Latest missile strike at the East Africa nation, aimed at a suspected Al Qaeda operative, keeps terrorists off balance. But some say US should do more to nation-build in Somalia.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton scored three victories in a night of revival that denied Barack Obama a ripe opportunity to drive her from the Democratic presidential race. Clarity came only to the Republican side, where John McCain made the nomination his own.
AP - Mike Huckabee bowed to reality Tuesday and out of the Republican presidential race. "We kept the faith," he told his end-of-the-road rally Tuesday after John McCain clinched the nomination. "I'd rather lose an election than lose the principles that got me into politics in the first place."
• Hillary Clinton wins crucial Texas, Ohio primaries, plus Rhode Island, CNN projects • Barack Obama wins Vermont • John McCain locks up GOP nod; Huckabee quits • Texas Democratic caucus results yet to come
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was scheduled to huddle with top Israeli officials on Wednesday, as she wraps up a whirlwind tour of the Middle East in hopes of jump-starting stalled peace talks.