Science May 04 U.N. Panel Outlines Plan to Reduce Global Warming The world needs to significantly change its use of energy resources and cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to stem rising global temperatures, according to a U.N. climate report issued Friday.
Politics May 03 Rice Urges Syria to Keep Fighters out of Iraq In a rare face-to-face meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Syrian officials Thursday to do more to prevent foreign fighters from entering Iraq in order to help stabilize the war-torn nation.
Nation May 02 Karzai Denounces Reported Civilian Deaths from U.S., NATO Raids Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared Wednesday that his government could not tolerate the continuing civilian deaths caused by international military operations, even as thousands protested his government and the U.S. presence.
Politics May 01 Turkish Court Annuls Presidential Vote Amid National Tension Amid large-scale protests, Turkey's highest court Tuesday annulled the parliamentary vote held last week to elect the ruling party's controversial presidential candidate.
Nation Apr 25 Russia Buries Former President Yeltsin Amid Pageantry Boris Yeltsin was laid to rest in Moscow's famed Novodevichy Cemetery on Wednesday, after a ceremony at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the first full Orthodox funeral for a Russian leader since the death of Czar Alexander III…
Nation Apr 23 Yeltsin, First President of Russian Federation, Dies Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who helped steer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federation, died Monday of heart failure at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He was 76.
Politics Apr 20 War Supporters Continue to Back President Despite Low Poll Numbers After the Democrats won control of Congress in November 2006, fueled largely by public discontent over the continued violence in Iraq, the Republican base of support for the war seemed to have lost some of its leverage.
Politics Apr 19 Richardson Sees Upset in Nevada; Obama Looks to Organize Along a stretch of suburban homes and law offices in sprawling downtown Las Vegas, a core group of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's staff are looking to history for inspiration in their campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Politics Apr 18 U.S. Warns of New Sanctions Against Sudan if Darfur Violence Continues President Bush said Wednesday the United States would seek to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on the Sudanese government if it does not take firm steps to end the fighting in Darfur.
Science Apr 16 Global Warming Poses National Security Threat, Report Finds Global climate change could have an increasing effect on U.S. strategic interests and will likely pose "a serious threat to America's national security," a panel of retired generals and admirals said Monday.