DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said on Tuesday more and more Chinese were beginning to see a problem with Beijing's rule over Tibet, lamenting how the homeland he fled 50 years ago had become a "hell on earth."...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged on Tuesday to press hard for Palestinian statehood, putting Washington on a possible collision course with Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu....

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A commuter plane suddenly nosedived and slammed into a home in snowy western New York state late on Thursday, killing all 49 people aboard and one on the ground as it burst into a giant ball of flames....

ELKHART, Indiana (Reuters) - Warning against delay and bickering in Washington, an energized President Barack Obama launched a new drive on Monday to win passage of an $800 billion economic recovery plan he said would help put millions back to work....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama's choice to head U.S. healthcare reform withdrew in a flap over personal taxes on Tuesday, prompting the president to admit "I screwed up" and distracting from his drive for a nearly $900 billion economic stimulus plan....

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales for January are expected to drop to a 27-year low, extending a 15-month downturn and adding weight to the view that the hard-hit sector will remain a drag on the economy in the current quarter....

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, which analysts suspect is trying hard to grab the attention of incoming U.S. president Barack Obama, Tuesday accused the South of driving the divided peninsula back into war....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Sunday the United States was close to achieving its aims in Iraq....

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A group of Iranian hard-line clerics is signing up volunteers to fight in the Gaza Strip in response to Israel's air strikes that have killed at least 300 Palestinians, a news agency reported on Monday....

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Friday he expects difficult six-party talks next week on North Korea's nuclear disarmament and that more work needs to be done to iron out verification details....