By Gary Thomas Washington 10 January 2006 Samuel Alito One key issue dominating the hearings on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court is the scope of presidential power. The i...
By David McAlary Washington 10 January 2006 Courtesy of NASA Artist's conception of Stardust spacecraft collecting dust from comet Wild-2 A U.S. spacecraft is returning to Earth with a precious cargo...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 10 January 2006 view Lobby Reform report The U.S. Congress is moving to reform the nation's lobbying laws in the wake of a Capitol Hill influence peddling scandal th...
By Tendai Maphosa Harare 10 January 2006 The Zimbabwe High Court has found a judge guilty of inciting two fellow justices to commit corrupt acts. Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe found Benjamin Paradza g...
By Kathie Scarrah Washington, DC 10 January 2006 watch Electronics report The world's largest consumer technology trade show has just wrapped up in the United States. The annual event has pitted tradi...
By Paige Kollock Washington, D.C 10 January 2006 watch Smoking report Every day, thousands of young people pick up the habit of smoking. But a new report says the number of teen smokers in the United...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 10 January 2006 The giant Chinese state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC, has reached a deal to buy a 45 percent stake in a Nigerian oil field for more than...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 10 January 2006 Iran says it has removed the seals on one of its nuclear facilities and resumed research on its nuclear program after a two-year hiatus. The move sparked im...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 January 2006 Nepalese journalists shouted slogans during a demonstration against the royal government on a street in Katmandu (File photo - Nov. 28, 2005) Global media...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 10 January 2006 Ariel Sharon (file photo) Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon say his condition continues to improve and there is no immediate threat to his li...
By Scott Stearns White House 10 January 2006 George W. Bush President Bush says there will be more violence in Iraq in 2006, but he also expects to see considerable political progress and a reduction...
By Deborah Tate Washington 10 January 2006 Samuel Alito Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is facing tough questions about presidential powers and abortion rights during Senate confirmation hearings....
By David McAlary Washington 10 January 2006 Before you continue thinking about our Milky Way galaxy as a peaceful, spiral disk of stars slowly rotating through the heavens, consider this: It is hungri...
By Jim Malone Washington 09 January 2006 Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, second from right, prepares to testify on Capitol Hill Politics and the law intersect in Washington this week as the Senate...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 09 January 2006 Mehmet Ali Agca (2000 file photo) The lawyer for the Turkish man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, says his client is to be released Tuesday from...
