Arts Aug 06 President Bush to Urge More Freedoms in China President Bush plans to speak in opposition to China's detention of political dissidents and urge expansion of personal freedoms during a speech Thursday in Thailand before heading to Beijing for the Olympics.
Politics Aug 05 Campaigns Aim to Spend Wisely in Shifting Set of Battleground States As the race to raise campaign cash pushes on, some of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain's time to spend certain campaign funds is running down as the Republican National Convention approaches next month.
Economy Aug 05 Fed Opts to Leave Key Interest Rate Unchanged The Federal Reserve decided Tuesday for a second consecutive meeting to keep a key interest rate at 2 percent, saying that overall the economy is doing well despite inflationary fears.
Science Aug 05 Endangered Gorilla ‘Mother Lode’ Uncovered in Republic of Congo A survey of the vast swamps and forests in the northern Republic of Congo has revealed 125,000 western lowland gorillas living there, more than double the previous known tally of the endangered animal.
Politics Aug 05 President Bush Begins Weeklong Tour of Asia President Bush arrived Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, at the start of a weeklong tour that also will take him to Thailand and then China for the Olympics' opening ceremony.
Politics Aug 05 U.N. Plan Would Allow Local Elections to Proceed in Iraq A new U.N. plan presented late Monday would allow nationwide provincial elections to go forward in most of Iraq, except in the disputed area of Kirkuk, politicians said Tuesday.
Politics Aug 04 Libya’s Qaddafi: From ‘Mad Dog’ to Global Player Col. Moammar Qaddafi has been Libya's leader since 1969, when he took power in a bloodless coup, and he has maintained a complicated -- and ever-evolving -- relationship with neighboring nations and international bodies ever since.
Nation Aug 04 Dozens Killed in Clashes in Northwest Pakistan At least 94 Islamist militants, 14 soldiers and 28 civilians were killed in battles in the Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley over the past week, while the country's army is planning a major operation against the militants, the army said Monday.
World Aug 04 Attack Kills 16 Border Police in Northwest China Two men slammed a dump truck into a group of jogging policemen then threw explosives into nearby barracks early Monday in far northwest China, killing 16 and wounding at least 16 more, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Science Aug 01 Scientists Create Stem Cells From Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patients In a stem cell research breakthrough, scientists have reprogrammed skin cells from two elderly patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis -- also called ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease -- to act like stem cells.