President Bush lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, delivers speech as nation pauses to honor sacrifice of war dead

US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker says Monday's meeting in Baghdad, the first high-level talks between the US and Iran in nearly three decades, lasted several hours

66 wounded in blast, targeting Sinak commercial and business district on east bank of Tigris river

Israel has carried out daily airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza for more than a week, killing about 50 Palestinians, but the rocket attacks have continued

Activists cite violence, underage voting, lack of materials, lack of transparency in legislative, gubernatorial and presidential elections as cause of their displeasure 

Attacks took place late Saturday, early Sunday morning in 3 villages in Kanyola, an area some 50 kilometers west of provincial capital Bukavu

Pentagon report says China developing sophisticated missiles, aircraft and ships, and increasing its capacity to launch pre-emptive strikes beyond East Asia

Tens of thousands protest in Caracas the order by President Chavez to close RCTV

Merchants are staging strike to protest recent wave of fatal bombings, inability of authorities to prevent attacks

Liberian businessman petitions government to take action against bribes and brutal, excessive police tactics