Not surprisingly, Donald Dewar, the Scottish secretary, who up to now had seemed a safe bet as Scotland's prime minister in the parliament which he masterminded, is rattled.

ECONOMIST: Scottish politics

For now, though, it is still prime agricultural land, supposedly safe from development.

CNN: INSIDE STORY: PHILIPPINES

Since most voters believed Mr. Netanyahu was guaranteed to be the country's next prime minister, Likud voters felt safe casting ballots for other smaller parties whose platforms aligned with their beliefs, they said.

WSJ: Israel Vote Weakens Premier

Tony Blair, then prime minister, assured the public that MMR was safe but refused to say whether his own son had been vaccinated.

ECONOMIST: The long-lasting consequences of a health scare

He told me that to be on the safe side (regarding the traffic, and also scoring the prime table he wanted overlooking the sea), he should pick us up at our hotel at 4 o'clock.

WSJ: Getting There in L.A.

The yen appeared to briefly regain its safe-haven status after four months of almost uninterrupted losses as Japan's new prime minister pushes for aggressive monetary easing.

WSJ: Asian Shares Down; Nikkei Underperforms

Russian President Vladimir Putin's tough line was also endorsed by the UK's prime minister on Monday who said there were "no easy, risk-free, safe solutions" in such a situation.

BBC: US identifies deadly Moscow siege gas

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is traveling with the president, said Bush assured Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan the United States is doing all it can to secure the safe release of the hostages.

CNN: Bush, NATO focus on Iraq

President Bush is going to see Iraqi Prime Minister Malaki, not in Baghdad, where even the heavily fortified Green Zone is no longer considered safe, but in Amman, Jordan.

NPR: A Melancholy Milestone in Iraq