Politics Dec 31 Bhutto’s Son, Husband to Take Over Pakistan Peoples Party As Pakistan's Election Commission weighs postponing Jan. 8 parliamentary elections amid unrest over opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Bhutto's party named her husband and son as its new leaders.
Politics Dec 21 Judge Wary of Ordering Inquiry into CIA Tapes A federal judge appeared hesitant Friday to order an investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes while the Justice Department is conducting its own inquiry into the matter.
Politics Dec 21 Blast Aimed at Musharraf Official Kills at Least 42 A suicide bombing tore through a mosque in northwestern Pakistan Friday, killing at least 42 and injuring some 80 others, Pakistani security officials said.
Nation Dec 19 U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Reduction Plan Announced President Bush announced this week that he wants to shrink the aging U.S. nuclear stockpile to less than a quarter of its size at the end of the Cold War.
Science Dec 10 U.S., China Reject Emission Caps at Bali Summit Both the United States and China -- the world's biggest polluters -- have rejected the idea of including specific emissions limits in the final document that will come out of the talks at the United Nations climate change conference in…
Politics Dec 10 Crack Sentences Can Be Lowered, Justices Rule Judges who disagree with federal sentencing guidelines can issue lighter sentences for defendants in crack cocaine cases, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in two cases that will provide judges more leeway in determining punishments for drug violations.
World Dec 07 Democrats Seek Probe of CIA Tapes’ Destruction Democratic lawmakers demanded a Justice Department investigation Friday into whether the Central Intelligence Agency obstructed justice when it destroyed at least two videotapes of two alleged terrorists being interrogated.
Politics Dec 07 Russian Official Asserts Goal of Nuclear Parity with U.S. Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, a possible candidate in the country's upcoming presidential election, said Friday that Russia must be on par with the United States in terms of military and nuclear arms.
Science Dec 06 Despite Veto Threat, House Passes Energy Bill The U.S. House of Representatives ignored the White House's threat of a veto and approved an energy bill Thursday that would raise vehicle fuel economy standards for the first time since 1975 and mandate more renewable energy generation.
Science Nov 30 Bali Talks to Set Stage for Further Climate Negotiations Nearly 20,000 policymakers, activists and journalists will gather on the island of Bali, Indonesia Monday to open talks aimed at crafting a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations treaty on climate change.