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Leaders of Egypt, Jordan and Israel met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to offer support during his battle with rival Palestinians in the Hamas organization. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he will release 250 Fatah members from Israeli prisons.

The president and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert express a "shared vision" to see peace in the Palestinian territories.

The president exercised his veto for only the third time, sending the proposed law back to Congress, where Democrats lack the numbers to override it.

Kurt Waldheim, the former U.N. secretary-general and Austrian president, has died at 88. His tenure as Austria's president was tainted by revelations that he had concealed his service in the German army in Greece during World War II, at a time when the Nazis committed numerous war crimes.

This year, Democrats get their shot at an energy bill. It's a sprawling effort that aims to reduce global warming, curb dependence on foreign oil and keep energy costs low. But those can be contradictory goals.

The bill calls for increased use of ethanol and calls for improved gas mileage over the coming decade, but some Republicans complain that it does nothing to boost production of fossil fuels.

The Palestinian president accuses Hamas of trying to assassinate him, as Israeli warplanes and tanks hit targets in northern Gaza.

President Nguyen Minh Triet's trip is the highest-level visit by a Vietnamese leader to the U.S. since the war. Economic issues will dominate the agenda.

The alleged victim's mother says for three years, a BBC star funded her teen's drug habit in exchange for explicit photos. It's the latest scandal to rock Britain's beleaguered public broadcaster.

The National Transportation Safety Bureau laid blame Tuesday for last year's Big Dig ceiling collapse in Boston that killed a motorist. Officials said the wrong epoxy was used to secure the ceiling panel, and pointed the finger at designers and inspectors.