Politics Nov 08 Government Profile: Iran The very structure of Iran's government is built upon a foundation split by a power struggle between reformists and Islamic hard-liners.
Economy Nov 07 U.S. Push for Latin American Free Trade Agreement Falls Short President Bush ended a five-day trip to Latin America in Panama Monday, two days after a U.S. initiative to establish a hemisphere-wide free trade zone faltered during a 34-nation summit in Argentina.
Politics Nov 04 Alito Hearings Scheduled for January 9 The head of the Judiciary Committee announced Thursday that hearings on Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court will begin at noon on January 9th with opening statements from the senators and the nominee.
Politics Nov 02 Senate Democrats Push for Probe Into Prewar Iraq Intelligence The Senate this week launched a bipartisan review of the investigation into whether the administration manipulated intelligence prior to invading Iraq in 2003 after Democrats used a rare procedural move that temporarily closed the Senate.
Politics Nov 02 Iranian Diplomatic Shake-up Signals Hard-Line Path Iran said Wednesday it was going to replace 40 ambassadors and senior diplomats, including a supporter of improving ties with the West, in a move many consider in keeping with new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hard-line stance.
World Nov 01 FDIC Head to Lead Gulf Coast Recovery Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tapped Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Donald Powell Tuesday to head the federal government's effort to rebuild areas of the Gulf Coast devastated by hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
Politics Nov 01 Rehnquist Absent from Bench, Undergoes Cancer Treatment Chief Justice William Rehnquist missed the Supreme Court's first day Monday at the advice of his doctors who are treating his thyroid cancer with radiation and chemotherapy.
World Oct 31 U.N. Urges Syrian Cooperation in Hariri Death Probe Syria must cooperate "unconditionally" with a United Nations investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri or face "further action," a U.N. Security Council resolution said Monday.
World Oct 31 India Says Pakistan May Be Tied to Deadly Weekend Bombings India's prime minister said Monday there were "indications" of Pakistani involvement in a string of bombings that killed at least 59 people and wounded more than 210 around the Indian capital of New Delhi on Saturday.
Politics Oct 28 Syrian President Faces International and Internal Pressure A meeting of the U.N. Security Council over whether to impose sanctions on officials implicated in a recent investigation into the death of former Rafik Hariri is adding to mounting pressure on Bashar Assad to cooperate with investigators.