Nation Dec 20 Iraqi Forces Face Challenges Ahead of Planned 2007 Security Handover As Americans debate the direction of U.S. strategy in Iraq, much of the focus has turned to the Iraqi Security Force, or ISF.
Health Dec 19 EU Condemns Libyan Death Verdict Bulgarian and European Union officials condemned the death sentences handed down Tuesday by a Libyan court to six foreign medical workers for intentionally infecting children with HIV.
Politics Dec 18 Abbas Calls for Early Elections After Hamas-Fatah Violence In the days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for early parliamentary elections on Saturday, deadly fighting between rival Hamas and Fatah factions continued throughout the Gaza region.
Nation Dec 15 Threat of War Rises in Somalia; Islamists Set Deadline for Ethiopian Withdrawal Residents of the Somali town of Baidoa stocked up on emergency provisions Friday as tensions between Somalia's Islamic Court fighters and government-backed Ethiopian troops heated up.
Science Dec 14 Comet Particles Offer Glimpse of Solar System’s Chaotic Origin Tiny dust particles collected from a comet and brought to earth last year now have scientists rethinking some of their beliefs about how comets--and the rest of our solar system--originally formed.
Health Dec 13 FDA Proposes Expanding Antidepressant Warnings The Food and Drug Administration may soon require drug companies to expand antidepressant warning labels to include increased suicide risk for young adults, according to a plan put forth by FDA officials at an advisory hearing Wednesday.
Politics Dec 12 U.S. Resists Calls to Engage Syria in Iraq Planning The recently released Iraq Study Group report called on the Bush administration to end its isolation of Syria, a move that sparked renewed debate over the American approach to dealing with Damascus.
Nation Dec 12 Truck Bombing Kills at least 60, Government Seeks to Limit al-Sadr Influence A man pulled into a busy Baghdad market Tuesday, called for help unloading his pickup truck and then detonated explosives, killing at least 60 people and wounding another 150.
Nation Dec 11 Pinochet Death Sparks Celebrations, Clashes in Chile News of the death of former military dictator Augusto Pinochet has rocked the South American nation of Chile, prompting widespread celebrations, but also anger in a country still split by the former strongman's 17-year reign.
Politics Dec 08 House Panel Finds Lawmakers Did Not Break Rules in Foley Scandal The House ethics committee criticized members and aides for leaving male pages vulnerable to Rep. Mark Foley's improper sexual advances even though the first concerns were reported more than a decade ago.