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Six foreign medical workers who had been sentenced to death in Libya are free. The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor flew out of Libya to Bulgaria aboard a French jetliner accompanied by the wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy.

Diplomats from the United States and Iran met in Baghdad Tuesday to discuss security in Iraq. U.S. envoy Ryan Crocker says Iran has agreed to a tri-lateral committee dedicated to improving Iraq security.

Two Congressional watchdog groups Tuesday called on Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) to step down from his seats on the Senate's Commerce and Appropriations committees. The senator is being investigated as part of a political corruption inquiry.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made his first appearance Wednesday on Capitol Hill since leaving that job last year. He spoke to a House committee investigating the military's bungled response to the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.

In a new memoir, Promises to Keep, presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) shares the sometimes painful experiences that shaped him — from a childhood stutter to his failed first run for the White House.

As rumors circulate about the closing of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, many detainees find themselves trapped in legal limbo. Many are barred from returning to their countries of origin, and those who can return home face consequences ranging from unemployment, to ostracism, to torture.

After the collapse of the I-35 West bridge Wednesday, authorities are now focused on accounting for missing people and recovering the bodies of victims. The destruction of this key highway left commuter traffic snarled Thursday morning in the Minneapolis area.

The British army's operation in Northern Ireland ends after nearly 40 years. Operation Banner was the army's longest continuous campaign, with more than 300,000 personnel. A garrison of 5,000 troops will remain in the province, but security will be in the hands of the police.

France, Denmark and Indonesia pledge to contribute to a United Nations mission to Darfur, Sudan. The U.N. will send up to 26,000 peacekeepers to the region in an attempt to end the conflict that has killed more than 200,000 people in the last four years.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hears testimony from ex-Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the inquiry into Army Ranger Pat Tillman's death by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Lawmakers want to know how far up the chain of command a cover-up went.

The Kremlin says the meeting happened just five days after the June mutiny, led by Wagner forces.

Around 15 million people are threatened by floods.

Erik Prince, the founder and chairman of private security firm Blackwater USA, is due to testify before Congress. He will respond to a report describing the company as irresponsible and trigger-happy.

The works have earned Sotomayor $3.7 million since she joined the court in 2009. Her taxpayer-funded staffers have been deeply involved in organizing speaking engagements intended to sell the books.

The problems in the housing and credit markets are leading to more layoffs on Wall Street. Investment bank Bear Stearns says it will trim 310 jobs from its mortgage group. Merrill Lynch fired two senior executives.

The decline of the U.S. dollar has been detrimental to the ability of American aid agencies to provide assistance overseas. Michael Rewald, a director of the humanitarian group CARE International, discusses the impact of the weak dollar.

The NATO Summit is underway in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The Marine Corps' highest-ranking officer position fell vacant on Monday thanks to a move from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who continues to block nominations to protest a Pentagon abortion policy.

Quentin Colón Roosevelt is pulling off a delicate balancing act between school and life as he gets ready to head off to college.

Eight species of bears roam the earth. And humans have driven nearly all of them to the brink of extinction.

A critical question in child psychology: What can help kids do better in school?

Three scientists will share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering work in the fields of "gene targeting" and embryonic stem-cell research. The discoveries, made over the past three decades, laid the groundwork for understanding how genes work.

Harry Lee, the flamboyant sheriff of Jefferson Parish, La., died after a battle with leukemia. He was in his 27th year in office. He claimed to be the only Chinese-American sheriff in America. He was 75.

Fifty years ago, a basketball-sized satellite went into orbit. Sputnik's successful launch ushered in vast changes in space exploration and in relations between two superpowers. For one commentator, it was the beginning of a more personal journey.

In South Africa, 3,000 gold miners are being rescued from under ground after an accident that cut power to the mine's elevator. The miners who have been brought to the surface are doing well. There have been no injuries or deaths.