Two missile attacks launched from remotely piloted U.S. aircraft killed at least 15 people in western Pakistan on Friday. The strikes suggested that the strategy of using drones to kill militants inside Pakistan's own borders would continue under President Barack Obama. ...more

January 24, 2009

BOGOTA, Colombia — The family of one of the hostages the Colombian military rescued from leftist rebels Wednesday says they're excited he's coming home. ...more

July 2, 2008

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia said its military rescued former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages from leftist rebels on Wednesday. ...more

July 2, 2008

Colleagues mourned hedge fund manager Michael Klein and his daughter Wednesday, a day after the Californians were killed when their plane crashed in a remote, mountainous region of Panama. ...more

December 27, 2007

The bodies of a California businessman, his teenage daughter and the Panamanian pilot of a plane that crashed over the weekend were found Tuesday in Panama's mountains, officials said. A 12-year-old American girl survived. ...more

December 26, 2007