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• U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward.
  
  
• U.S. Letter Puts India's Premier On Defensive Over Nuclear Deal
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  NEW DELHI, Sept. 4 -- As international negotiators met in Vienna to decide the fate of the contentious nuclear energy agreement between India and the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government found itself facing a revived political battle at home over the deal because of the relea...
  
  
• Iraqi Leaders Express Incredulity, Disappointment
  5 Sep 2008 at 1:13pm
  BAGHDAD, Sept. 5 -- Iraqi leaders on Friday expressed incredulity and disappointment over a report that U.S. officials had spied on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi leaders.
  
  
• Rice Makes Historic Visit to Libya
  5 Sep 2008 at 4:42pm
  TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 5 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Friday night with Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, whom President Ronald Reagan once labeled "this mad dog of the Middle East," signaling a new chapter in U.S.-Libyan relations.
  
  
  
• Cheney to Ukraine: US supports your security
  5 Sep 2008 at 7:12am
  KIEV, Ukraine -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has pledged U.S. support for Ukraine following last month's war between neighboring Russia and Georgia.
  
  
• 2 students shot, wounded at Thai protest rally
  5 Sep 2008 at 1:16am
  BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai police warned students Friday to avoid street protests after a gunman shot and wounded two students demonstrating against the embattled prime minister, raising new fears of violence in the country's tense political crisis.
  
  
• Pentagon Urges Extended Pause in Iraq Drawdown
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  Pentagon leaders have recommended to President Bush that the United States make no further troop reductions in Iraq this year, administration officials said yesterday.
  
  
• Pakistani Tortured, Her Attorney Says
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  NEW YORK, Sept. 4 -- The attorney for an American-trained behavioral scientist charged with trying to kill U.S. personnel in July said in court Thursday that she believes that her client was imprisoned and tortured for several years before the incident and now could be mentally incompetent.
  
  
  
• Attempts to Aid Desperate Haitians Hindered by Floodwaters
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  GONAIVES, Haiti, Sept. 4 -- Floodwaters frustrated efforts by Argentine peacekeepers to distribute aid Thursday at orphanages marooned by Tropical Storm Hanna, confining them to their base as desperate people begged for food and water outside.
  
  
• Hotel Near London Apologizes for Turning Away British Soldier
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  LONDON, Sept. 4 -- A British hotel apologized Thursday to a soldier refused lodging by a desk clerk who told him the hotel had a "no military personnel" policy.
  
  
• Cheney Vows Support for Georgia, Condemns Russian Military Moves
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  TBILISI, Georgia, Sept. 4 -- Vice President Cheney, visiting here Thursday, pledged continued U.S. support for Georgia and said the Kremlin's military actions in the country last month had "cast grave doubt on Russia's intentions and on its reliability as an international partner."
  
  
• BP Concedes to Russian Partners
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:00am
  MOSCOW, Sept. 4 -- The British energy giant BP and its billionaire partners in Russia's third-largest oil company said Thursday that they had resolved an ugly, high-profile battle for corporate control that had become a test of Moscow's openness to foreign investment.