A militant Islamic group threatens to behead two Americans and a Briton
within two days, and insurgents carry out a new string of car bombings,
killing at least 20 Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers. . . .
On National Women’s Election Action Day, hundreds of volunteers join forces
in swing states to make sure that women’s votes count….
The U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution threatening Sudan with
oil sanctions if it doesn’t stop atrocities in the Darfur region….
For the first time, 35 countries in the U.N. atomic watchdog agency
demand that Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment.