Politics Nov 23 Chile's Pinochet Charged With Tax Evasion Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was put under house arrest and charged with evading taxes on $26 million related to his overseas accounts, state television said Wednesday.
Science Nov 23 New Cracks Found in Shuttle's Tank Foam NASA officials still puzzling over what caused a section of foam insulation to break off the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during its launch in July.
Politics Nov 22 'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Charged With Conspiracy Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for three years as an enemy combatant suspected of planning a "dirty bomb" attack on the United States, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and aid terrorists overseas, the Justice Department said.
Politics Nov 21 Sharon Quits Likud, Calls for New Elections Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threw the Israeli government into chaos Monday by announcing he would leave the hard-line Likud Party he helped form and asking the country's president to dissolve parliament and order new elections.
Nation Nov 18 Scores Killed in Mosque, Hotel Attacks in Iraq Suicide bombers destroyed two Shiite mosques in Iraq near the Iranian border Friday, killing at least 74 people, while a pair of car bombs struck a Baghdad hotel housing Western journalists, leaving eight Iraqis dead.
Politics Nov 17 Strife-Torn Haiti Delays Presidential Elections Haiti has postponed elections scheduled for Nov. 20 but not set a new date as the Caribbean country struggles to organize a credible vote amidst continued gang violence.
Health Nov 16 China Confirms First Human Cases of Bird Flu China's Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday its first human cases of bird flu, heightening fears of a global flu pandemic that could kill millions. Two of the three cases in China have already killed those infected.
Politics Nov 15 Israelis and Palestinians Agree to Open Gaza Passage Israel and the Palestinian Authority announced Tuesday that they had come to agreement on allowing Palestinians to travel in and out of the Gaza Strip in a plan brokered by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during all-night negotiations.
Nation Nov 11 Jordanian Police Round Up 120 in Bomb Plot Investigation Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Friday that four Iraqis carried out Wednesday's suicide bombings on three Amman hotels, and Jordanian police arrested 120 Jordanians and Iraqis in the hunt for anyone who might have aided them.
World Nov 10 Syrian President Promises Limited Cooperation With U.N. Syrian President Bashar Assad pledged Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri but said he would not place his country's national interests at risk in doing so.