President Bush has named a replacement for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) head Michael Brown, who resigned Monday.
President Bush meets at the White House with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani today (Tuesday) as both leaders prepare to address the United Nations on Iraq's future and other issues.
Six-party talks aimed at persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program resumed today (Tuesday) in Beijing.
Police in Malaysia's northeastern state of Kelantan have detained 19 Thai nationals who they say entered the country illegally.
Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province are to begin surrendering their arms this week in return for the withdrawal of government security forces.
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