Nation Aug 21 Rice: U.S., Iraq Close on Timetable Agreement Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations has been difficult.
World Aug 21 Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Kills at Least 59 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside an arms factory near Pakistan's capital of Islamabad on Thursday, killing at least 59 people, as workers were leaving at the end of their shift.
World Aug 20 Twin Bombings in Algeria Kill 11, Injure 31 Twin car bombings in the Algerian town of Bouira on Wednesday killed 11 people and wounded 31 others, state-run media and witnesses said.
Science Aug 20 Countries Map Arctic Boundaries to Build Cases for Resource Rights As a scramble builds to establish rights over the valuable natural resources hidden under the Arctic sea floor, U.S. researchers embarked from Barrow, Alaska, in mid-August on a three-week mission to map regions of the vast underwater landscape.
Nation Aug 20 U.S., Poland Sign Missile Defense Agreement Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland. The agreement infuriated Russia, which warned of possibly attacking the former Soviet satellite.
Nation Aug 19 Coordinated Insurgent Attack Near Kabul Kills 10 French Soldiers A group of French paratroopers was ambushed by a group of 100 Taliban-linked insurgents outside Kabul late Monday, killing 10 soldiers and wounding 21 others as a wave of attacks against foreign forces continues to rock Afghanistan.
Economy Aug 19 Wholesale Inflation Rises, Home Construction Falls Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, while construction of homes and apartments fell to the lowest level in more than 17 years, the government reported Tuesday.
World Aug 19 Suicide Bomber Kills 43 at Algerian Police School A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged car into a police academy as applicants lined up to register for classes Tuesday, killing at least 43 people and injuring 38 others, Algeria's Interior Ministry said.
Science Aug 18 Bottling Giant, Maine Residents Battle Over Water Bottled water is a hot commodity -- Americans drank almost 9 billion gallons of it last year. But some Maine residents think less of it should come from their state. They are challenging Poland Spring over rights to the state's…
Nation Aug 18 Suicide Attack in Afghanistan Kills at Least 10 The Taliban took responsibility for an attack Monday in which a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the gate of the main U.S. military base in southeastern Afghanistan, killing 10 people and wounding 13.