Burma's Stilwell Road: A backbreaking WWII project is revived

The French plan would set a 48-hour cease-fire. Meanwhile, attacks against Hamas targets continue. >>

Washington is worried that a prolonged campaign in the Gaza Strip could bolster Hamas. It wants a timetable from Israel. >>

Ties may be irreparably damaged by perceptions that Cairo supports Israel. It is no longer clear whether Egypt can continue as a mediator Palestinian affairs. >>

As euphoria over his election begins to fade, young people are reminded that in Africa, money, ethnicity and family connections count more toward success than does hard work. >>

Hopes are high that Sheik Hasina Wajed will bring democracy and peace, but rumblings of dissent are growing. >>

Authorities seize sensitive files and records from the Tehran office of Shirin Ebadi, a human rights lawyer. >>

The move by President Dmitry Medvedev amends the nation's constitution for the first time in the charter's history and sparks speculation that Vladimir Putin will soon return to the presidency. >>

Palestinians in the Shatila camp express anger toward Israel over its Gaza offensive, but they differ as to where the rest of the blame belongs. >>

Mostafa Hosni preaches on TV, repackaging Islam and focusing on real-life problems for Egypt's young adults. He doesn't fit the West's stereotypical image of an Islamic spiritual leader. >>

A Gaza father mourns for his five slain daughters, and a rocket from the enclave kills a man nearby in Israel. Though the overall tolls are wildly disparate, the effect on loved ones is the same. >>

The death toll in Gaza rises to 364. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the offensive will be expanded 'as we see fit.' Palestinian militants' rocket attacks kill three Israelis. >>

Experts and public figures in the U.S. and Latin America offer a range of views, from stepped-up policing to legalization. >>

Abdullahi Yusuf steps down after losing a power struggle. A proposed reconciliation plan would bring a moderate Islamist opposition faction into government. >>

Answers to some questions about the outbreak of the deadly fighting, its context and the key players. >>

Thanks to a Baptist missionary, tens of thousands were ready to lend a hand when World War II soldiers needed help building the Stilwell Road. >>

More than 300 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar were missing and feared dead off India's eastern coast after they jumped from a rickety boat that had been adrift 13 days and tried to swim to shore, an official said Monday. Authorities rescued 102 others on the boat. >>

Cuba: Hundreds seek Spanish citizenship / Congo: 189 villagers reported killed / Bangladesh: Alliance wins election / Afghanistan: Blast kills 2, hurts U.S. soldiers / Guinea: African Union sanctions >>

From admission in primary school to setting up a business, bribes grease the wheels of Chinese enterprise. Some citizens dare to speak out against corrupt officials, but sometimes pay a heavy price. >>

Before launching attacks on Hamas in Gaza, the Jewish state carefully prepared a list of targets, and it has kept its tone more modest than it did before attacking Hezbollah in 2006. >>

The violence in the Gaza Strip may also reinforce many Muslims' unhappiness with the U.S. position on Israeli-Palestinian affairs and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. >>

Pakistani elite gather at the exclusive hotel amid heightened security. In the northwest, a suicide car bomber kills at least 36 people. >>

The suicide attacker strikes a Buner polling station during a parliamentary by-election. In Islamabad, a hotel bombed three months ago reopens under increased security. >>

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stops short of issuing a call to arms. Arab anger continues to mount. Syria calls off peace talks, and lawmakers in Jordan burn the Israeli flag. >>

Russia: Stalin is third-greatest historical figure in vote / Iraq: Measure allows troops to stay / Mexico: 7 shot to death in Tijuana / Thailand: Shinawatra supporters surround parliament >>

A single-file line of schoolchildren walked past a military checkpoint Sunday as a bomb-loaded SUV veered toward them and exploded, ending the lives of 14 young Afghans in a heartbreaking flash captured by a U.S. military security camera. >>

'Narcos' have made their way into government, business and culture in this Pacific state, where kids want to grow up to be traffickers. >>

The massive operation in retaliation over rocket attacks appears to catch Hamas by surprise. Israel plans to continue to bombard the strip to cripple the group, which vows revenge. >>

The key oil production center and port in southern Iraq is home to Shiite factions with competing visions for the region. And then there is Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, who has his own agenda. >>

The uproar is strong, but analysts say it's unlikely to destabilize pro-U.S. governments in the region. >>

Two of Gaza's highest-ranking security officials are among the victims of Israeli airstrikes. Medical personnel scramble to treat the wounded in facilities left low on supplies by a blockade. >>