By Jessica Berman Washington 23 July 2006 Last week, a U.S. doctor and two nurses were charged with murdering four seriously ill patients who were trapped with hundreds of others in a flood-damaged, sweltering New Orleans hospital after hurricane Ka...
By Paula Wolfson White House 23 July 2006 President Bush met privately at the White House Sunday with top Saudi diplomats as the search continues for a formula to end the bloodshed between Israeli and Lebanese-based Hezbollah militants. The meeting...
By Challiss McDonough Sidon, Lebanon 23 July 2006 Israeli air strikes have intensified in southern Lebanon, tearing apart villages near the border. The Shiite militant group Hezbollah has continued to fire missiles at northern Israel, despite the ma...
By Steve Schy Washington 23 July 2006 An American has won cycling's most prestigious event - the Tour de France - for the eighth straight year. Floyd Landis of the United States cruised to victory on the Champs-Elysees Sunday in Paris. -------- 2006...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 23 July 2006 Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says Israeli bombing of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon is forcing his country to its knees. In a television interview, the Lebanese leader said the first crucial step toward...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 23 July 2006 President Bush steps off Marine One as he leaves Waco after spending the weekend at his ranch in Texas President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are meeting with Saudi officials to discuss ways t...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 23 July 2006 Iraqis gather around the site of a bomb blast, in the predominantly Shiite area of Sadr City, Baghdad, July 23, 2006 More than 60 Iraqis have been killed after bomb attacks in a busy market and outside a...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 23 July 2006 Three senior European envoys held talks with Israeli officials ahead of a visit to the region by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. But as diplomacy intensifies to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah g...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 July 2006 Chairman of Economic Advisory Council, C Rangarajan, center, Representative of UNDP in India, Maxine Olson, right, and Director General of National Aids Control Organization, K. Sujatha Rao A new U.N. report...
By Mary Morningstar Washington 23 July 2006 Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter says he had no expectations for his first album. But one catchy track from the collection fueled international success. ----------- Daniel Powter's smash hit, Bad D...
By Scott Stearns White House 22 July 2006 President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meet with senior Saudi diplomats Sunday to discuss continuing violence between Israel and Hezbollah militants across the Lebanese border. Secretary Rice...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 22 July 2006 Smoke billows from the southern village of Zrariyeh, near the coastal town of Tyre, Lebanon, after an Israeli warplane missile attack, July 22, 2006 Israeli troops and tanks moved into southern Lebanon, as war pl...
By Challiss McDonough Broummana, Lebanon 21 July 2006 People flee southern cities and towns in Lebanon with white flags attached to their vehicles The Lebanese government estimates that half a million people have been forced from their homes by Isra...
By Scott Stearns White House 21 July 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaves for the Middle East Sunday as part of Washington's diplomatic efforts to resolve fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Scott Stearns repo...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 21 July 2006 watch National Parks report Great Smoky Mountains National Park A new study by the U.S. Journal of Environmental Management finds that tourism at America's 390 national parks is down 25 percent since 1990....
