Politics Feb 15 Pakistan Braces for Parliamentary Elections As Pakistanis prepared to head to the polls for Monday's parliamentary elections, President Pervez Musharraf issued a warning against protests and opposition party members voiced concerns over possible vote-rigging.
Science Feb 14 2 Flesh-Eating Dinosaur Species Discovered Two new and unusual dinosaur species have been discovered in Africa, scientists announced Wednesday.
World Feb 14 Hurricane Victims Should Leave Toxic Trailers, CDC Says Federal officials said Thursday they will intensify efforts to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of some 38,000 government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.
World Feb 13 Top Hezbollah Keader Killed in Syrian Bombing Imad Mughniyeh, a senior leader of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and one of the world's most wanted terrorists, was killed Tuesday night in a car bombing in Syria, according to media reports.
Politics Feb 12 Obama Sweeps Potomac Primaries, Takes Aim at McCain's Record Riding a wave of eight straight victories, Sen. Barack Obama took aim at Republican front-runner Sen. John McCain Tuesday night, largely ignoring his still-close battle with Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Economy Feb 12 GM Reports Record Loss, Offers Round of Buyouts In an effort to stave off record losses, General Motors Corp. announced Tuesday it was offering a new round of buyouts to all 74,000 of its U.S. hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers.
Nation Feb 12 Defense Secretary Backs 'Pause' in Iraq Troop Withdrawal Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that he supports a brief pause in U.S. troop reductions once the initial pullout of five combat brigades is completed in July.
Science Feb 11 'Bradley Effect' May Continue to Complicate Election Polls, Researchers Suggest Going into the New Hampshire Democratic primary last month, Sen. Barack Obama seemed to have a commanding lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton -- pre-election polls showed him some nine points ahead.
Politics Feb 11 East Timor President Critically Wounded in Attack East Timor's president was critically wounded Monday after rebel soldiers attacked him and the prime minister separately during what officials called a failed coup attempt.
Politics Feb 09 Obama Sweeps Three Contests, Set to Close Delegate Gap with Clinton Sen. Barack Obama scored three decisive victories Saturday night, winning a key primary in Louisiana and scoring two more caucus wins in Washington State and Nebraska.