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Authorities in Yemen are trying to figure out what caused an explosion aboard a French oil tanker on Sunday. The tanker Limburg was still burning in the Gulf of Aden early Monday as Yemeni and French officials geared up to investigate the incident. One sailor out of 25 was missing after the blast; the other crewmembers had been rescued.

President Bush thundered out against Iraq on Monday. In a televised speech from Cincinnati, Ohio, Bush called Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein a murderous tyrant who has killed thousands of people. Bush added that Saddam was determined to build a nuclear bomb, and that he stood as a threat to the United States, to those countries neighboring Iraq, and to his own people.

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order to the U.S. government, bringing an end to a lockout at 28 ports on the West Coast. President Bush had intervened in the 10-day labor lockout, saying that the stalemate between management and laborers could not be allowed to harm the economy. The federal court's injunction breaks up the impasse between shipping companies and the longshore...

Indonesia's police chief says two weekend explosions on the island of Bali are the worst terrorist acts in the country's history. His comments came after two bombs ripped through a pair of nightclubs, leaving at least 187 people dead. Authorities say at least 200 people are still missing.

President Bush is threatening what he calls a full and final confrontation with Iraq. His comments came as the House of Representatives voted to authorize him to use war as a possible means of disarming the Gulf nation.

Overview: Forecasters say Hurricane Lili could be one of the strongest storms to hit Louisiana in 150 years. As the severe storm approaches, coastal residents are boarding up and moving inland.

As Hurricane Lili bears down on Louisiana, forecasters say the storm could be one of the strongest to hit the state in 150 years. About 850,000 people - a fifth of the state's population - were told to evacuate as the storm increased in speed and strength.

Tropical Storm Lili left a dark path behind her as she moved through Louisiana, knocking out power to about 850,000 homes. An official from the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness added that some 2,000 people had lost their phone service.

A move by Russian security forces to end a hostage standoff in Moscow had dire consequences early Saturday. Authorities used a kind of sleeping gas - which medical officials say is a drug used to give anesthesia before surgery - to lull the hostage takers to sleep. While the gas was effective in bringing the crisis to an end, it also took the lives of 115 of the hostages, according to Moscow's c...

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose made a cryptic plea Sunday night, asking for a person who left a message at an Ashland, Virginia crime scene to call police. The request followed a shooting there on Saturday night that left one man critically injured. Authorities are investigating possible links between that incident and the work of a sniper who has claimed 9 lives in the Washington,...

In an effort to help Republicans gain control of both the House and Senate, the president is spending the next 5 days campaigning in 16 states. The president's campaign blitz will hit states with critical races too close to call as the election nears, including South Dakota, Indiana, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida.

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Officials in the Washington, D.C. area are working tirelessly to protect residents and students in the wake of another sniper attack. The sniper shot an eleventh victim - a 47-year-old woman outside of a Home Depot in Falls Church, Virginia - on Monday night.

Police are investigating possible links between a shooting at a Virginia gas station and a string of others in the Washington, D.C. area. A man was shot and killed Wednesday night as he pumped gas at a Sunoco station in the suburb of Manassas.

The topic of Iraq is on the table at the United Nations, and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are working to reach a possible compromise on a resolution. Now that the Bush administration has the approval of Congress to launch a possible strike on Iraq, the U.S. is pushing the United Nations to threaten consequences if the Gulf nation does not disarm. And the White House sa...