By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and JOHN F. BURNS

Another attack in the same area today killed five marines in one of the deadliest roadside bombings for coalition troops in weeks.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The International Court of Justice in The Hague ordered today that the cases of 51 Mexicans in the U.S. be reviewed.

By ALAN COWELL

Negotiators faced a deadline set by the U.N. to agree on a plan for reunification before it joins the European Union on May 1.

By SETH MYDANS

The police in Uzbekistan made dozens of arrests today in an effort to stem a wave of violence that included reports of at least one new explosion.

By GREG MYRE

With three U.S. envoys coming to assess the state of the Mideast conflict, Israelis and Palestinians both made gestures today intended to show good faith in the stalled peace process.

By CARLOS H. CONDE

The Philippine police said today that they had arrested two more people suspected of belonging to an Islamic extremist group that, according to the government, was plotting large-scale terror attacks.

By SETH MYDANS

Bombs and gunfire killed up to 23 people during a third day of battles with rebels who the government said were Muslim militants.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Four Muslim extremists have been arrested with a cache of TNT that they intended to use in terror attacks on trains and shopping malls in Manila.

By ELAINE SCIOLINO

Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, it seems, thinks that Spain should have a sexual and social revolution.

By PATRICK E. TYLER

British police also seized 1,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which can be used to make explosives.

By ELAINE SCIOLINO

Jacques Chirac accepted his prime minister's resignation and fired his government, then asked him to stay and form a new cabinet.

By MARLISE SIMONS

Miroslav Deronjic, a confessed war criminal and a prosecution witness in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, received a modest 10-year sentence.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Serbian lawmakers awarded salaries, legal fees and other financial perks to former President Slobodan Milosevic Milosevic.

By JAMES BENNET

Ariel Sharon agreed to hold a party vote on his plan to withdraw from some Israeli-occupied territory.

By ALAN COWELL

Negotiators entered the tense final stages of a make-or-break effort to reunite the island before it enters the European Union.

By DALE FUCHS

Spain's government confirmed that a Moroccan extremist group was the prime focus of the investigation into the Madrid bombings.

IRAN: Quake Toll Lowered;.

HAITI: 18 Months To Elections, U.N. Envoy Says; BOLIVIA: Miner Blows Self Up In Congress Building; CANADA: Missing Girl Found Dead; DOMINICA: Taiwan Severs Ties; MEXICO: Tycoon Who Set Off Mexican Scandal Held;.

RUSSIA: Lithuanian Diplomats Expelled;.

ZIMBABWE: State Department Criticizes Election; IVORY COAST: Calls For Inquiry;.

NEW ZEALAND: Changes For Citizenship And Passports;.

SOUTH KOREA: Professor Gets Jail For Aiding North;.

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN

The Bush administration is still looking for an ambassador to replace L. Paul Bremer III as the chief U.S. political presence in Baghdad.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said there had been an average of 26 attacks daily last week, but that the security situation remained "stable."

By HEATHER TIMMONS

The U.S.-led occupation in Iraq has enlisted a British public relations firm to help promote the establishment of democracy in the country.

By DOUGLAS JEHL

Charles A. Duelfer acknowledged that U.S. inspectors had still not found any evidence of an illicit arsenal.