WASHINGTON — A must-pass spending bill to pay for the rising costs of the war in Iraq and for additional hurricane aid for the storm-ravaged northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico Coast is debuting on the Senate floor to poor reviews from conservatives over its massive cost.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Mussab Zarqawi said in a rare video on Tuesday his mujahedeen were fighting on in the three-year-old war against the “crusader enemy” and America was behind efforts to form a new government.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that clashes between activists loyal to the Hamas movement and his more moderate Fateh group were of concern, but added that he would “never let a civil war occur.” Abbas spoke amid rising tensions between Hamas, which won Palestinian parliamentary elections, and his own …

PreÅŸedintele UDMR, Marko Bela, a declarat, marÅ£i, că ministrul JustiÅ£iei ar trebui să îşi ceară scuze pentru acuzaÅ£iile “foarte grave” făcute la adresa Uniunii ÅŸi a susÅ£inut că Monica Macovei “îşi descarcă nervii pe maghiari”, pentru că nu a reuÅŸit să-ÅŸi impună unele proiecte “proaste, de altfel”.

George W. Bush a prezentat marţi o serie de propuneri pentru a contracara creşterea preţurilor ţiţeiului şi benzinei, inclusiv stoparea temporară a livrărilor către Rezerva Strategică de Petrol. Bush a solicitat, într-un discurs către Asociaţia pentru Combustibili Regenerabili, suspendarea,

CoÅŸmarul fugii din faÅ£a apelor i-a ajuns ÅŸi pe locuitorii a două sate doljene, după ce două diguri, la BistreÅ£ ÅŸi Dăbuleni, s-au rupt. Luni noapte, localitatea Sărata a rămas pustie, jandarmii evacuându-i pe toÅ£i localnicii. Apa a ajuns aproape de sat. Cu câteva ore înainte, cei din Plosca ÅŸi-au …

CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt’s prime minister has said the verdict is still out on official claims that the recent attacks on churches that left one man dead were committed by a mentally unstable man.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — Lebanon’s prime minister challenged Syria on Friday to mark borders between the two countries and establish diplomatic relations. But Syria said it was not ready to make such commitments.Prime Minister Fuad Siniora told the UN Security Council he had asked Secretary General Kofi Annan to “confirm …

TEHRAN (Reuters) — OPEC heavyweight Iran said on Saturday that it would not disrupt its oil exports as a weapon in its nuclear dispute with the West.Fears that Tehran, the world’s fourth biggest oil exporter, could cut back its crude oil exports or disrupt energy shipments from the Gulf have …

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Tough-talking Shiite Jawad Maliki was tasked to form a coalition government by Iraqi leaders on Saturday, ending a four-month political deadlock that many feared could pitch the country into a sectarian civil war.