Science Dec 26 Nigerian Pipeline Explosion Kills Hundreds More than 260 people were killed Tuesday when a punctured gasoline pipeline exploded in Lagos, Nigeria.
World Dec 21 Report Charges FEMA Wasted Funds After Hurricane Katrina The Federal Emergency Management Agency is under fire for wasting taxpayers' money on illegitimate disaster aid claims in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, though the agency contends it had to streamline procedures to send aid quickly to those in need.
Nation Dec 20 Somali Islamists Clash with Ethiopian Forces Ethiopian troops in Somalia to defend the country's embattled government exchanged heavy gunfire with Somali Islamist forces Wednesday, a day after an Islamist deadline passed demanding that the Ethiopians leave or face war.
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.