At a ceremony in Kenya, Sudan’s government and southern rebel forces sign a
final peace agreement; if successful, the pact would end a civil war more
than two decades old. . .
Mahmood Abbas wins the Palestinian election, taking about two-thirds of the
vote…
Two weeks after the Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe, aid officials say
relief efforts are working well, and the threat of widespread epidemics has
probably been averted. . .
One day after a U.S. warplane bombed the wrong building in Mosul, more
Iraqi civilians die in another ‘mistaken’ attack…