BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ The children of Ingrid Betancourt embraced their mother for the first time in six years on Thursday in a tear-drenched airport welcome, a day after the former presidential cand » Full Story

JERUSALEM (AP) _ A day after a Palestinian construction worker's deadly rampage in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday called for reviving the practice of demolishing the homes of attack » Full Story

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) _ Some 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraq's prime minister plans trips to Europe and the Persian Gulf this month, apparently hoping improved security at home will pay dividends in greater international support — including » Full Story

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ State media say a motorized ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta, leaving 38 people dead. » Full Story

COCOP, Guatemala (AP) _ Guatemala's 36-year civil war cost some 200,000 lives, mostly of Mayan Indians caught between government forces and rebels. » Full Story

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. » Full Story

JERUSALEM (AP) — The yellow construction vehicle rumbled down Jerusalem’s central thoroughfare, steamrolling everything in its path, plucking cars off the street, swinging them into the air and crushi » Full Story

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tens of thousands of South Korean auto workers went on strike Wednesday to oppose U.S. » Full Story

MADRID, Spain (AP) — With Middle East tensions building, Iran’s oil minister warned Wednesday that an attack on his country would provoke an unimaginably fierce response. » Full Story