By Lisa Bryant Paris 31 January 2006 Lines are snaking out the door of the U.S. Consulate in Paris, as would-be French travelers to America wait to get newly required visas. The problem: the French go...
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 31 January 2006 watch Trauma Treatment report The violence in Iraq has cost many people their lives -- Iraqis, American military, and other coalition. So far, more than...
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 31 January 2006 watch State of Union Preview George W. Bush U.S. President George W. Bush will lay out his vision for the year ahead when he delivers his annual state of t...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 31 January 2006 South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority says it is ready to prosecute people who were refused or failed to apply to the Truth and Reconciliation C...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 31 January 2006 Every year on the first Thursday in February, 3,000 people from around the world gather in Washington for the National Prayer Breakfast. Among them are h...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 31 January 2006 The cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" leads the Academy Award nominations, announced in Los Angeles early Tuesday. The film earned eight nominations, i...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 31 January 2006 Judge Samuel Alito The U.S. Senate has confirmed Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court in a largely party-line vote. He is poised to become the 110th jus...
By Simon Marks Jerusalem 31 January 2006 watch Israeli Reaction report The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, says he will continue to pursue peace with Israel, despite the shock v...
By Marlene Smith Vienna 31 January 2006 OPEC's President Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru from Nigeria arrives for final press conference after a meeting of ministers of OPEC, in Vienna, 31 January 2006 The O...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 January 2006 Leprosy patients rub their hands with ayurvedic oil during treatment at the Leprosy Mission in New Delhi (File photo - January 18, 2000) India says it is c...
By Michael Drudge London 31 January 2006 Delegates pose for a group photograph at the London Conference on Afghanistan in central London, Jan. 31, 2006 An international conference on Afghanistan has o...
By Mike Cooper Atlanta 31 January 2006 Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died. She had been in poor health since suffering a stroke last summer. Co...
By Greg Flakus Houston 31 January 2006 watch Enron Trial report The trial of two former top executives of the Enron corporation began Monday in Houston with the selection of a 12-person jury. Opening...
By David Gollust London 31 January 2006 watch Quartet report UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (l) and US Secretary of State Rice The international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East late Monday pres...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 31 January 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin disagrees with critics at home and abroad who suggest Russia is rapidly retreating from democratic gains in favor of more author...
