By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 22 November 2006 An Indonesian militant has received a life sentence for harboring a top terrorist, and another man was sentenced to six years in jail for his links with terrorists. Subur Sugiarto, center, is escorted...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 22 November 2006 When Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization at the end of December, one group of businessmen will not be happy: those who make a living from stolen intellectual property. Intellectual property rights are...
By Sonja Pace London 22 November 2006 Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Moallem, left, listens as Iraq's Foreign Affairs Minister Hoshyar Zebari talks during a media conference in Baghdad Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Iran and Syria are sending signals th...
By Paula Wolfson Honolulu 21 November 2006 US President George W. Bush makes a statement at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 21 2006 President Bush is calling for a complete investigation into the assassination of Lebanese cabinet min...
By Behnam Nateghi Washington, DC 21 November 2006 watch Washington Ballet The Washington Ballet, considered one of the finest ballet companies in the United States, opened its season recently to enthusiastic audiences in the nation's capital. Formed...
By David McAlary Washington 21 November 2006 The U.S. space agency NASA says its oldest satellite orbiting Mars has probably ended its career. NASA engineers lost contact with it about three weeks ago and are losing hope of ever hearing from it agai...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 21 November 2006 watch Breast Implants report The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted its 11-year ban on silicone implants. But the decision is not without controversy. Silicone and saline implants The...
By Peter Heinlein 21 November 2006 The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the killing of Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel underscores the need for establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon. Pierre Gemayel The assassination of Pierre...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 November 2006 Lebanon's minister of industry, a vocal anti-Syrian cabinet member, has been shot and killed in a Christian suburb of Beirut. The assassination comes at a politically tense time in the Lebanese capital. L...
By VOA News 21 November 2006 Pioneering director Robert Altman, the man behind the satirical films MASH, Nashville and The Player, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 81. Mike O'Sullivan reports, he was considered an outsider in Hollywood. Robert...
By Yi Suli Boston, Massachusetts 21 November 2006 watch Boston Harbor Islands Boston Harbor Boston Harbor, in the northeastern state of Massachusetts, is one of the busiest seaports on the east coast of the U.S. Dotting the harbor are a number of is...
By David McAlary Washington 21 November 2006 The United States and more than 30 other nations have signed a $13 - billion agreement to develop a form of nuclear power in a process called fusion. In a Paris signing ceremony, they agreed to cooperate...
By Jim Malone Washington 21 November 2006 Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., chairman of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, left This month's congressional election results suggest the U.S. public...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 21 November 2006 watch Counterterrorism v Darfur President Bush's Special Envoy for Sudan has denied an allegation that the counterterrorism cooperation between Khartoum and Washington is impeding U.S. efforts to sto...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 21 November 2006 US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger address delegates of American Chamber of Commerce in Nairobi, Nov. 21, 2006 U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger Tuesday delivered a speech to the American Chamber...
