Imran Khan, former cricket star who is now opposition party leader, is latest outspoken critic of General Musharraf to be detained by police

Democrats in Congress expected to try to bring new pressure for a withdrawal of US forces from Iraq next year

Witnesses say at least one US military vehicle hit in Wednesday morning blast

US Secretary of State, who is organizing a Mideast peace conference, says what is at stake is nothing less than future of Middle East

Witnesses say activists arrested while handing out anti-government pamphlets at fruit market in Rangoon

Two countries' prime ministers to meet for first time in 15 years

Initial indications are that bomb at House of Representatives was placed in motorcycle

Officials say Khieu Samphan is not under arrest, but is expected to be arrested and tried by country's genocide tribunal

Without support of majority of French population, thousands of workers went on strike for second time in a month 

Financial institution says after decades of stagnation sub-Saharan is catching up with rest of the world