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.
World Jun 13 Flooding in Iowa Reaches Record Levels Record rainfall and rising water inundated the town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, forcing large-scale evacuations, including a hospital with more than 170 ill patients.
Economy Jun 13 Inflation Jumps 0.6 Percent in May; Core Rate Remains in Check Inflation shot up at the fastest rate in some six months, the U.S. government reported Friday. The jump in prices was blamed largely on soaring gas and food prices.
Politics Jun 13 War Veterans Ready to Fight for Mugabe in Zimbabwe Runoff Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said war veterans he commanded during his country's war for liberation are prepared to take up arms to prevent the opposition from winning a June 27 run-off presidential election.
Politics Jun 12 Justices: Terror Suspects May Appeal Detentions The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts, handing a stinging setback to the Bush administration.
World Jun 12 Donors Pledge $15 Billion for Afghan Rebuilding The international community pledged more than $15 billion in aid to Afghanistan at a donors' conference in Paris Thursday, while Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised to fight corruption that has hindered past aid efforts.
Nation Jun 11 Pakistan Says U.S. Coalition Forces Killed 11 Troops Pakistan's army said Wednesday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike along the volatile Afghan-Pakistan border killed 11 of its paramilitary troops, condemning it as an act of aggression that "hit at the very basis of cooperation" on the war on terror.