Search results for

Chad is battling a rebellion that it says neighboring Sudan is sponsoring. The rebels are attempting to end the nearly 16-year rule of Chad's president. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Donald Yamamoto is visiting Chad this week to discuss insecurity in the central African country.

Women's figure skating got under way at the Winter Olympics in Turin on Tuesday. American Sasha Cohen came in first place after the short program, but only slightly ahead of Russian Irina Slutskaya, the reigning world champion.

Belarus voters are expected to re-elect President Alexander Lukashenko Sunday. His opponents call for street demonstrations if voting irregularities emerge. U.S. officials acccuse Lukashenko of human rights abuses.

It appears the militant Islamist group Hamas won more than enough seats in Wednesday's Palestinian legislative elections to form a government without partners. But some Hamas leaders are suggesting they will seek a coalition with the Fatah movement.

Sen. Robert Byrd has become the longest-serving senator in U.S. history. The West Virginia Democrat has held office for nearly 50 years, and will run for an unprecedented ninth term.

Cool, wet weather discourages tourism in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve and dampens Palestinian merchants' high hopes for the holiday. The barrier Israel is erecting to separate Jerusalem from the West Bank may also factor in the turnout.

Just as Democratic opponents appeared resigned over the likely confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is pushing for a filibuster of the nomination.

In one of the most highly contested Olympic bids in history, the International Olympic Committee announces that the 2012 games will go to London. Paris seemed a near shoo-in, but a strong catch-up campaign from Britain brought the decision down to the wire.

NASA says it will delay Thursday's launch of the Mars reconnaissance orbiter. Problems with the Atlas V rocket carrying the spacecraft couldn't be resolved in time for liftoff. An issue familiar to the crew of the Discovery prompted the scrub: a low-fuel sensor failed to work correctly.

The mayor of Tehran -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- has won Iran's presidency in a landslide. Friday's presidential runoff election was a setback for reformers who fear Ahmadinejad, 49, will take Iran back to the restrictions of the Islamic Revolution.