JERUSALEM -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy and a European delegation yesterday pleaded for Israel to call a temporary halt to its 10-day-old offensive in Gaza, but top Israeli leaders -- with (Today)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- India yesterday confronted Pakistan with a detailed dossier that it said showed that "elements from Pakistan" were behind the November terrorist assault on Mumbai, and said it was inconceivable that no one in the Pakistani government knew of the plans. (Today)

BAGHDAD -- The United States yesterday inaugurated its largest embassy ever, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone -- and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Iraq. (Today)

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush yesterday announced the airlift of equipment and vehicles for the humanitarian effort in Darfur, the violence-plagued western Sudan region where millions of civilians have been driven from their homes. (Today)

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew yesterday from consideration as incoming commerce secretary, citing an ongoing federal "pay-to-play" investigation involving one of his political donors as a significant obstacle to his confirmation. (Yesterday)