AP - John McCain jokingly predicted a landslide while hoping for a mere victory and Hillary Rodham Clinton promised a long, hard day's work getting supporters out as New Hampshire primary voters put their stamp Tuesday on the wide-open presidential race.

AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation to strike against al-Qaida in Iraq and other extremists, the U.S. military said Tuesday, hoping to build on a recent reduction of violence and push militants from their strongholds.

AP - President Pervez Musharraf told British forensic experts Tuesday they would have a free hand in investigating the circumstances surrounding the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, a government official said.