One-time rebels now the established force
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LOS ANGELES  - The New Hollywood has become the old guard.
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Darfur rebels were in Khartoum for the first time since signing a peace deal with the Sudanese government last month to end three years of conflict in the western region.
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The US-led assault on Fallujah is the first of what promises to be a series of military operations to secure towns and cities where insurgents could
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The accord promises to bring the rebels, who control vast swaths of the countryside, into the political mainstream.
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Â· Guns and equipment already handed overÂ· Insurgents promise not to attack Americans
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Terms for a reshaping of U.S. forces that would put more emphasis on dealing with insurgencies, terrorist networks, failed states and other nontraditional threats have been drafted, according to officials.
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After six months of deadlock, the country's factions finally formed an emergency coalition government. But with security being stepped up, the hard work has already begun
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Move comes after weeks of clashes between Israeli forces and militants
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: A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in today as the new President of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a Central Government for the first time since 1991.
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When Iraq's 202nd National Guard Battalion faced insurgents six months ago, it simply, in the words of one American general, "evaporated." Now, the same outfit, tested in recent combat, is being touted as a vital building block of the force the United States says will increasingly replace its own troops on the front lines.
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The A-9 connects government and rebel territory. The government closed it Aug. 12 due to fighting.
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Lebanese government forces have been deployed along the border with Israel for the first time in decades.
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Friday marks the deadline for radical groups, thought to be planning a coup, to turn themselves in.
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Corrects ninth paragraph to show one rebel group, not two,   signed a peace deal with the government in May.
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Fallujah has been the heart of the Iraqi insurgency but won&#39;t be its last stand, defense officials and experts say. US-led forces have moved through the one-time insurgent stronghold
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U.S. commanders said the city will now be turned over to the Iraqi police and military forces one neighborhood at a time.
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A former separatist rebel is sworn in as the first directly elected governor of Indonesia's Aceh province.