Troop buildup quickens in gulf
Hovercraft and amphibious vehicles ferried several thousand U.S. Marines ashore in Kuwait on Wednesday, part of a quickening buildup of forces in the Persian Gulf ahead of a potential war...
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This road is better left less traveled
The camels trudging along the roadside are shimmering in the heat, the last cool stream disappeared ages ago, and the city is still not in sight. After more than a...
Worry gives way to feeling of helplessness
For Patrick Gallagher, a Latin American recruiter for Loyola College of Maryland, Tuesday was a day of deep and bitter frustration. Phone lines to the United States from Panama City,...
IN MEXICO, BUSH PURSUES `COOPERATION AND RESPECT’
Promising to take advantage of fresh leadership in both countries to build "cooperation and respect," President Bush sat down with Mexican President Vicente Fox on Friday to begin a long...
ANOTHER CALL FOR REVOLUTION IN CUBA
It is a reflection of the aging of Cuba's 42-year-old revolution that the men touting the newspaper Rebel Youth on the streets of Old Havana are mainly white-whiskered and tottering....
MEETING OF ELIAN, DAD DECLARED, BUT FALTERS
A chaotic day of last-minute dealmaking intended to bring to a close the long custody battle over Elian Gonzalez ended in confusion early Wednesday as a surprise trip by the...
PINOCHET RULING: VICTORY IN DEFEAT
Former Gen. Augusto Pinochet probably never will face trial for the murders and disappearances during his 17-year dictatorship in Chile--and that no longer particularly bothers human-rights advocates. The aging ex-dictator,...
PEACE ON EARTH?
NORTHERN IRELAND: 'HOPE FOR A LASTING PEACE' The biggest story in my area is Northern Ireland: For the first time in 30 years, there is hope for a lasting peace....
SYMPATHY, ANGER MARK REACTION TO PROTESTS
The rubber pellets fired at protesters disrupting the WTO conference have ricocheted around the world, producing grim satisfaction among some, angry snorts of disappointment elsewhere and even eye-rolling sighs of...
NO IMMUNITY FOR PINOCHET
In a landmark decision for human-rights cases, Britain's Law Lords ruled Wednesday that former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet does not enjoy immunity from trial for killings, torture and hostage-taking...