Suicide bombers struck Kurdish protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 48 people in one of the deadliest series of attacks in Iraq this year.
A new report concludes that politics illegally influenced hiring decisions, and largely lays the blame on top aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
AP - Suicide bombers struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300, police said.
AP - Turkish officials suggested Monday that Kurdish militants were the main suspects in bomb blasts that killed 17 people in a crowded square, with Turkey's prime minister saying it could be a reprisal for air raids on guerrilla positions in northern Iraq.
AP - Authorities on Monday were investigating why an apparent stranger entered a Unitarian church and opened fire during a children's performance based on the musical "Annie," killing two, including a burly usher hailed as a hero for shielding others from gunfire.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not believe a peace accord with the Palestinians can be reached by the end of the year, according to a senior Israeli official.