Haitian whodunit embarrasses government
Who killed Jean Dominique in a hail of bullets? Some say Haiti's top officials want to keep the answer to that question hidden.

Squabbling over status of detainees
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is locked in an internal dispute over the legal status of al-Qaida and Taliban detainees being held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba, according to several published reports.

Haitian journalists risk death to get all sides of the story
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Ernst Occean, 34, is typical of the crop of young Haitian journalists who came of age just as democracy was born in their country.

Pentagon wants new command
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon will ask the White House for approval to set up a new four-star command to coordinate federal troops used to defend North America, part of an intensified effort to bolster homeland security, defense officials said.

Taliban prisoners no longer in a man's world
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The Taliban fighters who wouldn't allow women to study in Afghanistan and punished them if a veil slipped or ankle showed now are getting orders from women guards and care from female doctors at this U.S. detention camp.

Official backs memorial and offices
NEW YORK -- The man charged with rebuilding Lower Manhattan envisions a permanent World Trade Center memorial similar in size and emotional impact to the Lincoln and Jefferson monuments in Washington.

Once overlooked, Karzai now center of U.S. attention
He's not quite Cinderella, but when Hamid Karzai comes to Washington this week, Afghanistan's interim leader will have made a remarkable transformation from a largely ignored tribal representative into a crucial player in one of the world's hottest hot spots.

Franks: U.S. tactics in war were just right
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The commander of the U.S. forces in the Afghanistan conflict defended the campaign Saturday, despite its failure to capture the leaders of al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Marines make startling finds on cave walls
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- The guns and ammunition were expected. The poster of New York's Twin Towers set against Afghan mountains was not.

Canada report
Chretien's words boost dollar