Politics Dec 27 Pakistan in Uproar After Bhutto Assassination Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in an attack that killed at least 20 others, plunging the nuclear-armed country into fresh turmoil less than two weeks before highly-anticipated elections.
Economy Dec 26 Home Prices Suffer 6.7 Percent Slide U.S. home prices fell in October for the 10th consecutive month, posting their largest monthly drop since early 1991, the widely watched Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index showed Wednesday.
Politics Dec 26 New Law Could Pardon Thousands in Iraq Thousands of prisoners in U.S. and Iraqi custody could soon be released if Iraqi lawmakers pass a law offering general pardons, officials said.
Politics Dec 24 Palestinians Protest Settlement Plans as Stormy Peace Talks Continue A second round of negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli officials was overshadowed Monday by Palestinian threats not to address substantive issues until Israel agrees to stop settlement construction around Jerusalem.
Politics Dec 24 Uzbek Strongman Cruises to Re-election in Questionable Vote Despite criticism by many Western governments of vote rigging and oppression of political opposition, Uzbekistan's longtime strongman Islam Karimov cruised to an easy re-election Sunday, garnering more than 88 percent of the vote.
Politics Dec 21 Judge Wary of Ordering Inquiry into CIA Tapes A federal judge appeared hesitant Friday to order an investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes while the Justice Department is conducting its own inquiry into the matter.
Politics Dec 21 Blast Aimed at Musharraf Official Kills at Least 42 A suicide bombing tore through a mosque in northwestern Pakistan Friday, killing at least 42 and injuring some 80 others, Pakistani security officials said.
Science Dec 20 EPA Decides Against Calif. Emissions Standards President Bush on Thursday defended the decision of EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson to block California from implementing its tailpipe emissions law.
Politics Dec 20 U.N.-Backed Talks Deadlock Over Kosovo Status Negotiations led by the U.N. Security Council to determine the future of Kosovo ended in a deadlock Wednesday, with Western diplomats saying talks would continue in European capitals over the fate of the U.N. administered province.
Nation Dec 19 U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Reduction Plan Announced President Bush announced this week that he wants to shrink the aging U.S. nuclear stockpile to less than a quarter of its size at the end of the Cold War.