US Congress Urged to Reorganize Anti-Terrorist Oversight The United States has taken major steps to protect itself from terrorism in the three and one-half years since the September 11, 2001 attacks....
Kyoto Protocol Takes Effect The Kyoto Protocol on global warming has come into effect after years of delays. But the landmark agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions lacks the support of the Unit...
US Senate Panel Approves Rice Nomination A U.S. Senate panel has approved Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state and sent the nomination to the full Senate for a vote. The Senate Foreign Relations Com...
Italian PM Announces Phased Withdrawal from Iraq Prime Minister Berlusconi said Italy would start to reduce its 3,000 strong contingent in Iraq before the end of the year. He addedthat the pullout wou...
Britain's Prince Charles to Marry Camilla Parker Bowles Britain's king-in-waiting , Prince Charles, is to marry Camilla Parker Bowles, the woman widely blamed for the collapse of his first marriage to...
UN Raises Record Aid Amounts for Tsunami Victims The United Nations says international donors have committed $700 million in immediate aid to victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. While funds flow in a...
Lebanon Mourns Former PM Rafik Hariri An estimated 200,000 mourners jammed central Beirut Wednesday to pay last respects to Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Mr. Hariri died when a suicide...
Forbes Magazine Lists World's Wealthiest People It's a Who's Who of who earned the most, and how much they are worth that is almost too much to fathom .Forbes Associate Editor Luisa Kroll says she was...
Iraq Election Officials Announce Final Results It took Iraqi chief election official Adil Allami more than 15 minutes to get through the list of election results. There were more than 100 groups on th...
Relationship Between Bush and Putin Getting Weaker After their first meeting in 2001, President Bush was convinced Mr. Putin was a man he could trust. President Bush : I looked the man in the eye, I f...