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Iraq's prime minister says he will close down the Kurdish rebel party's offices in Iraq as part of a pledge to help curb rebels' attacks on Turkey. Turkish officials say 42 people have been killed in attacks this month.

The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction examines a $1.2 billion contract paid to the security company DynCorp to support the Iraqi Police Training program. The report accuses the State Department of failing to account for how the money was spent.

Turkey has gathered forces and heavy weapons on its border with Iraq after an attack Sunday by Kurdish rebels on Turkish troops left eight Turkish soldiers missing and 12 dead. Meantime, there has been a lot of diplomatic traffic. The U.S. fears that unilateral action by Turkey could destabilize the most stable part of Iraq.

Colombia's increased anti-trafficking measures have led its country's drug traffickers to seek out a new way to ship the drug out of South America. Often, that way is through Venezuela.

Erik Prince, founder and CEO of Blackwater Worldwide, says that evidence suggests security contractors working for his firm did indeed come under attack during a Sept. 16 shooting incident in Baghdad that resulted in the deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians.

President Bush will send his national security adviser to the Middle East next week, days after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns from her seventh trip there this year, as the U.S. steps up pressure on the Israelis and Palestinians to begin peace talks.

President Bush accuses Congress of dragging its feet on key pieces of domestic legislation, urging quick action on budget and children's health measures. The president calls on lawmakers to compromise with him on funding the children's health program known as SCHIP.

As the Turkish Parliament considers giving permission for a cross-border attack against Kurdish separatists based in Iraq, Iraq's vice president visits Ankara to argue against such a move.

In one of his most public meetings with a U.S. president, the Dalai Lama is set to receive Congress' highest honor. The ceremony comes at a bad time for China, which is angered by the award.

Chinese leader Hu Jintao promises to make communist rule more inclusive and better spread the fruits of China's economic boom during a nationally broadcast speech to China's Communist Party congress.