About 70 percent of the money from international donors will pay public salaries, while 30 percent is expected to be used for development, food relief, and other assistance.
AP - Her voice quavering, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton struggled Monday to avoid a highly damaging second straight defeat in the Democratic presidential race. Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney scrapped for success on the eve of a New Hampshire primary that neither could afford to lose.
AP - An Iranian fleet of high-speed boats charged at and threatened to blow up a three-ship U.S. Navy convoy passing near Iranian waters, then vanished as the American ship commanders were preparing to open fire, the top U.S. Navy commander in the area said Monday.
AP - The head of a key U.S.-backed Sunni group was killed Monday in a double suicide bombing that claimed at least 11 other lives and highlighted the deadly precision of attacks on Sunni leaders choosing to oppose al-Qaida in Iraq.
White House hopefuls from both parties are using the final hours before polls open in New Hampshire to show primary voters they are the agent of change. "This change thing must be catching on," Barack Obama told a rally in Claremont. CNN's latest polls show John McCain at the head of the Republican pack and Obama leading the Democrats.
A U.S. warship was about to open fire on five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats when the Iranians abruptly turned away, the U.S. military said today. Pentagon officials said the Iranians "harassed and provoked" three Navy ships in international waters on Sunday but the Iranian government said the incident was "something normal."
A man charged with kidnapping a missing hiker in Georgia is scheduled to make a court appearance Monday as investigators try to determine whether evidence links him to other crimes.