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Lebanese Troops Patrol After Hezbollah Pullout
Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:20:00 PM
Lebanese troops patrolled Beirut on Sunday after Hezbollah fighters pulled back from areas they had seized in deadly gunbattles with supporters of the U.S.-backed government.   Full Story
 

Iraqi Factions Agree to End Baghdad Fighting
Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:50:00 PM
BAGHDAD—Iraqi Shi'ite factions on Saturday reached a deal to end fighting between militia and security forces in the Baghdad bastion of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr that has killed hundreds ...   Full Story
 

Weekend Wedding Bells for First Daughter
Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:35:00 PM
CRAWFORD, Texas—President George W. Bush has been trying to cajole North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and tamp down violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, but lately all that seems to be on his min ...   Full Story
 

First Daughter Weds
Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:35:00 PM
CRAWFORD, Texas- U.S. President George W. Bush 's daughter Jenna was married on Saturday evening to Henry Hager, the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of more than 200 family ...   Full Story
 

Zimbabwe's MDC to Contest Run-Off Against Mugabe
Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:30:00 PM
The leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition group said on Saturday he would contest a run-off against Robert Mugabe after disputed elections on March 29 in hopes of unseating the veteran president.   Full Story
 

Junta Holds Referendum Amid Death and Destruction
Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:25:00 PM
The military rulers of Burma went ahead with a constitutional referendum on Saturday despite calls from the outside world to postpone it after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis.   Full Story
 

Hezbollah Gunmen Start Withdrawal From Beirut
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:55:00 PM
BEIRUT—Hezbollah on Saturday began withdrawing gunmen from Beirut and handed control of the streets to the Lebanese army, after seizing much of the city in gunbattles with supporters of the U.S.-backe ...   Full Story
 

Lebanon Government Denounces Hezbollah 'Coup' in Beirut
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:45:00 PM
BEIRUT—Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup".At least ...   Full Story
 

North Korea Nuclear Documents Date Back to 1986
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:18:00 PM
WASHINGTON—The United States said on Saturday that documents handed over by North Korea detailed its weapons-grade plutonium program as far back as 1986 and were an "important first step" in gett ...   Full Story
 

FBI Probes Counterfeit China Computer Parts
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:08:00 PM
WASHINGTON—The FBI on Friday said that an investigation into the sale of counterfeit Chinese computer components to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 bogus devices with a retail value of $ ...   Full Story
 

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