Money intended to bolster Pakistan?s military effort against Al Qaeda and the Taliban has been diverted toward weapons systems to counter India, officials said.
AP - Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blustered through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.
AP - Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to continue attacking Gaza militants, ruling out truce negotiations with Hamas amid widespread skepticism about the Islamic group's ability to halt rocket attacks.
AP - Echoing pledges by the leaders of France and Australia, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi emphasized his county's long-term commitment to Afghanistan in a meeting with President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, the presidential palace said.
In unusually stark language, New Hampshire's capital city newspaper called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney "a phony" right out of central casting and told readers Sunday that he "most surely must be stopped" in next month's first-in-the-nation primary.