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Officials are scaling back plans to shift prisoners into Afghan custody in a stark acknowledgment that the U.S. is likely to hold prisoners overseas for years.
In Somalia, villagers say hundreds of people are dying of hunger and thirst amid soaring global food prices, skimpy rainfall and escalating violence.
Several states are altering their parole systems to focus on rehabilitating offenders instead of punishing them for parole violations.
Senator Barack Obama responded sharply to attacks on his foreign policy and tried to turn the tables on his Republican critics.
As young Japanese choose careers in better-paying fields like finance and medicine, it is an uphill battle recruiting the engineers needed by the country’s large digital technology industry.
A decision that a double-amputee sprinter was eligible for the Olympics was a watershed ruling for disabled athletes.
Despite criticizing Christine C. Quinn and the City Council for doling out money to favored groups, Anthony D. Weiner has sponsored earmark funds as a congressman.
The Saudis announced that they had increased output starting on May 10, but they seemed to reject a request by President Bush, who was visiting, to raise oil production further.
The F.B.I.’s agents were praised for not being complicit in abuses at Guantanamo Bay, but the agency was found to be slow to respond to complaints about the tactics.
A military judge said he wanted the opportunity to examine a much-awaited Supreme Court decision on the rights of the detainees before the trial proceeded.
The Bush administration proposed Friday to auction landing slots at two major airports, Kennedy and Newark, and to impose a limit on airline traffic at Newark.
Mr. Mondavi was the California vintner behind the rebirth of the Napa Valley wine industry who championed the idea that fine wine was an integral part of the good life.
An explosion that destroyed 20 fireworks warehouses in China three months ago will probably mean dimmer night skies on the Fourth of July in the United States.
