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DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - The Irish Republican Army announced Monday it had withdrawn its agreement on a method for disarming, rebuffing Britain's efforts to create more negotiating time on the issue.

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - The Irish Republican Army announced Tuesday it had withdrawn its agreement on a method for disarming, rebuffing Britain's efforts to create more negotiating time to preserve Northern Ireland's power-sharing government.

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - The Irish Republican Army announced Tuesday it had withdrawn its agreement on a method for disarming, rebuffing Britain's efforts to create more negotiating time to preserve Northern Ireland's power-sharing government.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - Britain unveiled long-awaited plans Friday for overhauling Northern Ireland's terrorism-hardened police force, and challenged Catholic leaders to help manage the force for the first time in history.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sinking along with the Internet economy that it covered, the Industry Standard will suspend publication next week and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to an internal company memo obtained Thursday by The...

A report that criticized federal investigators for the botched probe of scientist Wen Ho Lee is now itself being questioned by Asian-American advocacy groups, which say statements that Lee was the victim of racial profiling weren't fully...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's parliament on Wednesday approved all 20 of President Mohammad Khatami's nominees for Cabinet positions, filling out the government charged with advancing social and political reforms during his second term in office.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A U.S.-backed program for aerially eradicating drug crops here has failed, a front-running Colombian presidential candidate said Sunday, just days before the Bush administration's first high-level visit.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A U.S.-backed program for aerially eradicating drug crops here has failed, a front-running Colombian presidential candidate said Sunday, just days before the Bush administration's first high-level visit.

WASHINGTON (AP) - At least 40,000 federal tax returns and payments involving $810 million were either lost or destroyed at a Pittsburgh processing facility.

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia marked the 10th anniversary of the failed coup that fatally wounded the Soviet Union with more reflection than celebration Sunday, as demonstrators gathered to recount the days when they faced down communist hard-liners.

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Roman Catholic leaders appealed Monday for members of their church to participate fully in reforming Northern Ireland's predominantly Protestant police force, a pivotal goal of the 3-year-old peace accord.

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Breaking with decades of bitter history, the major Catholic party in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government announced Monday it would appeal for young Catholics to join the predominantly Protestant police force.

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Breaking with decades of bitter history, the major Catholic party in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government announced Monday it would appeal for young Catholics to join the predominantly Protestant police force.

JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli teen-ager was killed in a shooting attack Thursday in the West Bank, and three bombs went off near Israeli vehicles, just hours after Palestinians buried a militant killed in an Israeli missile attack.

MEDINA, Ohio (AP) - An antique steam-powered tractor exploded at a fairground, killing four men and injuring about 50 others a day before one of Ohio's oldest and largest county fairs was to officially open.

MAN, W.Va. (AP) - Heavy rain caused flooding and mudslides in Virginia and West Virginia on Sunday for the third time in a month, chasing people from creek-side homes and campgrounds. Two deaths were blamed on the flooding.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government is ``reaching a moment of decision'' on education policy, President Bush said Wednesday as he laid out his bottom line for House-Senate negotiators not moving as quickly as he'd like to overhaul the...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday acquitted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of charges that he concealed assets while serving in a previous government, two judges said.

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon does not believe full peace with the Palestinians is possible and is aiming for less, while Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat accuses Sharon's government of plotting escalation.