Marines scour walled al-Qaida compound
The mission, which apparently encountered no resistance, was not a hunt for the missing Taliban leader, U.S. defense officials say.

Osprey touted for Afghan conditions
MANAMA, Bahrain -- With the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan winding down, the inevitable "after-action" analysis is under way in military circles to determine which weapons and strategies worked and which did not.

Class back in session for girls
Five years after being banned from getting an education, girls return to school. Some bring a little attitude.

Fighting terror notebook
"9-11" and "nine-eleven" top annual banished words list

America strikes notebook
Pakistan and India edge back from war

Cuba rallies for convicted spies
Some in the United States say the five members of the "Wasp network" should have been deported, not put on trial.

U.S. envoy to return to Mideast, seek peace
JERUSALEM -- U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni returns to the Middle East on Thursday after a two-week period of reduced violence against Israelis.

Bloomberg begins with budget cuts
NEW YORK -- Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as mayor of New York City on Tuesday and issued a call for shared sacrifice to tackle the city's problems.

Argentina has 5th leader in 2 weeks
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina's Congress named Eduardo Duhalde, an old-style populist from the Peronist party, to serve as the fifth president in two weeks.