Politics Jan 04 Republicans Shift Gears, Set Sights on Fast-Approaching New Hampshire With an unprecedented five-day turnaround before the New Hampshire primary, Iowa caucus victor Mike Huckabee and the rest of the Republican field are forgoing sleep, refocusing their attention and tweaking their messages.
Politics Jan 04 Galvanized Democratic Campaigns Head to New Hampshire The top three Democratic contenders in Iowa's caucuses, Sens. Barack Obama, Ill., Hillary Clinton, N.Y., and former Sen. John Edwards, N.C., had little time to celebrate before dashing to New Hampshire for Tuesday's primary.
Politics Jan 04 Iowans Issue Call for Change with Wins for Obama, Huckabee Iowa's voters sounded a call for political change Thursday as they backed two candidates whose campaigns fought uphill battles prior to the caucuses.
Politics Jan 03 Musharraf Dissatisfied with Bhutto Death Probe Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expressed dissatisfaction with the investigation into Benazir Bhutto's death on Thursday, but he denied accusations of government involvement in the attack.
Health Jan 02 Study: Hospital Response Slow in Cardiac-Arrest Cases Nearly a third of patients who suffer cardiac arrest in a hospital don't get potentially life-saving defibrillator shocks quickly enough, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Politics Jan 02 Death Toll Passes 300 in Kenya's Election Violence Dozens of Kenyans were burned alive in a church on Tuesday and more than 300 have been killed in a wave of violence since last week's controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
Nation Jan 02 Sri Lanka Government Ends Cease-fire with Rebels Sri Lanka's government ended a six-year cease-fire with Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday amid continued violence, including most recently a roadside bomb that exploded near a bus in the capital city of Colombo, killing four people.
Politics Jan 02 Pakistan Postpones Election Until Mid-February Despite the objections of opposition parties, Pakistan's parliamentary election was postponed on Wednesday by six weeks until mid-February due to violence sparked by the death of Benazir Bhutto.
Nation Dec 31 2007 Marks Deadly Year for U.S. Forces in Iraq A suicide bomb killed at least 12 Iraqis at a security checkpoint north of Baghdad on Monday, as news emerged that 2007 was the deadliest year for U.S. soldiers in Iraq since the war started, despite an overall drop in…
Politics Dec 31 Bhutto's Son, Husband to Take Over Pakistan Peoples Party As Pakistan's Election Commission weighs postponing Jan. 8 parliamentary elections amid unrest over opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Bhutto's party named her husband and son as its new leaders.