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Iraqi officials announce they have filed the first formal criminal charges against Saddam Hussein and members of his former regime. Saddam and others are accused of responsibility for the 1982 massacre of Shiite residents of Dujail, a town where there had been an attempt on Saddam's life.

London police are saying that three of Thursday's four bombings occurred nearly simultaneously. This suggests timers, rather than suicide bombers, detonated the explosions on the London subway. Earlier, authorities thought the bombs came within a half-hour period.

As many as 1,000 or more people were in the theater and its shelter Wednesday at the time of the Russian airstrike, officials said.

Senator Rob Portman says without reform, U.S.P.S. will fail.

From cutting highway speed limits to launching car-free Sundays in big cities, the International Energy Agency proposes to cut the demand for oil by as much as 2.7 million barrels per day.

Two Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the war powers resolution, but the motion failed in a 215-215 vote.

One of Somalia's most legendary singers has died. Khadija Abdullahi Daleys was known as the mother of Somali music, and we have an appreciation.

As astronauts prepare to fly around the moon, critical testing must occur before there is "Go" for launch.

In an unusual August session, House Democrats pushed through an aid package that will boost state Medicaid budgets. But, the lawmakers whiffed on extending a popular insurance subsidy for the unemployed.

WellPoint ranked last in overall favorability and in the "dealing with hospitals" category. Cigna was No. 1 in overall favorability while Aetna scored best in the dealing with hospitals category.