Nation Oct 10 Iraqis Say Foreign Security Guards Fired Randomly at Women Iraqi authorities said Wednesday that security guards working for a foreign security firm fired randomly when they killed two women at an intersection in Baghdad this week.
Science Oct 09 Physics Nobel Prize Goes to Nanotechnology Researchers Two scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday for their discovery of an electromagnetic phenomenon that has led to modern hard disks, like the kind used in laptops, iPods and other devices.
Politics Oct 05 Bush Defends Detention Policy, Says U.S. 'Does Not Torture' President Bush defended his administration's detention and interrogation policies Friday and denied the use of torture against terrorism suspects.
Politics Oct 04 Myanmar Junta Chief Willing to Meet With Pro-democracy Leader The leader of the military junta in Myanmar, the country also known as Burma, indicated Thursday that he is willing to meet with detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi amid renewed focus on the nation after a wave of…
Nation Oct 04 Korean Leaders Move Toward Reconciliation The leaders of North and South Korea announced Thursday they would take steps toward a peace treaty that would replace the Korean War's 1953 cease-fire and continue work to ease tensions on the world's last remaining frontier of the Cold…
World Oct 01 AU Peacekeepers Killed in Rebel Attack in Darfur At least 10 African Union peacekeepers were killed and more than 20 declared missing after rebels overran their base in northern Darfur over the weekend, in the worst attack on AU forces since they were deployed in 2004.
Politics Sep 28 Pentagon Offers Lawyers to 'High-Value' Guantanamo Detainees Fourteen "high-value" terrorism suspects held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks -- may now request attorneys, the Pentagon said Friday.
Politics Sep 27 Iraqi Sunni Vice President Meets with Top Shiite Cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top Shiite cleric in Iraq, held a rare meeting with Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi Thursday to assess a strategy to unite the country's divided leaders and end sectarian violence.
Economy Sep 26 Autoworkers Union, General Motors Reach Tentative Deal The United Auto Workers union ended its two-day strike on General Motors early Wednesday with a tentative deal that includes a health care plan funded by GM but managed by the union.
Politics Sep 25 Supreme Court to Consider Lethal Injections, Voter IDs The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and whether voter identification laws unfairly deter the poor and minorities from voting.