Nation Dec 15 Threat of War Rises in Somalia; Islamists Set Deadline for Ethiopian Withdrawal Residents of the Somali town of Baidoa stocked up on emergency provisions Friday as tensions between Somalia's Islamic Court fighters and government-backed Ethiopian troops heated up.
Science Dec 14 Comet Particles Offer Glimpse of Solar System's Chaotic Origin Tiny dust particles collected from a comet and brought to earth last year now have scientists rethinking some of their beliefs about how comets--and the rest of our solar system--originally formed.
Health Dec 13 FDA Proposes Expanding Antidepressant Warnings The Food and Drug Administration may soon require drug companies to expand antidepressant warning labels to include increased suicide risk for young adults, according to a plan put forth by FDA officials at an advisory hearing Wednesday.
Politics Dec 12 U.S. Resists Calls to Engage Syria in Iraq Planning The recently released Iraq Study Group report called on the Bush administration to end its isolation of Syria, a move that sparked renewed debate over the American approach to dealing with Damascus.
Nation Dec 12 Truck Bombing Kills at least 60, Government Seeks to Limit al-Sadr Influence A man pulled into a busy Baghdad market Tuesday, called for help unloading his pickup truck and then detonated explosives, killing at least 60 people and wounding another 150.
Nation Dec 11 Pinochet Death Sparks Celebrations, Clashes in Chile News of the death of former military dictator Augusto Pinochet has rocked the South American nation of Chile, prompting widespread celebrations, but also anger in a country still split by the former strongman's 17-year reign.
Politics Dec 08 House Panel Finds Lawmakers Did Not Break Rules in Foley Scandal The House ethics committee criticized members and aides for leaving male pages vulnerable to Rep. Mark Foley's improper sexual advances even though the first concerns were reported more than a decade ago.
Nation Dec 08 Former U.N. Ambassador Kirkpatrick Dies at Age 80 The first woman U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick, died late Thursday in her Bethesda, Md., home at age 80.
Science Dec 06 Orbiter Images Suggest Water Flowed Recently on Mars NASA images of Mars unveiled Wednesday showed bright new sediment deposits in craters that suggest the presence of water -- at least briefly -- within the last several years.
Science Dec 05 NASA Aims for Permanent Base on Moon by 2024 Two years after President Bush proposed to return astronauts to the moon, NASA announced plans Monday for manned trips there by 2020 and the construction of a permanent base, most likely near the Shackleton crater on the moon's south pole,…