Iraqi leaders met Tuesday to review a draft of an agreement on the future of U.S. troops in Iraq, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said. A senior Bush administration official said the text calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraqi cities, cease street patrols and return to their bases by June, unless Iraqis request support.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and political rival Morgan Tsvangirai failed to reach an agreement Tuesday over new fissures in their power-sharing deal signed last month, despite hours of negotiations.
The World Health Organization criticizes the finance and delivery of health care and calls advances in the field "deeply and unacceptably unequal." While calling for wide-ranging reforms in the delivery of primary health care, the WHO adds that it does not always mean more spending.
Tropical Storm Omar formed Tuesday in the eastern Caribbean Sea with top winds of 40 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
The United States has new intelligence indicating Iran is reorganizing in an effort to assert its influence inside Iraq and may be behind several recent attacks, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke with CNN Monday.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has canceled a planned trip to a Middle East conference because of the global crisis in financial markets, the State Department said Tuesday.