Saddam buried; videos grip Iraq
Saddam's body was buried in the town of his birth in the hours before dawn Sunday. A new video of the execution was apparently captured by a cellphone camera smuggled into the execution chamber by one of the witnesses or guards.
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Bangkok bombings kill 2 and injure at least 28
Bangkok, which remains under martial law following a coup three months ago, canceled New Year's celebrations.

Islamists, cornered in Somalia, lose local support
As fighting began to flare up today around Kismayo, the final redoubt for the Islamic movement, elders within the city demanded that the Islamists leave.

Indonesians rescue 177 in ferry sinking
Dozens of bodies were found and about 400 people remained missing, officials and the state news agency Antara said.

Hamas cites breakthrough in deal over Israeli soldier
Those involved in holding an Israeli soldier who was captured in late June said today that there had been significant progress toward a prisoner exchange that would release him.

Political novice nudges Democrats to proclaim faith
As Democrats turn toward the 2008 presidential race, a novice evangelical political operative is emerging as a rising star in the party, drawing both applause and alarm for her courtship of theological conservatives in the midterm elections.

News Analysis: New Year ushering in Germany's star turn
Instead of creating a long and unrealistic list of diplomatic action, Chancellor Angela Merkel has tried to lower expectations by focusing on a few issues.

Divided we laugh
2006 was a year in which provocative humor driven by hardball politics and new media convulsed America.

The New Year office pool
Optimistic predictions took a beating in 2006, but today is my chance to recoup.

Republican revolution, 1994-2006
The ideals of the U.S. Republican revolution of 1994 were always based on a lie.

Japanese consumers starting to retreat
Japan heads into the New Year facing a chronic weakness that has dogged it for the last decade: anemic consumer spending.

Israel economy hums despite annual tumult
2006 is the country's third straight year of strong growth. But the downward spiral continues for Palestinians.

Despite troubles in Africa, stampede for oil unabated
The allure of African oil has increased as other regions have tightened control over foreign companies.

South Africa's luxury boat-building industry sets sail
A fledgling boat building industry, haltingly started in the 1960s, is taking off in the Western Cape of South Africa.

U.S. farmers find something to fill empty Asia-bound containers: Grain
Shippers say the market took off as U.S. manufacturing shifted overseas and imports from China soared.

Around the Markets: Asian stocks may extend winning streak in 2007
Asian stocks rose this year for the fourth consecutive year, their longest winning streak in almost two decades, and may increase in 2007 as consumer spending picks up in Japan and China, the two biggest economies in the region.