KABUL, Afghanistan --
Afghan President Hamid
Karzai said Tuesday it
will be at least 15 years
before his government can
bankroll a security force
strong enough to protect
the country from the
threat of insurgency.
MULTAN, Pakistan -- A
team of militants
launched a gun, rocket
and suicide attack on an
intelligence office in
central Pakistan on
Tuesday, killing 12
people in a strike that
showed the insurgents can
hit deep in the heart of
the country.
BAGHDAD -- An official at
Iraq's Interior Ministry
says at least 90 people
have been killed and more
than 115 wounded in a
series of coordinated
blasts around Baghdad.
LUCASVILLE, Ohio --
Witnesses to the
scheduled execution of a
killer who scattered a
woman's remains across
two states could have an
even more somber
experience than those who
watched previously when
Ohio put nearly three
dozen other inmates to
death....
NEW YORK -- David
Letterman, after a week
off, dived right into
material about Tiger
Woods on the "Late Show"
on Monday, joking that he
wishes the golfer would
stop calling him to ask
for advice.
A big meeting in
Copenhagen. A
cap-and-trade bill in
Congress. And now, a
determination by the
Environmental Protection
Agency that global
warming pollution is a
threat to public health -
a move that clears the
way for the first-ever
federal regulatio...
SEOUL, South Korea --
President Barack Obama's
envoy began a rare trip
to North Korea on Tuesday
for the highest-level
talks with the communist
nation in more than a
year as a senior U.S.
official warned of strong
sanctions against
Pyongyang unless it...
NEW YORK -- David
Letterman, after a week
off, dived right into
material about Tiger
Woods on the "Late Show"
on Monday, joking that he
wishes the golfer would
stop calling him to ask
for advice.
KABUL -- Defense
Secretary Robert Gates
arrived Tuesday in
Afghanistan with plans to
assure officials and
American troops there
that the United States is
committed to winning the
war despite plans to
begin pulling forces out
in 2011.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The
standings say the Green
Bay Packers are in good
shape for the playoffs.
But Monday night's
victory over the
Baltimore Ravens showed
they still have some work
to do to be taken
seriously once they get
there.