Nation Apr 06 First Ombudsmen Named to Critique Public TV, Radio The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which oversees National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, on Tuesday named two veteran journalists as its first two ombudsmen to critique the work of public radio and television.
Politics Apr 05 State Department Tightens U.S. Entry Rules In an effort to tighten border security, Americans re-entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, Panama and Bermuda will have to show their passports, administration officials said Tuesday.
Nation Apr 05 ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings Diagnosed With Lung Cancer ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, the only of the "Big Three" veteran network anchors not to have recently retired from the post, has been diagnosed with lung cancer but plans to keep working through chemotherapy treatment, the network said Tuesday.
Nation Apr 05 U.S.-Iraqi Forces Battle Insurgents; Iraqis Settle Some Cabinet Posts Four U.S. troops and one Iraqi soldier died in clashes that erupted across Iraq this week, the U.S. military said, while Iraqi politicians struggled to form a new government.
Politics Apr 04 Ousted Kyrgyz President Akayev Resigns Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev, removed from power late last month amid mass protests, signed a resignation agreement Monday, opening the way for new elections in the former Soviet republic.
Nation Apr 04 Mourners Gather to View Pope As Cardinals Converge on Rome A vast crowd of faithful and tourists prepared to file past Pope John Paul II's body in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy Monday as the College of Cardinals started to meet ahead of a secret vote to name his…
Politics Apr 04 Former House Majority Leader Delay Resigns From Congress Dogged by an ongoing corruption investigation, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, once viewed as one of the most powerful Republicans in Washington, announced he was resigning his seat and would not run again this fall.
Nation Apr 03 Millions Around World Mourn Pope's Passing Pope John Paul II's body, clad in crimson and white vestments, lay in state at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace in Rome Sunday as millions around the world gathered to pray and mourn his passing.
Nation Apr 02 Pope John Paul II Dies After 27 Years At Head of Catholic Church Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who headed the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died Saturday night at age 84 after his health degenerated in the past three days.
World Apr 01 Sudan Disputes U.N. Resolution on Darfur Sudan on Friday called a U.N. resolution referring Sudanese war crimes suspects to the International Criminal Court "unfair, ill-advised and narrow-minded" and did not say whether it would comply, Reuters reported.