By Jim Malone Washington 09 January 2006 Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, second from right, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill Politics and the law intersect in Washington this week as the Senate...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 09 January 2006 Mehmet Ali Agca (2000 file photo) The lawyer for the Turkish man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, says his client is to be released Tuesday from...
By Deborah Tate Washington 09 January 2006 Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, second from right, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Samuel A...
By Amelia Shaw Port-au-Prince 09 January 2006 Haitian officials have announced Monday a new date for national elections. The troubled country has been battling violence and insecurity, as it struggles...
By Noel King Juba 09 January 2006 Southern Sudanese dancing groups take part in peace celebrations in Juba, Sudan, Monday, Jan 10, 2005 Monday marked the one year anniversary of a peace agreement that...
By Nico Colombant and Pauline Bax Abidjan and Conakry 09 January 2006 Youth struggling to make ends meet in Conakry, Guinea In the West African nation, Guinea, which some economists fear could collaps...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 09 January 2006 The Pakistan government has protested to the United States military in Afghanistan over reports that U.S. troops pursuing suspected Taleban militants near th...
By Kate Woodsome Phnom Penh 09 January 2006 The World Bank has warned Cambodia that recent arrests of government critics could have a chilling affect on potential foreign investment. But pressure from...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 09 January 2006 Razali Ismail The United Nations special envoy to Burma, Razali Ismail, has given up his post because of the military government's refusal to allow him into the c...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 09 January 2006 Light Water Reactor Project by the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) at Kumho in North Korea's northeastern coastal area (File photo) The long...