Yemen TV, via Reuters
Damage after a car bombing near the U.S. embassy in Yemen on Wedmesday.
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Militants ambushed the embassy compound in Sana with rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb.
By ETHAN BRONNER
An election to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was unresolved on Thursday morning, with Tzipi Livni saying she had outpolled her main rival.
By SAM DAGHER
The bombings occurred in a busy section of Baghdad filled with currency exchange shops and medical clinics. A U.S. military spokesman blamed the attack on Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.
AP
Three American soldiers were charged with murder in the deaths of four Iraqis who were shot in the head and dumped in a Baghdad canal last year.
By BARRY BEARAK
Prosecutors said they plan to appeal a judge's ruling that set aside corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the leader of the governing party who is in line to become South Africa's next president.
By WILL CONNORS
The most prominent of the insurgent groups in the region, known as MEND, has threatened to pursue an "oil war" with continuing attacks.
Reuters
Spain will send a military aircraft to patrol the waters off the coast of Somalia to protect ships from pirates, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Commercial flights into Somalia's main airport were canceled on Wednesday after Islamic insurgents vowed to shoot down planes and attack airline personnel.
By FARAH STOCKMAN / The Boston Globe
While meant to hurt Iranian banks and corporations connected to the regime, the policy also punishes small businesses owned by individual Iranians who have no political connections.
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