WASHINGTON – With only 10 months left in his term and Israeli-Palestinian talks collapsed over renewed violence, President Bush said Tuesday there is “plenty of time” to get a Mideast peace deal before he leaves. “This is a process that always has two steps forward and one step back,” Bush …

BANGKOK, Thailand – Female tourists visiting the Thai island of Phuket will be given whistles to sound in case of an emergency, the Tourism Ministry said Monday, two days after the murder of a Swedish woman in broad daylight. The whistles are part of a campaign to increase security on …

MOSCOW – Russia had a short answer Tuesday for President Bush’s top national security advisers who came to ask for detente in the simmering argument over a planned U.S. missile shield at Russia’s doorstep. “Nyet.” Or maybe, “Not yet.” The United States and Russia got no closer to settling their …

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela has nearly completed its deployment of thousands of troops to states along the border with Colombia, a top general said Wednesday. “Between 85 and 90 percent of the troops are situated,” Gen. Jesus Gonzalez Gonzalez told reporters at a news conference, saying soldiers were largely sent …

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on a day when at least 61 people were killed across the country. Rockets and mortars …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Violence increased across Iraq after a lull following the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections, with at least two dozen people including a U.S. soldier killed Monday in shootings and bombings mostly targeting the Shiite-dominated security services. Officials blamed the surge in violence on terrorist efforts to deepen the …

AKRON, Ohio – The Ohio woman who found the bodies of two missing New Hampshire children said Monday she had been searching with her dog for months on a personal mission that her friends and family considered an obsession. Stephanie Dietrich, a grocery store cashier, said she was motivated to …

AUSTIN, Texas – Rep. Tom DeLay isn’t out of the legal woods yet and won’t be able to reclaim his post as House majority leader in January even though a state judge on Monday dismissed conspiracy charges against the Texas Republican. DeLay still faces a money laundering charge and conspiracy …

NEW YORK – The New York Stock Exchange underwent the biggest change in its 213-year history Tuesday as its owners voted to acquire electronic rival Archipelago Holdings Inc. and turn the not-for-profit institition into a publicly traded corporation. Some questions and answers about the $9 billion transaction and how it …

WASHINGTON – As the end of the legislative session nears, Congress still has a considerable amount of work left to do and the outcome of that unfinished business will determine whether President Bush has much to show for his efforts this year. Click in the video box to the right …