Politics Aug 13 Pressure Builds on Pakistan’s Musharraf to Leave Office A growing number of provincial legislatures in Pakistan are calling on embattled President Pervez Musharraf to face a confidence vote or be impeached -- and speculation abounds on whether he will leave office first.
Nation Aug 13 Bus Bombing in Lebanon Kills as Many as 18 A bomb planted near a bus in Lebanon's second-largest city of Tripoli exploded early Wednesday, killing as many as 18 and wounding more than 40 in what is suspected to be an attack on the Lebanese army.
Economy Aug 12 Report: Many Companies Able to Avoid Paying U.S. Income Taxes Despite trillions of dollars in revenue, a large swath of domestic and foreign corporations paid no U.S. income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a government study released Tuesday.
Science Aug 12 Bush Administration Proposes Changes to Endangered Species Act Rules The Bush administration on Monday proposed a regulatory change that would allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether construction projects such as roads and dams have the potential to harm endangered animals and plants.
World Aug 12 Bomb Targets Pakistani Military as Top al-Qaida Figure Reported Killed A bomb struck a Pakistani military truck Tuesday in the country's restive northwest, killing as many as 14 people, as reports emerged that a senior al-Qaida commander had been killed in clashes with Pakistani forces near the Afghan border.
Nation Aug 12 Russia Orders Halt to Fighting in Georgia Russia ordered a halt to military action in Georgia after five days of clashes over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, but reports continued to emerge of lingering fighting between Russian and Georgian troops.
Nation Aug 11 Disaster Feared as 130,000 Flee Fighting in Southern Philippines Continued fighting between Muslim rebels and troops in the southern Philippines has raised fears of a humanitarian disaster as nearly 130,000 refugees have fled their homes.
Nation Aug 11 Georgia-Russia Crisis Deepens, Diplomats Rush to Urge Cease-fire Russian troops continued to push into separatist regions of Georgia on Monday and Georgian forces reportedly renewed some shelling of South Ossetia as violence continued to rage between the neighboring countries over the breakaway provinces.
Nation Aug 11 Coalition Air Strikes in Afghanistan Stoke Tensions Over Civilian Death Toll A U.S.-led air strike in Afghanistan killed 25 Taliban fighters on Sunday but also took the lives of eight bystanders held hostage by the militants, media reports said Monday, highlighting tensions over the civilian toll in the Afghan war.
Science Aug 08 World’s Most Powerful Particle Accelerator Set to Launch Stretching 17 miles around, a mammoth machine that straddles the Swiss-Franco border will soon start launching the biggest experiments ever attempted in high-energy physics.