K By Pamela Constable The Washington Post ABUL, Afghanistan - Abdul Rahim was the most promising of his siblings, a bright and diligent student of 21. His father, a respected Islamic judge from the southern...

L By Jon Healey Los Angeles Times OS ANGELES - Sharman Networks Ltd., operator of the popular Kazaa online file-sharing network, is incorporated in the South Pacific tax haven of Vanuatu and runs its business...

J By Alissa J. Rubin Los Angeles Times ERUSALEM - At first glance, few places on Earth seem like better candidates for a museum of tolerance than Israel, where Jews and Palestinians kill each other almost...

W By Robin Wright and Richard A. Serrano Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - U.S. authorities said Thursday that they have captured a top al-Qaida leader who allegedly masterminded the 2000 attack on the USS...

W By Michael Dobbs and Susan B. Glasser The Washington Post ASHINGTON - Like his father during the run-up to the 1991 Persian Gulf War, President Bush is using the lure of money and political respect to...

K By Michael Slackman and John Daniszewski Los Angeles Times UWAIT CITY - Two U.S. soldiers were shot and seriously wounded Thursday in this tiny nation bordering Iraq and an American missionary was gunned...

J By Richard C. Paddock Los Angeles Times AKARTA, Indonesia - The alleged organizer of last month's deadly Bali bombing was arrested Thursday on a public bus as it was about to board a ferry for the island...

P By David Holley Los Angeles Times RAGUE, Czech Republic - NATO leaders approved a historic expansion Thursday that will take the alliance beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union and, moving even...

C By Tony Perry Los Angeles Times AMP PENDLETON, Calif. - As the United States continues to deploy troops in preparation for a possible war with Iraq, several hundred combat-trained Marines from Camp Pendleton...

P By Ken Fireman Newsday RAGUE, Czech Republic - Still riven by divisions on Iraq but anxious to show a united front to the world, the NATO alliance Thursday called on Saddam Hussein to disgorge himself...