Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow´s Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia´s growing military confidence.
Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital´s Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country´s worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war.
Democrats´ plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush´s threatened veto and the opposition of many congressional Republicans.
Police fortified their headquarters Friday in fear of another attack after Islamist fighters raided the station in the heart of the government´s Mogadishu stronghold.
A rancher acquitted of ordering the killing of American nun Dorothy Stang professed admiration for the dead activist and said a key prosecution witness changed his testimony after finding God.
