Politics Feb 20 Supreme Court Overturns $79.5 Million Tobacco Award The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million jury award levied against the Philip Morris tobacco company, ruling in a 5-4 decision Tuesday that the verdict was invalid because the jury had overstepped its bounds.
World Feb 19 Indian, Pakistani Leaders Pledge to Continue Talks despite Deadly Train Bombing At least 66 people were killed Monday when a pair of bombs sparked an inferno on an Indian train headed for Pakistan. Leaders of both nations condemned the attacks and pledged to continue their peace talk despite the carnage.
Science Feb 16 Next Generation of Emissions-Cutting Bills Emerges Over the last few months, new legislation has been introduced in Congress that aims to reduce the effects of global warming by midcentury.
Nation Feb 15 President Bush Presses NATO for More Troops in Afghanistan President George Bush called on NATO nations Thursday to send more soldiers to Afghanistan and loosen restrictions on the use of troops already in the country.
Economy Feb 14 Chrysler to Cut 13,000 Jobs in Restructuring Plan Plagued by poor sales and an unprofitable year, Chrysler Group, the U.S. division of German company DaimlerChrysler, announced a restructuring plan Wednesday that aims to cut 16 percent of its worldwide workforce by 2009.
Nation Feb 12 Nations Reach Tentative Deal on North Korea Weapons Negotiators from six countries reached a tentative agreement about initial steps for North Korea's nuclear disarmament Monday, the first concrete steps achieved in nearly three years of negotiations.
Nation Feb 12 Bombs Kill at Least 80 People in Iraqi Market Two car bombs tore through a crowded marketplace in Baghdad Monday, killing at least 88 people, as Iraqis marked the first anniversary of a Shiite shrine bombing that brought the country to the brink of civil war.
Politics Feb 09 Iraq's Kurds Torn Between Government Participation and Independence While numerous plans were proposed over recent months to break the violence gripping Iraq's capital, the fact that most of the fighting is occurring in Arab regions has elevated Arab issues, making Kurds in the North feel increasingly marginalized.
Politics Feb 08 Palestinian Rival Groups Agree to Unity Government The two main rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, signed an agreement to share government power in Saudi-brokered talks Thursday, a move aimed at ending growing violence between the two factions.
Nation Feb 07 Fifth Downed Helicopter in Two Weeks Kills Seven U.S. Soldiers The U.S. military confirmed the deaths of seven U.S. Marines on Wednesday after a helicopter crashed in Iraq's Anbar province. It was the fifth U.S. helicopter to crash in just over two weeks.