In The Hague this week, Iranian officials offered to cooperate with the US. Iran has pursued an ambitious redevelopment effort in Afghanistan since 2001.
Much of the world viewed the launching on Sunday as an effort by the North to prove that it is edging toward the capability to shoot a nuclear warhead on a longer-range missile.
European leaders offered few extra troops for President Obama’s intensified effort in Afghanistan, underlining deep divisions within the alliance over the war.
AP - North Korea fired a rocket over Japan on Sunday, defying Washington, Tokyo and other world leaders who suspect the launch was cover for a test of its long-range missile technology. President Barack Obama warned the move would further isolate the communist nation.
AP - A father apparently shot to death five of his children, ages 7 to 16, at their mobile home and then killed himself near a casino miles away, police said Saturday.
AP - European leaders enthusiastically praised President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy at a NATO summit Saturday but held their ground on a central disagreement and offered only military trainers and extra security forces for upcoming elections.
North Korea launches a long-range rocket in what U.S. and South Korean officials deemed a provocative act. While the United States and South Korea confirmed the rocket launch, the payload of the rocket remains unclear. Preliminary data show that two objects, likely boosters from the rocket, apparently fell around Japan, one in the Sea of Japan and one in the Pacific Ocean.
DETROIT - North Carolina forward Deon Thompson opted for brutal honesty when he described the Tar Heels' trip to the Final Four in 2008. "Last year," Thompson said Friday, "we forgot that we had to play the basketball game."
The NCAA men's basketball Final Four couldn't come at a better time for the city of Detroit. The capital of the U.S. auto industry has the highest unemployment rate in the nation at 12 percent. But city leaders expect 100,000 fans to visit this weekend and spend $30 million to $50 million.
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