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The Justice Department says the Bush administration will end its warrantless domestic wiretap program, and accept the authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Turkey was originally intended to focus on links with the Orthodox Christian church. But it has been expanded to cover relations the Muslims.

Seen in the West as a vital democracy advocate, Yeltsin was disliked by many ordinary Russians. They blamed him for the economic chaos that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Firefighters are battling a wildfire in the heart of Los Angeles. The blaze began Tuesday in Griffith Park and has already destroyed hundreds of acres in the hills above Hollywood.

Prime Minister Tony Blair says Britain will reduce its troop levels in Iraq. What are the implications of the move for Iraq security and for U.S.-British relations?

Hundreds of Islamic students are in a deadly standoff with security forces in Pakistan. The students are holed up in the Red Mosque in the capital city of Islamabad.

As the new year gets under way, we take a quick temperature check on some key areas to see what the prognosis might be. The topics: politics — domestic and global — and economics.

A much-debated U.S. intelligence report states that Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, and that the war there has bred a deep resentment of the United States. The White House made declassified the report's conclusion Tuesday.

Aid groups and donor countries are mobilizing to get assistance to the survivors of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar. The United Nations says hundreds of thousand people are in need of help. Getting visas and travel permission from the government of Myanmar is still a problem. The U.S. is among those trying to get in.

Earlier this week, the people of Pakistan elected a new parliament, with the majority of the seats going to the party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Economist Zehra Aftab and Professor Ali Cheema discuss the significance of the power shift.