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Thousands of earthquake survivors fled camps and villages after warnings that several lakes and rivers were getting dangerously close to overflowing.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized in Boston, where he was undergoing tests to determine the cause of the seizure, his office said.

Barack Obama has packaged his life story into two hugely successful books that have made him a best-selling millionaire.

The budgets of institutions that delivered the world from famine in the 1970s have stagnated or fallen, even as the problems they were trying to solve became harder.

Officials are scaling back plans to shift prisoners into Afghan custody in a stark acknowledgment that the U.S. is likely to hold prisoners overseas for years.

Villagers say Somalis are dying of hunger and thirst amid soaring food prices, skimpy rainfall and rising violence.

Several states are focusing on rehabilitating offenders instead of punishing them for parole violations.

Pakistan?s ambassador to Afghanistan, who was kidnapped three months ago by Taliban militants, was released Friday night, the government said.

The operation was aimed at crushing Sunni insurgents, who had regrouped in the area of Mosul.

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home on Saturday as expected to prepare for the second round of elections against Robert Mugabe.

Engineering skill made Japan an economic superpower, but its young people are now choosing other careers.

The F.B.I.?s agents were praised for not being complicit in abuses at Guantánamo Bay, but the agency was found to be slow to respond to complaints about the tactics.

Horse rehab farms resurrect a fraction of the roughly 100,000 horses that are expected to be shipped across the border and ultimately slaughtered for meat.

Senator Barack Obama responded to attacks on his foreign policy and tried to turn the tables on his critics.

Bush expresses satisfaction with Saudi Arabia's oil production boost, puts onus on U.S. to curb gas prices by expanding oil exploration, conservation.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, 76, a leading Democrat, is hospitalized for evaluation after suffering a seizure, a spokeswoman says.

Senator casts his battles with NRA as isolated cases apart from otherwise solid support for gun rights.

Lavish U.S. rewards program fails to draw reliable leads on most-wanted figures in terror network.

Blacks graduating at best rate among public universities, in part because of Sylvia Terry.