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EDINBURGH, Scotland – Police scuffled with black-clad anarchists and antiglobalization protesters Monday in the streets of Edinburgh, and 450 demonstrators sat down in the road blocking an entrance to a naval base for nuclear submarines. The demonstrators at the Clyde Naval Base (search), who protest every year, vowed to shut …

WASHINGTON – Two of Washington’s most contentious political issues of late have collided — the nomination of John Bolton (search) to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and the investigation into who leaked a CIA operative’s name to the press. Democratic Sen. Joe Biden (search) of Delaware, who opposes …

Watch “The Big Story Weekend” Sunday at 9 p.m ET Saturday, July 23 Aruba’s prime minister urges investigators to give the FBI all documents related to the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway (search). Could these documents provide vital clues for a much-needed break in the case? Rod Wheeler, former …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Artist Christo (search), who specializes in public art pieces so big they can be seen from space, is moving forward with plans to drape a giant canopy over the Arkansas River. Buoyed by the success of “The Gates, Central Park,” (search) which opened in New York …

KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai (search) said Friday he was “very unhappy” to learn that U.S. soldiers had burned the bodies of two dead Taliban (search) fighters, but he said mistakes happen in war and Afghans shouldn’t let the incident mar their impression of the United States. His apparent …

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan – A halt in heavy rains Monday allowed helicopter relief flights to resume across Pakistan’s (search) quake zone, but fresh landslides hampered efforts to move supplies by road. Officials estimated the death toll could now be more than 54,000. Eight international medical teams took off from Muzaffarabad (search) …

UNITED NATIONS – Armed conflicts have declined by 40 percent since the end of the Cold War (search) primarily because the United Nations (search) was finally able to launch peacekeeping and conflict-prevention operations around the world, according to a new study. The first Human Security Report (search) paints a surprising …

WASHINGTON – The Senate Democratic leader said Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove (search) should resign because of his role in exposing an undercover CIA officer, and a veteran Republican senator said President Bush needs “new blood” in his White House. Rove has not been charged, but he continues to …

OTTAWA – Mexico’s health minister urged wealthy nations to help provide flu drugs to the developing world, saying Tuesday that the divide between the rich and the poor would be catastrophic in the event of a global bird flu pandemic. “I think the ethical, the political, the future security implications …

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kerry says President Bush should bring home 20,000 troops from Iraq over the Christmas holidays if the December parliamentary elections there are successful. Defeated by Bush last year and a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination (search) in 2008, Kerry called for a “reasonable time …