In Iraq, where beauty was long suppressed, art flowers amid protests
The first five floors have become one of the half-dozen major art venues that have sprung up in Baghdad around the protests as painters — trained and untrained — have...
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New UN mandate floated
With the prospects for agreement on a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact in doubt, the idea of allowing U.S.-led troops to stay under a UN mandate resurfaced this week, and Russia's...
8-year captive faces more hard time as she readjusts to life
Natascha Kampusch is a sad, withdrawn-looking young woman, a lifetime apart from the ruddy-cheeked 10-year-old who disappeared more than eight years ago. She weighs less than 100 pounds, and police...
Showdown looms as UN accuses Iran of defiance
The UN nuclear watchdog agency said Friday that Iran is defying a Security Council call for a freeze on its efforts to enrich uranium, setting up a showdown between the...
Iran claims its entry to nuclear club
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced success Tuesday in Iran's efforts to enrich uranium and demanded respect for the nation's right to peaceful atomic energy, upping the ante in Tehran's dispute with...
UN nuclear watchdog urges U.S., EU to cool tone on Iran
United Nations atomic energy chief Mohammed ElBaradei urged the international community Thursday to steer away from threats of sanctions against Iran to prevent the dispute over the country's nuclear intentions...
War crimes fugitive may have been found
Rumors swirled late Tuesday that fugitive Serbian Gen. Ratko Mladic was captured and was being transferred to an international court in the Netherlands to be tried for alleged war crimes....
Buildup to Iraq war affected Iran diplomacy
The bruising diplomatic wars that preceded the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq three years ago cast a long shadow over the debate on whether to report Iran to the UN Security...
UN council nations urge vote on Iran
European and U.S. diplomats expressed confidence Thursday that they would win the votes necessary to report concerns about Iran's nuclear research program to the UN Security Council. With the support...
Saboteurs in Iraq target U.S. credibility
BAGHDAD -- The truck bomb that shattered the U.N.'s compound in Baghdad and killed its chief official leaves little doubt that a campaign of violence is overwhelming the ability of...