Nation Jun 18 Report Details Alleged Abuse of Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib Detainees The alleged abuse of 11 men, captured by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, is detailed in a report released Wednesday by the advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights.
Politics Jun 18 Israel Reaches Out to Lebanon Amid Regional Peace Efforts Following news of a truce with Hamas, peace talks with Syria and prisoner-swap negotiations with Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Israeli government announced Wednesday that it is interested in opening negotiations with Lebanon.
Nation Jun 18 Political Leaders, Media Pay Tribute to Tim Russert Presidential hopefuls Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain joined other political and media heavyweights Wednesday morning at a private funeral mass for influential NBC political journalist Tim Russert.
Nation Jun 18 NATO, Afghan Troops Clash With Taliban Fighters Afghan and NATO forces, backed by helicopter gunships, moved into villages outside Kandahar on Wednesday, killing at least 36 suspected Taliban fighters as part of an assault on insurgents holed up in the valley in southern Afghanistan.
Nation Jun 17 More Than 50 Killed in Iraq Car Bomb Attack A car bomb exploded in a crowded market area in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people and wounding 75 others, officials said. It was the deadliest such attack in the Iraqi capital in months.
Nation Jun 17 Israel and Hamas Agree to Truce in Gaza Strip, Officials Say Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip starting Thursday, Egyptian officials reported Tuesday.
World Jun 16 Iowa Residents Wait to Return Home As Flood Waters Move On Flood fears eased in Iowa City Monday, as a string of towns in the state's south and east along the Mississippi River prepared for new problems caused by a recent bout of torrential rains and bad weather.
Politics Jun 16 Britain, E.U. to Tighten Sanctions Against Iran Britain will freeze assets of Iran's largest bank in a new move to discourage the country from developing nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday as President Bush continued his farewell trip to Europe with a visit to London.
Science Jun 13 Low Levels of Vitamin D Tied to Numerous Health Ailments, Studies Find Men with low vitamin D levels are more likely to suffer heart attacks than men with healthy levels of the vitamin, according to a study released this week.
Nation Jun 13 NBC's Tim Russert Is Dead at Age 58 NBC Washington Bureau Chief and longtime "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert died Friday afternoon from an apparent heart attack. He was 58 years old.