Once a militant bastion, the West Bank city is now open to visits from Israeli Arabs. The move could help bolster the peace process and provide a much-needed economic boost.
Wearing the signature bowtie, Bill Nye, the self-described "deep spacey loser," told Johns Hopkins students to "CHANGE THE WORLD," with booming voice and expressive hand motions to match.
AP - First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside of Kabul on Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction of war and Afghanistan's attempt at rebirth.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her pioneering campaign for the presidency on Saturday and summoned supporters to use "our energy, our passion, our strength" to put Barack Obama in the White House.
AP - The world's top industrialized nations and leading oil consumers pledged Sunday to fight skyrocketing energy prices by increasing efficiency and accelerating investment in new technologies, while urging producers to expand production.
A man drove through a group of people with his truck Sunday and later stabbed at least 18 people at a video game district of downtown Tokyo, Japan, according to a fire official.
Sen. Hillary Clinton officially suspended her campaign in a speech today and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president. "I endorse him and throw my full support behind him. And I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me," Clinton said to a cheering crowd in Washington.