The money is for emergency flood aid.

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton welcomes Israeli and Palestinian leaders to the State Department for new round of Middle East peace talks.

At least 8 killed.

Soaring bread prices spark a second day of riots in Mozambique, with as many as ten people reported killed.

The miners recieve flu shots and nicotine gum.

Coastal residents in North Carolina stock up on flashlights and generators ahead of Hurricane Earl.

Police shot and killed a gunman who had taken three people hostage at Discovery Channel’s headquarters near Washington, D.C.

Police say an Asian man carrying a handgun is holding unknown number of hostages at the Discovery building in suburban Washington, DC.

U.S. President Obama condemned the attack on four Israeli settlers in the West Bank, saying that the killings must not be allowed to set back Middle East peace efforts.

President Barack Obama traveled to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas where he thanked soldiers who were deployed to Iraq during the seven-year, U.S.-led war.