Nation Apr 27 Taliban Militants Briefly Capture District in Eastern Afghanistan Taliban militants briefly captured an Afghan district government headquarters in the Ghazni province 100 miles southwest of Kabul Thursday, killing the district mayor, police chief and three policemen during several hours of fighting.
Politics Apr 26 New Hampshire Lawmakers Vote to Allow Civil Unions The New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday to authorize civil unions for gay couples, paving the way for the state to join nearly a dozen others in offering domestic partnerships or other legal protections to couples of the same sex.
Nation Apr 26 Somali Leader Declares Victory in War with Militants Despite Violence After a nine-day offensive by Ethiopian and Somali forces to clear Islamic militants from the capital city Mogadishu, Somalia's prime minister declared victory over the insurgents Thursday.
Nation Apr 25 Russia Buries Former President Yeltsin Amid Pageantry Boris Yeltsin was laid to rest in Moscow's famed Novodevichy Cemetery on Wednesday, after a ceremony at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the first full Orthodox funeral for a Russian leader since the death of Czar Alexander III…
Nation Apr 23 Yeltsin, First President of Russian Federation, Dies Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who helped steer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of the Russian Federation, died Monday of heart failure at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He was 76.
Politics Apr 23 Ruling Party Candidate Declared President in Disputed Election Umaru Yar'Adua was named the victor of Nigeria's presidential election Monday, as election observers continued to criticize the fairness of the polls and the legitimacy of the results.
Politics Apr 20 War Supporters Continue to Back President Despite Low Poll Numbers After the Democrats won control of Congress in November 2006, fueled largely by public discontent over the continued violence in Iraq, the Republican base of support for the war seemed to have lost some of its leverage.
Nation Apr 20 Militia Stages Attacks in Niger Delta Seeking Local Control of Oil The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks on oil installations and kidnapped four oil workers to protest the Nigerian government and foreign oil companies.
Politics Apr 19 Richardson Sees Upset in Nevada; Obama Looks to Organize Along a stretch of suburban homes and law offices in sprawling downtown Las Vegas, a core group of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's staff are looking to history for inspiration in their campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Politics Apr 18 U.S. Warns of New Sanctions Against Sudan if Darfur Violence Continues President Bush said Wednesday the United States would seek to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on the Sudanese government if it does not take firm steps to end the fighting in Darfur.