Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq but won't promise more details until fall - timing that plunges the four-star Army general into the heart of this year's presidential elections. ...more

May 23, 2008

Former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party were skeptical Sunday of a new law enabling them to reclaim government jobs, saying they feared it might be a plot to hunt them down. ...more

January 14, 2008

A suicide attacker killed at least 32 men gathered in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday to mourn the death of a retired Iraqi army officer, a Shiite who was slain last week in a car bombing blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq. ...more

January 2, 2008

Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday until the end of the month because of the Muslim religious season - the end of much-delayed efforts to pass U.S.-backed legislation aimed at achieving national reconciliation this year. ...more

December 7, 2007

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met leaders of her opposition party for the first time in three years Friday and told them she was optimistic that a two-decade-long stalemate with the Myanmar government might be thawing, her spokesman said. ...more

November 10, 2007

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that the continued flow of weapons, suicide bombers and terrorism funding into his country would result in 'disastrous consequences' for the region and the world. ...more

September 27, 2007