Politics Sep 27 Appellate Judge John Roberts Nominated to Supreme Court President Bush on Tuesday nominated federal judge John Roberts Jr., described as a strong conservative with an unassuming manner, to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Economy Sep 27 Iran Threatens Trade Retaliations After Nuclear Vote Iran threatened Tuesday to use its trade ties to punish countries that voted over the weekend to refer Tehran to the U.N. Security Council for failing to convince the international community that its nuclear program is peaceful.
Politics Sep 26 Irish Republican Army Gets Rid of Weapons Arsenal In a move that could end what has long been viewed as the primary obstacle to the full implementation of a political peace deal in Northern Ireland, the IRA has destroyed its vast arsenal of weapons, independent monitors announced Monday.
World Sep 26 Officials Continue Search for Stranded in Wake of Rita Police and other emergency workers continued to scour flooded communities in Louisiana and Texas Monday for those stranded after Hurricane Rita caused widespread flooding Saturday.
World Sep 24 Rita Roars Ashore Along Mostly Deserted Gulf Coast Hurricane Rita plowed into the Gulf Coast along the Texas-Louisiana border early Saturday, causing significant wind damage and some flooding.
Nation Sep 23 Violent Clashes in Sudan Threaten Darfur Peace Talks A surge in violence between rebel groups and the Sudanese army in Sudan's western Darfur region is threatening to derail peace talks in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and putting a shaky cease-fire in peril.
Politics Sep 23 Key Shiite Cleric Urges Supporters to Back Constitution Support for the Iraqi constitution got a boost Friday when aides to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said the powerful cleric would call on his followers to vote to support the document in a referendum next month.
World Sep 23 Hurricanes Mark Unusual Spike in Already Active Storm Cycle Although residents of the Gulf Coast need little confirmation, meteorologists say 2005 is already an unusual year for the North Atlantic Ocean in terms of the number and strength of hurricanes originating there.
World Sep 23 Hurricane Rita Weakens Slightly; Bus of Evacuees Catches Fire Hurricane Rita bore down on Texas and southwestern Louisiana with 135 mph winds Friday, creating widespread traffic jams as hundreds of thousands of residents raced to safer ground and raising fears of another catastrophic flood in New Orleans.
Politics Sep 22 Senate Committee Sends Roberts Nomination to Full Senate In a 13-5 vote Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended that Judge John Roberts' nomination to serve as chief justice of the United States be approved by the full Senate.