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• Rice to visit former pariah, U.S. foe Libya
It's not every day that a U.S. president calls a foreign leader a "mad dog." As the first secretary of state to visit the former pariah, oil-rich country in more than a half-century, Rice's visit Friday represents a foreign policy success for a Bush ...
• Pakistan says U.S., foreign forces killed civilians
Sept. 3: Officials say more than a dozen people were killed in a U.S.-led attack in Pakistan. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports. DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistan's government accused U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan of killing civilians ...
• Don't let them eat cake, senior Saudi cleric says
Saudi Arabia's most senior Muslim cleric recently denounced birthday parties as an unwanted foreign influence, but another prominent cleric declared they were OK.
• Ethanol, once darling, is losing some luster
It was just four years earlier that the Republican platform called for "efforts to expand the use of biodiesel and ethanol, which can reduce America's dependence on foreign oil while increasing revenues to farmers.
• U.N.: Nations not doing enough on poverty
We're the largest foreign assistance donor, and since 2002 we have more than doubled our foreign assistance," she said. Ad Melkert, associate administrator of the U.N.