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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Tuesday, March 25,2008 12:03 a.m.

A longtime loyalist of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was elected Pakistan’s new prime minister Monday and immediately freed judges detained by President Pervez Musharraf.

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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, March 23,2008 10:47 p.m.

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf hailed the start of a “new era of real democracy” in Pakistan and vowed Sunday to support an incoming government led by foes bent on diminishing his powers.

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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, March 20,2008 11:17 p.m.

The Dalai Lama offered Thursday to meet with Chinese leaders, including President Hu Jintao, but said he would not travel to Beijing unless there was a “real concrete development” in relations between the government and Tibet.

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CIA confirms bin Laden tape authentic

By Abisalom Omolo and Paul Schemm · Thursday, March 20,2008 11:17 p.m.

Osama bin Laden accused Pope Benedict XVI of helping in a “new Crusade” against Islam and warned of a “severe” reaction to European publications of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that insulted many Muslims.

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By Angus Shaw · Wednesday, March 19,2008 11:48 p.m.

Iraq’s presidential council approved a law Wednesday that paves the way for provincial elections, giving a major boost to U.S.-backed efforts to promote national reconciliation on the fifth anniversary of the war. The move came two days after Vice President Dick Cheney visited Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders to overcome their differences and take advantage of a lull in violence to make political progress. Many Sunnis boycotted the January 2005 election in which Iraqis chose a parliament and provincial councils. The vote ushered in representational government, but it also gave majority Shiites and minority Kurds the bulk of power, including at the provincial level.

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Bush urges patience entering 6th year of war

By Angus Shaw and Jennifer Loven · Wednesday, March 19,2008 11:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Five years after launching the invasion of Iraq, President Bush strongly signaled Wednesday that he won’t order troop withdrawals beyond those already planned because he refuses to “jeopardize the hard-fought gains” of the past year.

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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Tuesday, March 18,2008 11:55 p.m.

Rallying troops after an overnight stay at an air base, Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that as long as freedom is suppressed in the Mideast, the region will remain a place of “stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export.”

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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Monday, March 17,2008 11:01 p.m.

David Paterson was officially sworn in as New York’s governor on Monday, becoming the state’s first black chief executive and vowing to move past the prostitution scandal that has rocked the state Capitol.

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Cheney makes Iraq visit, pushes for unity

By Abisalom Omolo and Deb Riechmann · Monday, March 17,2008 11 p.m.

Vice President Dick Cheney, marking five years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq with an overnight stay in the war-torn nation, warned on Monday against large drawdowns of American troops that could jeopardize recent security gains.

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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, March 16,2008 11:39 p.m.

Two people in rural northwest Georgia are dead and dozens injured after a series of severe storms moved through the state, producing the first-ever tornado to hit downtown Atlanta.

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Islamabad blast kills Turkish woman

By Abisalom Omolo and Lauren Frayer · Sunday, March 16,2008 11:38 p.m.

Pakistan’s capital was on high alert Sunday and embassies reviewed security measures after a bomb struck an Italian restaurant crowded with foreigners, killing a Turkish aid worker and wounding at least 12 other people.

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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, March 6,2008 11:37 p.m.

A Russian arms dealer accused of breaking U.N. arms embargoes by supplying weapons to African war zones was arrested Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand, police there said.

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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, March 5,2008 11:17 p.m.

Despite losing several states, Sen. Barack Obama regained lost ground in the fierce competition for Democratic convention delegates on Wednesday based on results from the Texas caucuses, partially negating the impact of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s string of comeback primary victories.

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