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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A gunman opened fire on tourists entering Israel on Wednesday, killing an Ecuadorean pilgrim and wounding four others, in a rare attack on the border with Jordan.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A gunman opened fire on tourists entering Israel on Wednesday, killing an Ecuadorean pilgrim and wounding four others, in a rare attack on the border with Jordan.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Michael Jackson on multiple counts of molesting a child and asked the pop superstar to turn in his passport and surrender, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. Air Force used some of the largest weapons in its inventory to attack targets in central Iraq in an escalating crackdown on suspected guerrilla strongholds, the military said Wednesday.
NEW YORK -- The eight designs unveiled Wednesday as finalists for a World Trade Center memorial remember the dead with quiet gardens, reflecting pools, inscribed names and lights for lost lives.
LONDON -- President Bush urged Europe Wednesday to put aside bitter war disagreements with the United States and work to build democracy in Iraq or risk returning the nation to terrorists. Anti-war demonstrators mobilized for a march of tens of thousands today.
JACKSON, Miss. -- A line of thunderstorms moving across the Deep South on Tuesday unleashed an apparent tornado in Mississippi and roared into Alabama with enough wind to topple trees and knock out power to 50,000 customers.
WASHINGTON -- A forensic psychiatrist who examined John Hinckley Jr. this year said Tuesday the man who shot President Reagan should not be allowed to visit his parents without supervision, countering testimony by Hinckley's mother and his former psychologist that he is ready for more freedom.
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced Tuesday he will step down on Dec. 12 after attending a commonwealth meeting in Nigeria.
ROME -- Italy paid final tribute Tuesday to 19 Italians killed in Iraq, holding a wrenching state funeral on a national day of mourning -- an outpouring of solidarity that underscored how a country divided by war had united in grief.
MODESTO, Calif. -- Scott Peterson will stand trial on two counts of murder for the death of his wife, Laci Peterson, and her unborn son, charges that could bring the death penalty, a judge ruled Tuesday.
LONDON -- President Bush brought a forceful defense of the Iraq invasion to skeptical Britons on Tuesday, arguing that history proves war is sometimes necessary when certain values are threatened.
BOSTON -- Massachusetts' highest court ruled 4-3 Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gave lawmakers 180 days to fix the problem.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Italian member of the U.S.-led coalition has resigned, accusing the Bush administration of inefficiency and failing to understand Iraq. In Tikrit, U.S. forces killing six alleged insurgents as they pressed their search Monday for a former Saddam deputy believed to be orchestrating attacks on Americans.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A jury convicted John Allen Muhammad of capital murder Monday, concluding he used a rifle, a beat-up car and a teenager who idolized him to kill randomly and terrorize the Washington, D.C. area during last year's sniper spree.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in Monday as the 38th governor of California, completing a meteoric rise from bodybuilder and action hero to leader of the nation's most populated state in a historic recall election.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. military tried to determine Sunday whether insurgent gunfire caused the crash of two Black Hawk helicopters, killing 17 soldiers in the worst single loss of American life since the war in Iraq began.
New York Times and internationally best-selling author William Rivers Pitt will speak at 7 p.m. tonight on "The Real War" in Iraq in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.
WASHINGTON -- Under the pressure of increasing U.S. deaths in battle, President Bush said Thursday the United States wants Iraqis to take more responsibility for governing their troubled country and said coalition forces are determined to prevail over terrorists.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from office Thursday for refusing to obey a federal court order to move his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state courthouse.
The former U.S ambassador to South Korea and national security adviser to President George H.W. Bush will speak on Korean peninsula security issues Wednesday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.