Colombia rescue hinged on rebel disarray, payback
03.07.2008, 22:34:33
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The plan was nothing if not audacious: An infiltrator persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness. A month later, disguised commandos primed with acting lessons land in a helicopter and trick the rebels into handing them over.... |
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Colombian hostages say life grew more dire
03.07.2008, 21:23:15
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A meal was rice and beans. Bed was the ground under a patched plastic tarp. They bathed in rivers, and when they weren't chained by the neck to trees, they were forced on long marches to new hideouts under the jungle canopy.... |
Iraqi PM to parade progress on trip
03.07.2008, 21:06:29
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister plans trips to Europe and the Persian Gulf this month, apparently hoping improved security at home will pay dividends in greater international support - including from a country that did not back the U.S. invasion.... |
After attack, Israeli Jews fear for security
03.07.2008, 18:50:40
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A day after a Palestinian construction worker's deadly rampage in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday called for reviving the practice of demolishing the homes of attackers' families, and his chief deputy proposed cutting some Arab neighborhoods off from the rest of the city.... |
200 fearful Mugabe foes seek refuge at US Embassy
03.07.2008, 19:29:59
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert Mugabe.... |
Israeli rabbi invited to Saudi interfaith meeting
03.07.2008, 19:29:05
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has invited an Israeli rabbi to an interfaith conference in Spain, potentially the first step in wider contacts between the kingdom and Israel, the rabbi told The Associated Press on Thursday.... |
G-8 meets amid calls to take on new members
03.07.2008, 19:16:35
TOKYO (AP) -- The Group of Eight nations, holding their annual summit in Japan starting Monday, have always been a club for the world's biggest and brightest economies. Now a growing chorus is saying it's time the clubhouse doors swing open to some newcomers.... |
Lesson learned, Poles get tough over US missiles
03.07.2008, 18:21:17
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Not so long ago, the U.S. enjoyed something akin to a mythical status in Poland. Ronald Reagan was a hero, the dollar was king and Washington was a trusted guardian against Russia.... |
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