Heavy Security Marks Opening of Winter Olympic GamesThe Winter Olympics gets underway Friday with an opening ceremony expected to be high on emotion in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, as a wary United States hosts the world for the first time since that fateful day...more>>
International Criticism of Bush's Decision on Cuba Prisoners' StatusA day after the United States announced that among the 186 prisoners being held at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Taliban, not Al-Qaeda fighters would be protected under the Geneva Conventions, criticism and disagreement were voiced by international bodies and even U.S. allies, news agencies reported...more>>
Sharon, Bush Agree to Maintain Pressure on ArafatIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. President George W. Bush said late Thursday that they would continue to isolate embattled Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat until attacks by Palestinian resistance groups against Israelis ceased...more>>