All eyes on Franks as war kicks into gear
For every one of Gen. Tommy Franks' dramatic battlefield successes, a question is raised about the strategy of the man who is leading American forces in their war with Iraq....
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Iraqi’s outburst ends bid for unity
A summit to promote Islamic unity against war broke down into shouts and threats Wednesday when the Iraqi foreign minister denounced Kuwait's foreign minister as a "monkey" and a "traitor"...
War command would have real-time data
If war comes to the Persian Gulf, Gen. Tommy Franks will direct it from a room about the size of a double-wide semi-trailer, a high-tech nerve center where data could...
Fox admits reform goals fall short
President Vicente Fox conceded Sunday that his efforts at reform have fallen short in his first two years in office, but he offered a humbled defense of his administration and...
U.S., Mexico map changes to improve border security
Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Tuesday that the United States and Mexico are making progress on a new border accord aimed at improving security and that it would also...
Israel resumes meetings with Arafat’s diplomats
A week after announcing that Israel was cutting off contacts with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat because he was "irrelevant," Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved a resumption of meetings between...
Sharon firm on calm week before talks
Anticipating another dispute with the United States over the Mideast crisis, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday that he would resist any American effort to do away with his...
Jihad official escapes arrest
Under U.S. pressure to crack down on anti-Israeli militants, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's police tried to arrest a top Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza on Tuesday but failed when several...
Israel moves tanks out of Arab city
The Israeli army began pulling back tanks from the Palestinian city of Qalqilya early Monday, despite the killing of two teenagers and the wounding of dozens of other Israelis by...
Sharon defends stance on ‘self-defense’ to Blair
On a mission to promote peace and restraint in the Mideast, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was greeted in Israel on Thursday just hours after an Israeli helicopter gunship killed...