An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers. They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming generation of nurses, technicians, office managers and college students.

LONDON - The whereabouts of a British boy kidnapped from his family's home in Pakistan was unclear today, with conflicting reports that he may have been found and diplomats scrambling for confirmation.