troops work with Iraqi-A...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 24 July 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he will use an upcoming ministerial meeting on the Middle East to press for a truce, and deployment of a buffer force between Israel and Lebanon. ------- United Nat...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 24 July 2006 Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is in Israel for talks on how to end the conflict with Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon. The secretary's visit comes as the violence enters its second week amid continued cross-...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 24 July 2006 Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni, right, meets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jerusalem Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is in Israel for talks on how to end the conflict with Hezbollah...
