Politics Mar 28 Chief of Staff Resigns in White House Shakeup President Bush announced Tuesday that Andrew Card, one of the longest serving White House chiefs of staff in modern history, would leave his post and be replaced by the budget director Josh Bolten.
Politics Mar 27 Early Election Results Show Ousted Ukraine President Ahead Early results in Ukraine's parliamentary elections gave the party led by former President Viktor Yanukovich the lead Monday over the party of his former rival Orange Revolution leader President Viktor Yushchenko.
Politics Mar 26 Hamas, Future of Peace Talks Weigh on Israeli Elections Tuesday's elections in Israel will likely mark a crucial point in determining the country's future as well as its relationship with a new Palestinian Authority dominated by the militant group Hamas.
World Mar 23 Security Council Deadlocked Over Response to Iran Nuclear Ambitions Foreign ministers from the world's most powerful nations are trying to end a deadlock over efforts to form a united front against threats posed by Iran's continued refusal to end its nuclear program.
Nation Mar 23 Car Bombs in Iraq Kill At Least 56 At least 56 Iraqis died Thursday in attacks, including a suicide car bombing outside a police crimes unit headquarters in Baghdad in which 25 people, including at least 10 policemen, died.
Politics Mar 22 Basque Separatist Group Declares End to Violence ETA, a Basque separatist movement that has plagued the Spanish government for nearly 40 years, declared a permanent cease-fire Wednesday, ending a bloody campaign that has killed at least 850 people.
Nation Mar 22 Iraqi Forces Ward Off Insurgent Raid on Police Station Insurgents attacked a police station near Baghdad killing three police officers and one commander after a two-hour gunbattle with Iraqi and U.S. forces that resulted in the capture of at least 50 insurgents.
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.