Health Jan 16 Bird Flu Resurfaces Among Birds in Asia; Indonesia Death Toll Rises Concerns over the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu surfaced again across Asia Tuesday after scientists confirmed outbreaks among birds in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam, and a woman in Indonesia died.
Politics Jan 11 Despite Threat of Veto, House Votes to Expand Stem Cell Research Funding The House voted Thursday to expand taxpayer-funded research on embryonic stem cells, but fell short of the two-thirds majority the measure would need to override an expected presidential veto. The bill passed by a vote of 253 to 174.
Nation Jan 10 President Bush Outlines New Strategy for Iraq Asking Americans for their patience, sacrifice and resolve, President Bush laid out a new plan Wednesday night for U.S. military strategy in Iraq.
Politics Jan 10 Venezuela's Chavez Installed for Second Term Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in for a second six-year term Wednesday, vowing "socialism or death" in a move reminiscent of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as he pledged to continue the country's movement toward a socialist state.
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.