Politics Feb 20 Supreme Court Overturns $79.5 Million Tobacco Award The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million jury award levied against the Philip Morris tobacco company, ruling in a 5-4 decision Tuesday that the verdict was invalid because the jury had overstepped its bounds.
World Feb 19 Indian, Pakistani Leaders Pledge to Continue Talks despite Deadly Train Bombing At least 66 people were killed Monday when a pair of bombs sparked an inferno on an Indian train headed for Pakistan. Leaders of both nations condemned the attacks and pledged to continue their peace talk despite the carnage.
Science Feb 16 Next Generation of Emissions-Cutting Bills Emerges Over the last few months, new legislation has been introduced in Congress that aims to reduce the effects of global warming by midcentury.
Nation Feb 15 President Bush Presses NATO for More Troops in Afghanistan President George Bush called on NATO nations Thursday to send more soldiers to Afghanistan and loosen restrictions on the use of troops already in the country.
Politics Feb 08 Palestinian Rival Groups Agree to Unity Government The two main rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, signed an agreement to share government power in Saudi-brokered talks Thursday, a move aimed at ending growing violence between the two factions.
Science Feb 02 Humans to Blame for Global Warming, U.N. Report Says The evidence for global warming is "unequivocal" and it is "very likely" that human actions are to blame for rising temperatures, an international panel of climate experts said Friday.
Nation Jan 26 New U.S. Counterinsurgency Tactics Face Challenges Ahead With President Bush's plan to deploy more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq under attack from Democrats and some Republicans, the new top U.S. commander in Iraq prepares to return to the troubled country.
World Jan 26 Violence in Somalia Furthers Humanitarian Crisis The ongoing conflict between Somalia's transitional government and Islamist groups has exacerbated an already desperate humanitarian crisis in the country due to drought and flooding.
Politics Jan 23 President Says ‘America Must Not Fail in Iraq’; Stresses Domestic Goals President Bush, in his State of the Union address Tuesday, urged Congress to support his decision to add 21,500 American troops in Iraq and proposed plans to reduce gasoline consumption by 20 percent by 2017 and expand health care coverage.
Science Jan 22 Businesses Press President Bush, Congress on Climate Change The chief executives of 10 major organizations joined environmental watchdog groups Monday to urge President Bush and Congress to enact mandatory caps on carbon dioxide emissions, which most scientists believe contribute to global warming.