RAMALLAH (AFP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Saturday that time was running short to nail down details of Israel’s pullout from the Gaza Strip and prodded the Palestinians to do much more to boost security. Israeli military radio also reported that she pressed the Jewish state for “substantial” …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President George W. Bush on Saturday rejected calls for a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and tried to counter growing impatience with the war by calling it a “vital test” for American security. “The mission isn’t easy, and it will not be accomplished overnight,” Bush said …

KARABILAH (AP) — Helicopter gunships and fighter jets streaked across the desert sky in the hunt for foreign fighters near Syria’s border Saturday as part of two US-Iraqi offensives that have killed 50 insurgents so far in protracted battles. Operation Spear, or Romhe in Arabic, entered its second day in …