President Bush seemed to be more optimistic about this week?s Mideast talks than the Israeli and Palestinian leaders whom he welcomed to the White House today.
AP - President Bush stepped cautiously into the most direct Mideast peacemaking of his administration on Monday, meeting separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to explore whether peace is possible.
AP - President Bush on Monday signed a deal setting the foundation for a potential long-term U.S. troop presence in Iraq, with details to be negotiated over matters that have defined the war debate at home — how many U.S. forces will stay in the country, and for how long.
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, experienced an irregular heartbeat Monday and was taken to George Washington University Hospital for evaluation.
A judge Monday ordered Joran van der Sloot can be held in custody for an additional eight days "on the suspicion of manslaughter" against U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway. A lawyer for two brothers also arrested in the case said new evidence referred to by the prosecution was actually old evidence rehashed.
Soldiers manning a checkpoint near Baghdad stopped a wedding convoy to find that the purported bride and groom were wanted terror suspects, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said Monday. As soldiers searched the wedding cars, they found the veiled bride was actually a stubbly-faced man.
The toddler whose body washed ashore in Texas last month has been tentatively identified as a 2-year-old girl, officials said today. "We are fairly confident" that the girl is Riley Ann Sawyers, Maj. Ray Tuttoilmondo of the Galveston County Sheriff's Department said at a news conference.