TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi yesterday welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to his high-security personal compound in symbolic recognition that, after nearly three decades of animosity, the U.S.-Libyan relationship is officially normal -- if not entirely friendly. ... (Today)

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by Washington Post Associate Editor Bob Woodward. ... (Today)

GHANI KHIEL, Afghanistan -- The bearded, turbaned men gather beneath a large, leafy tree in rural eastern Nangarhar province. ... (Today)

WASHINGTON -- The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said yesterday. ... (Today)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The likely next president of unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan following today's election is a horse-loving aristocrat who has spent more years in prison than in politics -- ... (Today)