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RAMALLAH, West Bank – At least 14 people were killed and more than 45 wounded when a powerful car bomb exploded next to a bus and caused it to burst into flames during the morning rush hour Wednesday, police and rescue workers said. The blast went off on a road …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr. was convicted of corruption Monday in a blow for the irrepressible politician who was accused of turning City Hall into a den of thieves even as he revitalized Rhode Island’s biggest city. Cianci, 61, was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, but he was …

HAVANA – Now that Jimmy Carter has done them the favor of telling millions of Cubans of a grass-roots campaign to bring civil liberties to the communist island, organizers want the text of the proposed referendum published. The former U.S. president made the existence of the project known in an …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – With India’s prime minister unwilling to meet with Pakistan’s president at a summit in Kazakhstan this week, the Pakistani leader held out the possibility Sunday that Russia could serve as a mediator in the crisis over disputed Kashmir. Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said there was …

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department will not appeal a ruling ordering the Census Bureau to release figures estimating how many people were missed in the 2000 population count, a decision that could affect how billions of federal dollars are distributed. Justice lawyers had until Friday to appeal last month’s decision …

WASHINGTON – Four years ago, Bill Clinton and the Democrats defied history and gained House seats in midterm elections. Now it’s time for George W. Bush and the Republicans to try. Whatever their success, the midterm curse that afflicted both political parties over the past century is waning, weakened this …

President Bush has now cleared the decks for action on his most immediate and important agenda item: Ending the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and his ruling clique in Iraq. Thepresidentsecured a smashing electoral mandate on the basis of a campaign waged explicitly — at every whistle stop and in …

WASHINGTON – The long-sought Department of Homeland Security will begin taking shape March 1 when the Secret Service, Customs Service and several huge agencies will be folded into the massive new department. It will be fully operational by Sept. 30, 2003 — more than two years after the attacks that …

NEW YORK – Dead people voting. Uncounted ballots. Hanging chads. Computer glitches. Despite efforts to clean up election booths, voters may encounter a tangle of problems at the polls Tuesday. “It’s not really what people think — that it’s all just Florida, but it’s widespread,” author and election researcher Bev …

As we sit down to our traditional Thanksgiving dinner, in the second year of this war of cultures that has been thrust upon us, it would be appropriate to reflect on just what it was those who originated this custom were grateful for. Almost four centuries ago, the Separatist Pilgrims …