BAGHDAD, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. and Iraqi negotiators completed a draft deal on Wednesday to give U.S. troops a legal basis to stay in Iraq after 2008, without setting out a timetable for their withdrawal, Iraq's top negotiator said. ... > full story
ARBIL, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. military spoke out on Wednesday against a deadly Iraqi special forces raid on the governor's office in one of the country's most restive provinces, saying it was a "rogue operation." ... > full story
VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian military trucks trickled back into Russia from Georgia on Wednesday but no armored vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale rapid pullout demanded by the West. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Jamaica's Usain "Lightning" Bolt roared to gold in the 200 meters on Wednesday to become the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win an Olympic sprint double. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghans believe the United States knows about al Qaeda bases in Pakistan, but does not hit them because it wants an unstable Afghanistan to justify its presence for wider regional goals, a state newspaper said on Wednesday. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — New York City has agreed to pay a $2 million settlement to protesters arrested during a 2003 rally against the Iraq war who said their civil rights had been violated, lawyers for both sides said on Tuesday. ... > full story
ISSERS, Algeria, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A bomb at an Algerian military academy killed 43 people and wounded 45 on Tuesday, the interior ministry said, one of the bloodiest incidents in years in the OPEC member state. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Taliban insurgents killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a major battle in Afghanistan, the French president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat there since 2001. ... > full story
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A day after President Pervez Musharraf quit, leaders of Pakistan's fractious coalition government squabbled over the judiciary on Tuesday and a bomb killed 25 people, underscoring the challenges facing the nation. ... > full story
ATLANTA, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. presidential election presents a sharp contrast between two types of patriotism: John McCain stands as a war hero. His rival Barack Obama calls Americans back to the can-do spirit of the nation's founders. ... > full story
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Food aid, workers sent in to Georgia Aug. 20, 2008 (Nebraska.tv) — A convoy of food aid for beleaguered Georgians has made it through a Russian checkpoint.. . The nine flatbed trucks carried aid past an area about ...
Bush Pledges Support for Georgia's Territorial Integrity Aug. 20, 2008 (Washington Post) — President Bush today affirmed support for the territorial integrity of Georgia, declaring that the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and ...
Talking Back: Election Day June 30, 2008 (PBS.org) — Election Day combines eleven stories - shot simultaneously on November 2, 2004, from dawn until long past midnight - into one film that documents ...
Officer Is Cleared in Mass Arrests at 2004 G.O.P. Convention Feb. 28, 2007 (New York Times) — The Manhattan district attorney's office has found that there is no basis to prosecute a city police inspector for perjury or any other offense ...
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