A flurry of executions and death sentences has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to quell pockets of unrest around the nation.

President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to transfer the remains of the writer Albert Camus to one of the most hallowed burial places in France, but the plan has run into opposition from the Nobel laureate’s son.

Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said he was instructed to refrain from communion because of his stance on abortion.

The Jets will try to turn their season around when they face New England.

In another blow to Pakistan’s president, authorities released the names of politicians who benefited from an amnesty decree that dismissed past alleged crimes.

With emotions high on both sides of the field, Connecticut secured its first victory since the death of Jasper Howard and the Irish lost a second consecutive senior day game.

Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported.

Investment funds are buying mortgages, trimming some of them to the benefit of homeowners, and shifting any risk to the federal government.

The explosion on Saturday was unusual in that it involved a large mine operated by one of China’s biggest state-owned companies.

Two centrist senators, Ben Nelson and Joseph I. Lieberman, said that they were opposed to the bill as it is currently written, particularly its inclusion of a new government-run insurance program.

Kevin Garnett’s jumper as time expired gave the Celtics an overtime victory and ended the Knicks’ two-game winning streak.

A presidential election aimed at helping Romania emerge from a political and economic crisis failed to produce a winner on Sunday, and the top two candidates will compete in a runoff next month, according to two exit polls.

The Americans hope militias will encourage a demoralized Afghan population to take a stake in the war against the Taliban.

The Giants will try to stop a four-game losing streak when they host the Falcons.

Traded from the then-winless Browns, Braylon Edwards joined a seemingly playoff-bound Jets team. Then they lost four of their next five games.

The Department of Homeland Security has had to stop deploying the new detectors because the U.S. has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

The Department of Homeland Security has had to stop deploying the new detectors because the U.S. has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

For many years, European soccer hoped the day would never dawn when its own sports were contaminated by match fixing on anything like the levels of Asia. Events in Germany killed that hope.

Sanya Richards helped her fiancé, cornerback Aaron Ross, through his hamstring injury this season and previously with a bout of the blues. Ross made his season debut on Sunday.

On her book tour, Sarah Palin has skipped the big cities authors usually visit in favor of smaller places where she and Senator John McCain performed well in 2008.