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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A two-week U.N. conference on the illicit trade in small arms went into overtime Saturday with the United States standing firm in its opposition to restricting the right of citizens to own guns and limiting sales only to...

BONN, Germany (AP) - Talks to rescue a treaty on combatting global warming moved into their decisive phase Saturday after making major progress in drafting the final negotiating positions - including what appeared to be significant concessions to...

BONN, Germany (AP) - Talks to rescue a treaty on combatting global warming moved into their decisive phase Saturday after making major progress in drafting the final negotiating positions - including what appeared to be significant concessions to...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's government is in a buoyant mood following what it calls its victory in the United Nations over sanctions.

BONN, Germany (AP) - Talks to rescue a treaty on combatting global warming moved into their decisive phase Saturday after making major progress in drafting the final negotiating positions - including what appeared to be significant concessions to...

BONN, Germany (AP) - Talks to rescue a treaty on combatting global warming moved into their decisive phase Saturday after making major progress in drafting the final negotiating positions - including what appeared to be significant concessions to...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - For three weeks, a mechanical heart has performed up to expectations inside the chest of its first human recipient, his surgeons say.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Western scholars published evidence Monday they say proves the direct involvement of seven surviving Khmer Rouge leaders in the mass murder of Cambodians during their genocidal 1975-79 rule.

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The world's richest nations must get over their fear of genetically engineered food if they want to help eradicate poverty in the world's poorest, a United Nations report says.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - In his first major address since his election defeat, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak blamed Yasser Arafat for starting the current conflict, saying the Palestinian leader lacked the will to make peace with Israel...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - In his first major address since his election defeat, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak blamed Yasser Arafat for starting the current conflict, saying the Palestinian leader lacked the will to make peace with Israel...

LONDON (AP) - Scientists are for the first time questioning the safety of the 60-year-old yellow fever vaccine after six suspicious deaths.

WASHINGTON (AP)- Senators said Wednesday the loss of 449 guns and more than 180 computers from the FBI proves the nation's premiere law enforcement agency needs to be reformed.

WASHINGTON (AP)- In another black eye for the FBI, 449 side arms and submachine guns and more than 180 computers - at least one containing classified data - are missing from the law enforcement agency.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Two astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk and hooked up air tanks on the international space station's new entryway early Wednesday following a brief yet critical computer breakdown.

TORONTO (AP) - A cautious political style honed in the hallways of Parliament has made three-term Prime Minister Jean Chretien one of Canada's most successful leaders.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - British and Irish government officials were meeting Friday in an attempt to bridge a new fissure in the Northern Ireland peace process, after the province's largest Protestant party quit the unity government over...

SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Pacific Rim nations agreed to combat terrorism in a ``fight between justice and evil,'' China's foreign minister said Thursday, as APEC prepared a statement that carefully avoids any mention of the U.S.-led attacks on...

SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Pacific Rim nations agreed to combat terrorism in a ``fight between justice and evil,'' China's foreign minister said Thursday, as APEC prepared a statement that carefully avoids any mention of the U.S.-led attacks on...