NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Hanna roared past the edge of the Bahamas on Thursday ahead of a possible hurricane hit on the Carolinas, leaving behind at least 137 dead in Haiti. » Full Story

GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) — The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) — The notorious Abu Ghraib prison is getting a facelift: work to reopen the facility and construct a museum documenting Saddam Hussein’s crimes — but not the abuses committed there by U. » Full Story

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A deadly American-led raid on a Pakistani village embarrassed the government and eroded support for the pro-U.S. » Full Story

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bill that would allow Iranian men to take additional wives without the consent of their first wife has angered women and the country’s top justice official, who say it would unde » Full Story

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s brash, right-leaning former foreign minister announced Friday that he would run for ruling party president in a move that would put him on track to take over as Japan’s next prime » Full Story

JERUSALEM (AP) — For the first time since Golda Meir more than three decades ago, a woman is within reach of becoming the prime minister of Israel, a nation dominated by macho military men and a relig » Full Story

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. » Full Story

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) _ Brazil plans to rebuild its once-thriving weapons industry with the help of technology from other countries, a senior official said Wednesday. » Full Story

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej called the political crisis in Thailand a shameful embarrassment for the country but vowed not to resign or dissolve Parliament, sayi » Full Story