Pakistan Claims Victory Over Militants in Swat Valley Capital

Gates: 'Painful' Sanctions May Be Required Against North Korea

Obama: Sotomayor 'Right Choice' for Supreme Court

Quarantine Precautions in Place as Swine Flu Cruise Ship Docks in Australia

Analysts Worry Threatening N. Korea with Sanctions Could Create Escalation

S. Korea Counters North's Nuclear Test by Joining Arms Interdiction Initiative

Cyclone Aila Lashes Eastern India, Bangladesh

Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Border Closed After Reported Gunfight

N. Korean Nuclear Test Triggers Global Condemnation

UN Security Council Condemns N. Korea Nuke Test; Begins Work on New Resolution

President Obama Condemns North Korean Nuclear Test

Russian Economy Declines Faster Than Expected

Hong Kong Asks Students to Stay in America Due to Swine Flu

Foreign Journalists Taken to Pakistan's Swat Valley to Assess Fighting's Toll

Netanyahu: Building in West Bank Settlements Will Continue

Guantanamo Debate Intensifies

US Shuttle Returns to Earth After Complex Hubble Repair Job

Powell Rebuts Conservative Critics

Afghan, Pakistani, Iranian Presidents Meet in Tehran

UN Boss Tells Sri Lanka it Cannot Confront Humanitarian Challenge Alone