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President Bush heads to a Nato summit in Prague today with the burden of European disagreement over Iraq at least temporarily lifted and the freedom to focus on the U.S. priorities for expanding and refashioning the aging alliance.

Bush decries efforts to block war plans

The Bush administration has made clear that it expects to be at war with Iraq within the next several weeks. But senior officials acknowledge they have yet to determine how to get there with the least amount of damage to its international relations and the largest possible number of allies on the front lines.

U.S. lobs unity ball to UN members

The Bush administration has concluded it is highly unlikely that an upcoming January 27 report by United Nations weapons inspectors will provide a definitive trigger for war against Iraq, but is determined that the date will mark the start of the endgame in efforts to disarm Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, a senior administration official said

Afghan envoy flays West's failure to win war

It has ensured, for now, that the issue of colonies and the perceived risk they pose to an eventual Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is back on global agenda

Move comes after a series of brutal Taliban attacks in recent weeks