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.
Politics Oct 28 Vice President's Chief of Staff Indicted in CIA Leak Case, Resigns A federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name charged Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby with obstruction of justice, making a false statement and perjury on Friday. He later resigned.
World Oct 28 U.N. Appeals for Money to Help Quake Survivors U.N. officials said Friday that money will run out before aid can reach survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistani Kashmir unless the international community provides more assistance.
Politics Oct 27 With Support Flagging, Miers Withdraws As Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers suddenly withdrew her nomination as a Supreme Court justice Thursday in light of mounting criticism about her qualifications and reluctance in the White House to release papers related to her tenure as its counsel.
Politics Oct 26 International Pressure Builds on Syria Over Hariri Case, Lebanon Role The United States, France and Britain have drafted a resolution that could impose sanctions on Syria unless it more fully cooperates with an ongoing United Nations investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.