Young men from rival ethnic groups hunted each other through the streets of a western Kenyan town Saturday, burning houses and blocking roads a day after the country's political foes agreed to try to end weeks of violence. ...more

February 3, 2008

Among the people living around this disused Polish air base, there is little enthusiasm for the missile interceptor station likely to be built here as part of a U.S. missile defense system. ...more

January 20, 2008

Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Europeans to stop helping the United States in the war in Afghanistan, according to excerpts of a new audiotape broadcast Thursday on Al-Jazeera television. ...more

November 30, 2007

The call went into a child abuse hot line on Monday, reporting that a 4-year-old was being abused at a local child care facility. ...more

October 26, 2007

Soldiers, Not Guards Regarding 'the Perils Of Privatizing Security' (Our Opinion, Oct. 5): ...more

October 12, 2007

A Darfur town under the control of Sudanese troops has been razed in apparent retaliation for a rebel attack on a nearby base of African peacekeepers. U.N. officials who inspected the town said Sunday that about 15,000 civilians had fled the area. ...more

October 8, 2007

The 11-year-old girl with a purple backpack walked into the courtroom Tuesday morning, dragging her feet, with a finger in her mouth. ...more

September 19, 2007