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President Bush began what could be a difficult visit to Italy on Saturday. He met the Italian president and Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. The one-day visit could be overshadowed by large anti-war, anti-Bush rallies.

The complex immigration bill that a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has agreed to with the White House will be debated by the full Senate starting Monday. It faces many hurdles, especially in the House.

The G-8 meeting ended Friday with the host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, claiming some progress on combating global warming. There was also a surprising improvement in U.S.-Russia relations.

Despite high hopes of fixing a broken immigration system, the Senate's bipartisan bill faltered, and it might not come back. The debate exposed a divide among Republicans between the business community and social conservatives.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) tells a crowd at the Illinois state capital that he is running for the White House in 2008. The first-term U.S. senator began his elected life at the state legislature 10 years ago.

A heart attack claims the legendary Boston Celtics coach and GM. He built a sports dynasty in Boston Garden, leading the Celtics to 16 titles.

A Marine Corps squad leader and seven other Marines are charged in the deaths of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year. It's the most serious U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths in the Iraq war.

In 2012 the world will see the usual political changes: shifting leaderships, revolutions and protest movements. But one foreign policy analyst predicts an escalation of cyberwars between nations.

House Republicans push through a non-binding resolution formally declaring the occupation of Iraq part of the global fight against terrorism. The measure praises U.S. forces in Iraq and rejects the idea of a fixed date for withdrawing troops.

Details of the Iraq Study Group's final report have been leaked to The New York Times. The report does not advocate a firm timetable for withdrawal, but does call for phased pullback of American troops now in Iraq.