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...fled Liberia in August, to a U.N. court in Sierra Leone , where he faces war crimes charges. Sign of Hope KASHMIR India and Pakistan agreed a surprise cease-fire - the first in 14 years - along the Line of Control, their de facto border in the disputed territory. Whether Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee will hold talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad in January, however, is unclear. Peace Threat SRI LANKA Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran warned the country's divided leadership he would revive his demands...
...around 5:30 PM at Baghdad Airport. Defying the insurgents who launch regular missile attacks on aircraft flying in and out of Baghdad, Air Force One flew in under total cover of darkness, the shades drawn inside and with no headlights on, landing in one of the most dangerous cities on Earth. The plane roared over our heads as we stood waiting for an address in a huge hangar filled with 550 soldiers - a speech we had been told was to be by the U.S. administrator to Iraq, Paul Bremer. Bush's trip had been so tightly guarded a secret...
...starring in the hit cartoon series The Simpsons. The animated Blair appeared in an episode aired in the U.S. on Sunday. The Simpsons are on vacation in the U.K., and Blair - in dialogue he recorded for the show - gives them advice on London's tourist attractions. The PM told producers he wanted to "do one thing that will impress my kids...
Because Blair is so articulate and stalwart, Bush has always got a boost from the Prime Minister's visits to the U.S. But Bush's reciprocal gesture can only hurt Blair. The PM's approval ratings have slumped, largely because of his decision to stand with Bush on Iraq. There aren't any weapons of mass destruction to vindicate Blair's key argument that Saddam Hussein was furiously producing them. Constant strife and death in Iraq are making the British public uneasy about Bush's competence and fearful that Britain's nearly 10,000 troops in Iraq will be killed...
...December, a year early. The third attempt in just over a year to elect a new President was set to be held on Sunday. Previous polls failed due to low voter turnout. Meet the New Boss MIDDLE EAST Yasser Arafat swore in a new Palestinian cabinet, headed by PM Ahmed Qurie. The new lineup seemed weaker than that of Qurie's predecessor, Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned in September after Arafat undermined his attempts to curb Islamic terrorists. Qurie lost his struggle with Arafat to name a strong security chief to face down Hamas, as Israel and the U.S. have demanded...