Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funding for further peacemaking in hot spots to come. ...more

October 11, 2008

Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday insisted that Georgia will join NATO and backed its attempts to rebuild from its war with Russia, using a trip to former Soviet republics as a show of U.S. support for their pro-Western leaders. ...more

September 5, 2008

Dozens of members of a Russian opposition party and other activists were detained by police Sunday as they tried to gather for a protest rally in central St. Petersburg. ...more

November 26, 2007