Israeli officials say they will have nothing to do with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas, which has called for Israel's destruction

Palestinian president promises to press ahead with efforts to form a new government

Former Pakistan PM spoke at a press conference at Voice of America in Washington

Senior legal and intelligence officials stepped forward to explain the rationale for the program

Pakistani leader defends his own country's acquisition of nuclear weapons in 1998 as legitimate act of defensive deterrence

Thousands of Gbagbo supporters, known as Young Patriots, have laid siege to UN headquarters in Abidjan

Indigenous political participation has grown markedly in several Latin American nations in recent years

Chicken dishes are traditional fixtures in many Lunar New Year meals; many people insist on cooking only freshly killed chickens, not frozen ones

Computer industrialist-philanthropist Bill Gates triples support for the tuberculosis eradication program to $900 million

Men who appeared to be Mexican soldiers crossed over the border;  Texas lawmen on the scene say soldiers were there to guard an illicit drug shipment