Summary: AP - When President Bush began his first energized pursuit of an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord just over five months ago, confidence was his constant companion. "I'm optimistic," he said over and over about the prospects for ending one of the world's l
Summary: Heavy storms and wrecked roads hampered efforts to reach areas hardesthit by Chinas worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll rose to around 10000
Summary: Two more American aid flights were due to leave for cyclonehit Burma on Tuesday where the reclusive military government is keeping most foreign aid workers away from the devastated Irrawaddy delta
Summary: AP - The Democratic presidential race runs on two tracks now, one snaking through the West Virginia primary Tuesday and the other mapped out by Barack Obama through battleground states in the fall.
Summary: Lebanons army began taking steps on Tuesday to stop gunmen and groups from illegally carrying arms and to end by force if necessary a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and progovernment gunmen
Summary: President George W Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad scepticism over his chances of securing an IsraeliPalestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months
Summary: At least 40 people are confirmed dead and many more missing after a ferry carrying nearly 150 passengers capsized in Bangladesh a police official said on Tuesday
Summary: The United States announced on Monday it had revived a program offering rewards of up to 5 million 256 million pounds a head for information leading to the arrest of 13 suspects in Rwandas genocide
Summary: Potatoes are not traditionally high on the menu for Bangladeshs 140 million people but a surge in rice and wheat prices has prompted the government to popularize the humble spud as a substitute food
Summary: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday appointed three of Vladimir Putins closest aides to run his administration ensuring Putin retains his strong grip on power despite leaving the Kremlin
Summary: Lying on a sagging mattress and wincing slightly Anna Lado laughs at the idea that she should have been afraid of giving birth to her first child now lying in a crib near her in a hospital in south Sudan
Summary: Huddled inside buses and under makeshift tents survivors of Chinas earthquake sought shelter from the rain and cold on Tuesday as aid agencies warned that the most urgent risk they faced was exposure
Summary: UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon ratcheted up the pressure on Burma on Monday saying he was extremely frustrated by the juntas slow delivery of aid to more than 15 million victims of Cyclone Nargis
