Health Mar 21 Azerbaijan Reports Five Human Deaths From Bird Flu The World Health Organization confirmed seven human cases of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu in Azerbaijan. Five of the victims died, bringing the human death toll to 103 out of 184 recorded cases since late 2003.
Health Mar 20 Administration Warns Bird Flu Expected in U.S. This Year Bush administration officials Monday said the likelihood of bird flu arriving on U.S. shores this year is "increasingly likely" but that its arrival does not increase the chances of a human pandemic.
Politics Mar 20 Supreme Court Rejects Cigarette Award Case The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to review a $50 million punitive damage award that lower courts in California enforced upon cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA.
World Mar 16 Taliban Leader Promises More Attacks Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the ousted Taliban regime in Afghanistan, released a statement Thursday promising renewed attacks on coalition troops this summer.
World Mar 15 U.N. Approves Human Rights Council Against U.S. Wishes Members of the U.N. General Assembly ignored U.S. opposition and voted overwhelmingly to establish a Human Rights Council.
Nation Mar 14 Palestinians Surrender After Israeli Prison Raid Six Palestinian militants holed up inside a Palestinian prison surrendered to Israeli forces Tuesday, almost 10 hours after soldiers raided the compound to seize militants convicted of killing an Israeli Cabinet minister.
Nation Mar 13 Milosevic Death Precedes War Crimes Verdict Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic died Saturday at age 64 in the midst of a four-year trial for alleged war crimes that appeared nearing an end this year.
World Mar 10 African Union to Transition to U.N. Force in Darfur U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday the African Union will transform its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western region of Darfur into a U.N. force.
Politics Mar 10 Militant Group Poses Threat to Nigerian Oil Industry The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, first emerged as an armed militia group in January 2006 when it launched coordinated attacks on oil installations.
Politics Mar 09 Patriot Act Renewed With Some Privacy Protections President Bush signed a renewal of the USA Patriot Act into law Thursday, a day before 16 major provisions of the law were set to expire.