BEIRUT, Lebanon – Legislator Bassel Fleihan (search) died in a Paris hospital Monday of wounds sustained in the Feb. 14 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (search), a Lebanese television channel reported. A former minister of the economy, Fleihan had been flown to France with severe burns days …

MOSCOW – Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev (search), who fled the country last month after demonstrators stormed his offices, said he will resign on Monday. Akayev met with a delegation representing Kyrgyzstan’s interim leadership on Sunday and told reporters that a protocol for his resignation had been completed and that he …

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (search) said on Monday he expects to reach a “civil resolution” with American International Group Inc. (AIG), calming fears that his investigation could lead to criminal charges against the insurance company. Along with the Securities and Exchange Commission (search), Spitzer for …

SEOUL, South Korea – U.S. intelligence has proof that North Korean nuclear materials ended up in Libya (search), the top U.S. envoy on the standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear program said Thursday, as he expressed concern about the potential for more proliferation by the isolated communist nation. Christopher Hill, outgoing U.S. …

ROME – Though cardinals refuse to discuss it, the question of who will be the next pope is clearly on the minds of many Catholics. Cardinals have stopped their interviews with the media ahead of their meeting next week to select a papable candidate. And they apparently think the faithful …

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A man has been freed after 13 years in prison for a death authorities thought was caused by a blow from a whiskey bottle, but which new evidence suggests happened when the victim was hit by a motor home. Larry Souter (search), 53, was tried in …

NEW YORK – Stocks fell Friday, weighed down by higher crude oil prices, disappointing first-quarter profits from consumer-focused companies like Costco and a report that North Korea could be preparing for a nuclear weapons test. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) was down 60.89 points, or 0.60 percent, to end …

This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, April 16, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 and 6 a.m. EST. FRED BARNES, CO-HOST: New York’s Republican Party launches a stop-Hillary effort as we go “Beyond …

RICHLAND, Wash. – A woman apparently dissatisfied with a haircut robbed a hair salon at gunpoint, shot at her stylist’s car, then used part of the money to pay for a trim at another shop, police said. Julie A. Anderson (search), 48, was booked for investigation of first-degree robbery and …