I By Karen DeYoung The Washington Post raq said it is ready to receive United Nations weapons inspectors in accordance with the Security Council resolution approved Nov. 1. An eight-page letter to U.N....

W By Sonni Efron Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - In a victory for Bush administration hard-liners, key allies agreed Thursday to suspend future fuel oil shipments to North Korea until it takes "concrete...

K By Alissa J. Rubin and Maura Reynolds Los Angeles Times ANDAHAR, Afghanistan - On a cold winter night nearly a year ago, the spiritual leader of the Taliban took one of two open roads leading out of...

W By Karen DeYoung The Washington Post ASHINGTON - Iraq Wednesday said it was ready to receive United Nations weapons inspectors in accordance with the Security Council resolution approved last week, bowing...

J By Laura King Los Angeles Times ERUSALEM, Nov. 14 - Israeli troops and armor pushed into Gaza City before dawn today in the deepest such incursion into the heart of the crowded seaside metropolis since...

N By Thomas S. Mulligan Los Angeles Times EW YORK - A new watchdog board created to address the recent wave of corporate accounting scandals was rendered leaderless Tuesday, as former FBI Director William...

W By Josh Meyer and Greg Miller Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - After more than a year of suspense over whether Osama bin Laden is dead or alive, U.S. officials said they believe the man heard on an audiotape...

V By Robert E. Pierre The Washington Post iolent storms, including more than 70 tornadoes, blew across the nation early Monday, slicing through small towns, splintering buildings and trees, twirling semi-trucks...

W By Larry B. Stammer Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - Outside critics and "extremists" within the Catholic Church have exploited the sexual-abuse scandal to "advance their own agendas," the head of the nation's...

F By Maria Glod and Tom Jackman The Washington Post airfax County, Va.'s top prosecutor, Robert F. Horan Jr., expressed confidence Monday that investigators acted properly in questioning John Lee Malvo...