Iraqi Parliament Rejects Draft Allowing UK, Australian Troops to Remain After 2008

Russian Aluminum Workers Kidnapped by Gunmen in Nigeria

U.S. Military Presence in Afghanistan Could Nearly Double in 2009

China to Send Warships to Gulf of Aden to Protect Merchant Ships from Somali Pirates

Belgium PM Proposes His Government Resign Following Failures Involving Fortis Bank

Russian Warships Enter Cuban Waters

Former Ethiopian Leader Released from Prison after Serving 12 Years

Former Rwandan Defense Official Convicted of Instigating 1994 Genocide

UN Backs Offensive Against Ugandan Rebels

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Believed Responsible for Leaving Several Unconscious in Chicago Building

Greece Hit by Fresh Clashes Between Protesters and Police

Somali Parliament Members Vote to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against President

Kenya’s President and PM Sign Deal for Election Violence Tribunal

Russia to Give Lebanon 10 MiG-29 Fighter Jets Free of Charge

OPEC Announces Plans for Record Cut to Oil Output

UN Approves Resolution Allowing Countries to Pursue Pirates on Land and Sea

Weak Earthquake Shakes Charleston, South Carolina

Plane Carrying 11 Passengers from Dominican Republic Disappears, Authorities Search Continues

Kenya Imposes Sanctions Against Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf

Russian Tourists Killed in Israeli Bus Crash