Supporters of the powerful Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr took to the streets in Baghdad on Thursday while intense fighting continued in Basra for a third day.
To arm Afghan forces to fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the U.S. has relied on a fledgling company that has provided ammunition that is more than 40 years old.
AP - President Bush on Thursday defended the slow pace of progress in Iraq, asserting "it is not foot-dragging" as Iraqi politicians try to reach agreement on political, security and economic goals.
AP - The economy nearly sputtered out at the end of the year and is probably faring even worse now amid continuing housing, credit and financial crises.
AP - Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday tougher government regulations that reflect the realities of modern finance are needed to get a grip on the economy before it gets even worse. Rival Hillary Rodham Clinton said Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain isn't prepared to handle a call about an economic emergency.
Dozens of people were killed today as Iraqi forces expanded their fight against "outlaws" to new battlegrounds. Militants have just days left to surrender their guns or face a new onslaught, Iraq's prime minister says.
The guards called their prisoner "Vic," and let him plant a little garden near his cell. The rest of the world knew him as Saddam Hussein, the man blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis during his years as president. CNN has exclusive video of Hussein's Baghdad cell that shows how he lived in the days before his execution in December 2006.