Economy Jan 18 Tokyo Stock Exchange Shuts Down Due to Heavy Trading The Tokyo Stock Exchange shut down Wednesday following a flood of sell orders spurred by a prosecutors' raid on the offices of livedoor.com, a popular Japanese web portal.
Politics Jan 18 Supreme Court Sidesteps Major Abortion Ruling In its first abortion ruling in five years, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong in striking down a New Hampshire law requiring that a parent be notified 48 hours before a minor has an…
World Jan 16 Key U.N. Members Agree Iran Must Suspend Nuclear Program Russia and China agreed with the United States and its European allies Monday that Iran must fully suspend its nuclear program, but the countries stopped short of demanding the matter be sent to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions.
Nation Jan 16 Bombings in South Kill Dozens As Karzai Warns of New Attacks Remnants of the Taliban continued to launch attacks Monday, claiming responsibility for two attacks in the southern part of Afghanistan that killed at least 26 people and wounded nearly 50 others.
Health Jan 13 Lab Finds Mutation in Bird Flu Virus; EU Pledges $100 Million in Aid A British laboratory has found that two victims of Turkey's bird flu outbreak died from a slightly mutated strain of the H5N1 virus, raising fears the virus could start spreading more easily.
World Jan 11 New Orleans Plan Would Allow Low-lying Areas to Rebuild A sweeping plan to rebuild New Orleans unveiled Wednesday would give all residents a chance to rebuild, including those in low-lying areas, marking a departure from past proposals.
Health Jan 10 New Human Cases of Bird Flu in Turkey, China, Japan Turkish health authorities confirmed the 15th human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu and have said a third child in the same family died from the virus, though the World Health Organization has confirmed only two deaths and…
Nation Jan 09 Suicide Bombers Target Iraqi Ministry; Helicopter Crash Kills 12 Two suicide bombers attacked the Iraqi Ministry compound during celebrations for Iraqi National Police Day Monday, killing at least 29 and injuring 18.
Politics Jan 09 Iran Announces It Will Restart Nuclear Fuel Research Reaffirming its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes, Iran announced it would resume research on nuclear fuel, a move that angered the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and drew strong criticism from European officials.
Economy Jan 08 High-Definition DVD Wars Take Shape In a competition reminiscent of the Betamax/VHS battle 20 years ago, two new high-definition DVD formats are set for a high-stakes showdown in 2006.