Politics Nov 30 Alito Submits Questionnaire to Senate Committee Alito submitted written statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he said judges should take a limited, "self-disciplined" approach when considering cases.
Politics Nov 29 Sides Resume Peace Talks As Violence Continues in Darfur Efforts to end the two-and-a half year conflict in Darfur, Sudan that has claimed more than 200,000 lives and displaced two million people opened a new chapter Tuesday as the opposing sides entered the seventh round of peace talks in…
Economy Nov 28 Embattled Drugmaker Merck Announces 7,000 Job Cuts In an effort to recover from major financial losses sustained by controversy over its bestselling painkiller Vioxx, drugmaker Merck & Co. announced it would cut 7,000 jobs over the next three years and close five of its manufacturing plants.
Nation Nov 24 Suicide Bomber Attacks Hospital Near Baghdad An explosives-laden car detonated outside a hospital south of Baghdad Thursday as U.S. troops were visiting the facility, killing at least 30 people, officials said.
Politics Nov 23 Chile’s Pinochet Charged With Tax Evasion Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was put under house arrest and charged with evading taxes on $26 million related to his overseas accounts, state television said Wednesday.
Science Nov 23 New Cracks Found in Shuttle’s Tank Foam NASA officials still puzzling over what caused a section of foam insulation to break off the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during its launch in July.
Politics Nov 22 ‘Dirty Bomb’ Suspect Charged With Conspiracy Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for three years as an enemy combatant suspected of planning a "dirty bomb" attack on the United States, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and aid terrorists overseas, the Justice Department said.
Politics Nov 21 Sharon Quits Likud, Calls for New Elections Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threw the Israeli government into chaos Monday by announcing he would leave the hard-line Likud Party he helped form and asking the country's president to dissolve parliament and order new elections.
Nation Nov 18 Scores Killed in Mosque, Hotel Attacks in Iraq Suicide bombers destroyed two Shiite mosques in Iraq near the Iranian border Friday, killing at least 74 people, while a pair of car bombs struck a Baghdad hotel housing Western journalists, leaving eight Iraqis dead.
Politics Nov 17 Strife-Torn Haiti Delays Presidential Elections Haiti has postponed elections scheduled for Nov. 20 but not set a new date as the Caribbean country struggles to organize a credible vote amidst continued gang violence.