By Faith Lapidus Washington, DC 17 March 2006 watch US Public Opinion report Three years after U.S. and coalition troops entered Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein there are signs of political progress...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 March 2006 Israel has reported its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. Health officials are taking a series of measures to prevent the virus from spread...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 17 March 2006 Thais demonstrate against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra In Thailand, tens of thousands of protesters continue their daily rallies demanding the resignation of Pr...
By Nico Colombant Fetteh, Ghana 17 March 2006 While more and more African football players are making an impact at the top level in Europe, European clubs have started opening up new academies in Afri...
By David McAlary Washington 17 March 2006 Scientists report evidence that the universe was born in less than the blink of an eye, expanding instantly from sub-microscopic size to astronomical proporti...
By Dan Robinson Washington 17 March 2006 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf U.S. lawmakers say visiting Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has told them her government has formally asked Nigeria to turn over...
By Catherine Maddux Washington 16 March 2006 Four countries in Africa have reported cases of the deadly strain of avian flu -- Egypt, Niger, Nigeria and, most recently, Cameroon, where it was confirme...
By Jim Malone Washington 16 March 2006 Government prosecutors are trying to overcome a major legal setback in the death penalty case against Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person tried and convicted in...
By Barry Wood Washington, DC 16 March 2006 watch Montenegro report Montenegro coastal territory The mountainous, sparsely populated coastal territory of Montenegro on May 21st will hold a referendum o...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 16 March 2006 In Benin, the two leading candidates in the first round of presidential elections are trying to gain support from those candidates who fared poorly in the first rou...
By Cathryn Curtis Washington, DC 16 March 2006 watch Bird Flu Mutations report Swabing inside of mouth of bird As the threat of bird flu spreads around the world, the big question on the minds of scie...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 16 March 2006 U.S. and Iraqi forces captured more than 30 suspected insurgents and found at least six major caches of weapons near the town of Samarra on Thursday, during the fir...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 16 March 2006 An Israeli soldier was killed Thursday in a gun battle with Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Jenin. The military operation occurred as new polls ind...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 16 March 2006 A new report from the World Bank warns that projected cuts in economic aid to Palestinians once the Islamic militant group Hamas forms the next Palestinian govern...
By Michael Drudge London 16 March 2006 Legal experts are eagerly awaiting the outcome of a British lawsuit accusing the publisher of "The Da Vinci Code" by American author Dan Brown of copyright viola...
