The weight of history and hatred is so unrelenting in this biblical city that it feels like a ticking bomb set to blast the peace process. Nervous Israeli soldiers in...
The first predawn sounds wafting through this ancient city are the voices of the children of Abraham-Muslims, Jews and Christians-praying to the same God. All three faiths extol a merciful,...
Chicago-born David Ramati lives in a hilltop garrison where neighbors walk the streets with God in their hearts and Uzis in their hands. Sitting at a small table in his...
By the time Shaban Shuweiki entered the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the ancient mosque already was two-thirds full, with Muslims arriving for pre-dawn prayers on a peaceful Islamic Sabbath. When...
When the curtain falls on the annual theater festival here, restaurants close their doors, but their kitchens fire up for a winter crash course in cuisine. No sooner have chefs...
A ragtag convoy of jeeps and pickup trucks bristling with heavy weapons moved out of this divided capital Monday after U.S. negotiators brokered a disarmament pact between Somalia`s two strongest...
Just after dawn Wednesday, nearly 700 American Marines and French Legionnaires moved into this desperate town in Somalia`s famine belt and secured the airfield from a ragtag force of clan...
For further information on the Dempster Highway, travel conditions and the western Arctic: - The Northwest Territories Tourism Information Center, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; 800-661-0788. - Western Arctic Visitors Association, Inuvik,...
The appeal by Serbia and its allies for UN peacekeeping troops in Yugoslavia`s bloody civil war underscored the conflict`s deepening stalemate and Serbia`s growing isolation, analysts said Sunday. Dozens of...
The Soviet parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a plan to transform the country into a loose confederation in which most power would shift from Moscow to individual republics. Details...