By Brian Padden Salt Lake City, Utah 27 January 2006 watch Economic Legacy report As world attention shifts to the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy, local organizers are hoping that the internatio...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 27 January 2006 The landslide victory by the militant Islamic group Hamas in Palestinian legislative elections this week, has stunned fellow Palestinians as well as much of the...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 27 January 2006 watch Election Reaction Green banners, scarves and hats - supporters of Hamas Hamas, the Islamic militant group sworn to destroy the state of Israel, h...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 27 January 2006 Six years after instituting a policy of nationalizing white-owned farms and evicting their owners, Zimbabwe's government has begun to seize white-owned land...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 27 January 2006 Liberia's new president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, is facing increased pressure to make sure her predecessor Charles Taylor is surrendered to the war crimes cour...
By Scott Stearns White House 27 January 2006 President Bush says he expects a full investigation into last year's assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Pressure from the United...
By Gary Thomas Washington 26 January 2006 Pakistan's former prime minister has rejected the issuance of an Interpol notice against her, calling it a political maneuver by the Pakistani government. Ben...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 26 January 2006 Muslim leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, expressed qualified acceptance Thursday of Hamas' sweeping victory in the Palestinian elec...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 26 January 2006 After eight years of renovation, the Getty Museum will reopen its antiquities museum Saturday in a replica Roman villa on the California coastline. The o...
By Meredith Buel Washington 26 January 2006 Palestinian supporters of Hamas celebrate their victory The radical Islamic group Hamas has won a stunning victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections th...
By Greg Flakus Houston 26 January 2006 The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza, has sent a formal diplomatic note to the government of Mexico regarding an incident on the border with Texas on Januar...
By Jim Teeple Ramallah, West Bank 26 January 2006 Palestinian election officials confirmed late Thursday that the Islamic militant group Hamas had won an overwhelming victory based on partial results...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 January 2006 Academy award-winning actress Nicole Kidman has taken on a new job, as a United Nations goodwill ambassador. Kidman will work to advance women's rights...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 26 January 2006 Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf says Iran should not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. General Musharraf spoke in Davos, Switzerland, as the West and Ir...
By Gary Thomas Washington 26 January 2006 The Bush administration launched a vigorous defense of its controversial electronic eavesdropping program this week. Senior legal and intelligence officials s...
