"Such attacks cannot deter us from the offensive against the militants," one official says.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people today, the fourth grisly militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilize fighters across the country for more strikes.

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Oliver Williamson shares the award with Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University for their work in economic governance.

STOCKHOLM — Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize today for their analyses of economic governance -- the way authority is exercised in companies and economic systems.

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Kai Eide says the presidential vote was 'a difficult process, marred by so many problems.' But he denies he covered up reports of vote-rigging and expresses confidence in a partial recount.

Days before the outcome of Afghanistan's contentious presidential vote was expected to be announced, the head of the United Nations mission in the country acknowledged Sunday that widespread electoral fraud had occurred.

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The three blasts in Anbar province raise fears that insurgents are regrouping before next year's planned elections, which already face a possible delay because of legislative squabbling.

A triple bombing aimed at a reconciliation meeting in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens today, highlighting fears that insurgents are regrouping in what was once the epicenter of their revolt.The blasts coincided with growing concerns that crucial national elections scheduled for January may have to be postponed if lawmakers fail to agree soon on a new election law.

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Amazing ninth-inning comeback puts Angels in the AL Championship Series and puts baseball one step closer to a Freeway Series.

The Angels were one out from an extra night in Boston. But now they're on to either Minnesota or New York after staging an improbable two-out ninth-inning rally against one of the game's best closers to beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-6, completing a sweep of their American League Division Series.

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Thousands take part in the National Equality March, one day after President Obama pledges to end the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy and repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

Thousands of gays and lesbians claimed the streets of the nation's capital today in a demonstration demanding full equality under the law.

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American players danced in the locker room and swigged some bubbly. With a thrilling victory on a hot and humid night in Central America, the U.S. soccer team earned a trip to South Africa and another chance to impress at the World Cup.

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Two blasts follow an explosion near police headquarters in Ramadi. Multiple explosions timed to hit rescuers were a hallmark of Al Qaeda in Iraq at the height of the insurgency.

BAGHDAD — A series of bombings killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more today in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, said police and hospital officials, a worrying sign that violence may be on the rise in this former hotbed of the insurgency.

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Troops advancing on militants come under fire, sparking a clash in which more than 12 insurgents died.

KABUL — American and Afghan forces before dawn today stormed a mountainside compound in eastern Afghanistan that had been used by an Al Qaeda commander, killing more than a dozen militants in a gun battle, the U.S. military said.

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Saturday's attack on military headquarters, which killed 19, was humiliating for the country's leaders. Officials say they will begin an offensive in South Waziristan within days.

Pakistan's government, which for weeks claimed to have broken the back of the Taliban, found itself today sifting through the aftermath of a highly coordinated 22-hour siege by militants that left at least 19 people dead and deeply embarrassed the country's leadership.

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