Rice: Iraq harder than 'I imagined'
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the road for the U.S. in Iraq has been "harder, longer, and more difficult that I personally imagined" and warned that despite some recent progress, success in Iraq is "not a sure thing."
Female fighters: We won't take male dominance
The women line the mountainside, locked hand in hand in their green battle fatigues, and begin dancing. It's a victory dance, they say, that is routine after raids across the border on Turkish troops. "We want a natural life, a society that revolves around women -- one where women and men are equal," says Rengin, the head of a female battalion of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
Police fire tear gas at Bangkok protesters
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Sources: Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace
Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict -- and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions tell CNN.
Storms bring food shortages back for Cubans
Many Cubans thought they'd left behind forever the grim, hungry days that were the norm just after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, with it, the loss of billions of dollars in subsidies for the Communist state.
Large asteroid could put on show over Earth
A meteor, or shooting star, is usually the size of a pebble, or even a grain of sand, burning up in the atmosphere.
Tropical Storm Marco forms in Gulf of Mexico
The 13th tropical depression of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed Monday in the Bay of Campeche, just off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the National Hurricane Center said.
China nixes U.S. meetings over Taiwan arms
China has canceled or postponed several military exchanges with the U.S. in reaction to last week's announcement that the U.S. is selling weapons to Taiwan, a Defense Department spokesman said Monday.
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