Breaking its silence, Israel confessed it used airplanes to attack Syria on Sept. 6.

A U.N. envoy met with Myanmar’s military junta and, hours later, pro-democratic leaders, to end a violent political crackdown.

South Korea’s president ventured north and met big, bad Kim Jong-Il.

Côte d’Ivoire should see economic growth soon, provided it maintains its hard-won political stability.

His last presidential term ends in 2008, but Vladimir Putin says he will not fade into the sunset.