A debate over when Mahmoud Abbas' term expires is threatening the Palestinian president's ability to head off a permanent split between Gaza and the West Bank - and Washington's goal of forging some sort of Mideast peace deal by year's end.

A debate over when Mahmoud Abbas' term expires is threatening the Palestinian president's ability to head off a permanent split between Gaza and the West Bank - and Washington's goal of forging some sort of Mideast peace deal by year's end.

Holocaust scholar and survivor Elie Wiesel testified that he feared he was being kidnapped when a New Jersey man allegedly yanked him off a San Francisco hotel elevator.

Holocaust scholar and survivor Elie Wiesel testified that he feared he was being kidnapped when a New Jersey man allegedly yanked him off a San Francisco hotel elevator.

The European Union has formally invited Slovakia to join the euro zone on Jan. 1, 2009.

The European Union has formally invited Slovakia to join the euro zone on Jan. 1, 2009.

Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing - a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame.

Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing - a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame.

A European Union official called on justice ministers of the 27 member nations Tuesday to agree on plans for a bloc-wide early warning system to report missing children.

A European Union official called on justice ministers of the 27 member nations Tuesday to agree on plans for a bloc-wide early warning system to report missing children.

Prince Harry says his mother would be proud of the work he and his regiment are doing to revamp a school for disabled children in the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho.

Prince Harry says his mother would be proud of the work he and his regiment are doing to revamp a school for disabled children in the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho.

Questioning of an incest victim held in a cellar for 24 years is set to start later this month and will involve a doctor to determine how one of the seven babies she had with her father died, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Questioning of an incest victim held in a cellar for 24 years is set to start later this month and will involve a doctor to determine how one of the seven babies she had with her father died, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel.

South Korea's opposition party will end its boycott of the legislature over resumed U.S. beef imports, an official said Tuesday.

South Korea's opposition party will end its boycott of the legislature over resumed U.S. beef imports, an official said Tuesday.