AP - The spring snow storm that buried parts of Nebraska under more than 2 feet of snow swept through the Ohio Valley on Tuesday, shutting down schools and making travel tough for voters headed for the polls for the Illinois' primary election.

AP - President Bush said Tuesday that American forces will remain in Iraq for years and it will be up to a future president to decide when to bring them all home. But defying critics and plunging polls, he declared, "I'm optimistic we'll succeed. If not, I'd pull our troops out."

President Bush said today he would "pull our troops out" of Iraq if he didn't think the U.S. strategy would lead to success. "If I didn't believe we could succeed, I wouldn't be there. I wouldn't put those kids there," Bush said at a White House news conference. His comments came as Bush launches a campaign apparently aimed at reversing opinion polls that suggest American support for the Iraq war is waning.

President Bush said today he would "pull our troops out" of Iraq if he didn't think the U.S. strategy would lead to success. "If I didn't believe we could succeed, I wouldn't be there. I wouldn't put those kids there," Bush said at a White House news conference. His comments came as Bush launches a campaign apparently aimed at reversing opinion polls that suggest American support for the Iraq war is waning.

President Bush said today he would "pull our troops out" of Iraq if he didn't think the U.S. strategy would lead to success. "If I didn't believe we had a plan for victory, I wouldn't leave our people in harm's way," he said at a White House news conference. The comments came as Bush launches a campaign apparently aimed at reversing opinion polls that suggest American support for the Iraq war is waning.

President Bush said today he would "pull our troops out" of Iraq if he didn't think the U.S. strategy would lead to success. "If I didn't believe we had a plan for victory, I wouldn't leave our people in harm's way," he said at a White House news conference. The comments came as Bush launches a campaign apparently aimed at reversing opinion polls that suggest American support for the Iraq war is waning.

AP - Five times as a top seed in six years. A seemingly annual rise to No. 1 in the polls. Twenty-six NCAA tournament victories in the last seven seasons. But no national championships.

Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Washington, DC (AHN) - Vice President Dick Cheney has gone on the defensive, dismissing suggestions the Bush White House needs a shake-up. In regard to public polls which show Bush's approval rating at 37 percent, Cheney says, "I don't think we can pay any...

AP - MINSK, Belarus — As elated demonstrators walked home from an extraordinary protest against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus, they had to stop to let pass a long convoy of trucks and buses carrying riot troops.

AFP - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party and his leading rivals have failed to agree on talks between the embattled premier and his opponents, amid rising concerns whether snap polls can go ahead.

Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer Minsk, Belarus (AHN) - Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko has won a third five-year term after an election in Belarus. However, despite election officials saying more than 80 percent of the public went to the polls, the main opposition candidate,...

Reuters - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko headed for overwhelming electoral victory on Sunday, but his liberal rival's backers massed in a square accusing him of rigging the vote and demanding a re-run.

AFP - Prime Minister Tony Blair's credibility is at stake after public opinion polls exposed a sharp degree of skepticism amongst voters over a political financing scandal.

Reuters - Polls opened in Belarus on Sunday in a presidential election where President Alexander Lukashenko seeks re-election against a liberal opposition who vow to contest any attempt to rig the polls.

Belarussians prepare to vote in presidential polls amid opposition claims that the ballot has been rigged.

AFP - Demonstrations marking the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq drew thousands of people in cities around Europe, as polls show most Europeans remain opposed to the war.

The Belrussian opposition calls for a mass rally against vote-rigging after polls close in Sunday's election.

AFP - Tibetans turned up in droves in this north Indian hill station to elect a prime minister and members of the Tibetan parliament in exile.

AFP - Tibetan exiles around the world go to the polls to elect a prime minister and a new parliament as their leader the Dalai Lama seeks greater autonomy for the Chinese-ruled homeland.

AP - Unless Western aid can bypass Hamas and be delivered to millions of poor Palestinians, there will be chaos in the streets and no peace, Middle East envoy James D. Wolfensohn told Congress Wednesday.