Two suspected suicide bombings, just hours apart, rocked Israel on Sept. 9. The first took place at a bus stop outside the Tzrifin Israeli Defense Force (IDF) base south of Tel Aviv. At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen were wounded.

Ahmed Qurai, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, accepted his appointment as the new Palestinian prime minister on Sept. 8, replacing Mahmoud Abbas, who resigned the post two days ago. Or maybe he didn't accept the post. The final outcome is still unclear at the moment, as is the road map for peace.

U.S. President George W. Bush addressed the nation Sept. 7 to discuss the past 24 months since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and to address the recent attacks in Iraq against U.S. and allied forces, international aid workers, local religious leaders and the United Nations.

All the talk in capitals the world over Sept. 4 was that the United States had finally submitted its new resolution to the U.N. Security Council, seeking a multinational force to police Iraq. The new resolution was first circulated to council members Sept. 3 and released to the public Sept.

Something happened today that's sure to cause some enthusiastic high fives in countries less than thrilled about a U.S.-dominated globe -- China, France, Iran and Russia, to name a few. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that the United States will submit a resolution sometime this week to the U.N.

The International Labor Organization's (ILO) annual Key Indicators of the Labor Market report was published on -- of course -- Labor Day. According to the findings, the average growth rate in U.S.

The U.S. Commerce Department revised its second-quarter growth rate to 3.1 percent from an annualized rate of 2.4 percent. The economy has shifted from sluggish to strong. We expected this. In fact, we're amazed that everyone didn't expect this, because it was, by far, the most plausible scenario.

Richard Perle, ex-chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, announced today that mistakes were made in Iraq. Perle no longer holds an official position in the U.S. administration, but he still has clout with the likes of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz.

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Aug. 26 that there would be no retreat in Iraq. Addressing a group of American Legion members, Bush said, "Our military is confronting terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan and in other places so our people will not have to confront terrorist violence in New York or St.

An explosion in Bombay on Aug. 25 killed at least 46 people. No one has yet taken credit for the bombing, but rumors and logic point to an Islamic group. This bombing has tremendous geopolitical implications. India and Pakistan -- traditional rivals -- have been edging toward some sort of accommodation, if not reconciliation.