Nation Jan 09 Sunni-Shiite Power Struggle Driving Iraq Violence In December 2006, the Pentagon reported that violence in Iraq had hit at an all-time high. Between August and November, attacks against U.S. forces, Iraqi security forces and Iraqi civilians increased nearly 30 percent, to an average of 959 per…
Nation Jan 09 U.S. Forces Battle Insurgents in Central Baghdad U.S. and Iraqi forces fought suspected insurgents for hours Tuesday around the volatile Haifa Street in central Baghdad, killing 50 militant fighters, the Defense Ministry reported.
Nation Jan 08 Somali President Returns Government to Embattled Capital Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf returned to Mogadishu on Monday, reclaiming the capital as the seat of his government for the first time since taking office in 2004.
Politics Jan 02 Massachusetts Lawmakers Vote to Allow Marriage Referendum Lawmakers in Massachusetts voted Tuesday to allow a proposed constitutional amendment, which would essentially block gay marriages, to appear on the 2008 ballot.
Nation Jan 01 Ethiopian Backed Troops Take Last Major City from Somali Islamists After two weeks of clashes, troops of Somalia's fledgling U.N.-organized government swept into the southern city of Kismayo with the help of Ethiopian firepower Monday, taking back the final major city controlled by Islamic militias.
Politics Dec 30 Saddam Hussein Executed for Role in Shiite Massacre Saddam Hussein, who brutally governed Iraq for a quarter century, was hanged in the pre-dawn hours Saturday for his role in the killing of 148 Shiite men and boys in the northern Iraqi city of Dujail in 1982.
Science Dec 28 Milk and Meat from Cloned Animals Safe to Eat, FDA Says The Food and Drug Administration issued a preliminary decision Thursday saying that food products from cloned animals are safe to eat. Under the proposed guidelines, the products would also not be required to carry a special label.
Nation Dec 28 Government Troops Capture Somali Capital from Islamists Nearly a week after Somali soldiers and their Ethiopian allies began fighting Islamic militias that claimed control over most the country, government troops entered Mogadishu unopposed Thursday forcing the Islamists to retreat.
Nation Dec 27 Former President Ford Dies at Age 93 Former President Ford, who worked to help the nation heal after the Watergate scandal forced his predecessor Richard Nixon from office, died Tuesday at his Rancho Mirage, Calif., home at age 93.
Politics Dec 26 Iraqi High Court Upholds Saddam Death Sentence An Iraqi appeals court upheld a death sentence for Saddam Hussein Tuesday and ordered his execution within 30 days, although the decision must be ratified by President Jalal Talabani and Iraq's two vice presidents under Iraqi law.