Contrary to forecasts, President Bush's trip to the region is drawing friendly welcomes. Hugo Chavez, by contrast, is making a laughingstock of himself by shadowing Bush's tour. It'll probably cost him.

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When Jacques Chirac hands in the keys to the Elysée palace on May 16, he will also lose his presidential immunity and runs the risk of prosecution in at least four corruption cases.

Mr Chirac, 74, has been linked to a string of party funding and other scandals known as "les affaires," which date back to his time as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. Scores of former associates have been convicted for their involvement.

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Bush promised Mexico's President Felipe Calderon he would put his full effort into pushing U.S. lawmakers to bridge their differences over changing the nation's immigration laws.

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For the first time in its 20-year history as a reviled international kidnapper, Hizballah is demanding that its representatives be allowed to hold direct talks with Israel.

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"After chasing them though a barb-wire fence, I somehow got flipped and ended up on my back with a dope smuggler sitting on top of me. We had each other by the neck and collar, and he had my right hand pinned to the ground," he said. "I twisted my right hand free and hit him on the side of his face knocking him off of me."

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Woman claims salesman took advantage of her bipolar mental disorder to lease her a new car she didn't need

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When the owner of a northeast Rochester convenience store transferred $12.3 million to Middle East bank accounts over 25 months, the interest of federal investigators was piqued.

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In a 38-page document filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, the plaintiffs said they were "horrified and humiliated" after police removed them, under pilot's orders, from the plane in front of dozens of other passengers Nov. 20 "as if they were criminals."

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