WASHINGTON (AFP) —  US Democrats forged ahead Sunday with plans to introduce a resolution in Congress condemning President George W. Bush’s decision to send more troops to Iraq, where the US toll rose sharply.

TEHRAN (AP) — Adamant not to budge under pressure, Iran on Sunday announced new short-range missile tests, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed criticism that new UN Security Council sanctions were hurting the economy.

SUSIYA — The turnout is good. Four coach loads of people have come from all over Israel. There are two from Jerusalem, one from Tel Aviv and one from Herzliya. On a sunny January mid-morning, the maybe 200 people walking across the arid hills in the southern West Bank, with …