Politics Feb 10 Palestinian President Fires Gaza Security Commanders Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired top Gaza security commanders Thursday, hours after militants broke a 2-day-old cease-fire by firing dozens of mortars into Jewish settlements.
Nation Feb 10 North Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Power, Withdraws From Talks North Korea declared for the first time Thursday that it possessed nuclear weapons and pulled out of six-party talks aimed at shutting down its program, citing the policies of President Bush as the reason for the failed negotiations.
Politics Feb 09 Medicare Drug Benefit to Cost $720 Billion in First 10 Years President Bush called for Medicare reforms Wednesday, saying the health care plan for the elderly, like Social Security, is facing financial strains as the baby boom generation ages.
Nation Feb 08 Iraq's Al-Qaida Claims Trio of Deadly Blasts in Two Days More than 20 people were killed outside a police station in central Baghdad Tuesday morning by an alleged suicide bombing.
Nation Feb 07 Insurgent Attacks Kill At Least 29 in Iraq Suicide attacks killed at least 29 people in two Iraqi cities Monday in the worst insurgent violence since the country's historic elections eight days ago.
Politics Feb 07 President Bush Sends $2.57 Trillion Budget to Congress President Bush proposed a $2.57 trillion budget to Congress on Monday that seeks deep cuts in domestic programs from farm subsidies to health care payments for poor people and veterans, but provides hundreds of millions in foreign aid.
Nation Feb 04 Watergate Papers Made Public for the First Time Thousands of interview notes, memos and other material compiled by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during their investigation of the Watergate break-in were made public for the first time Thursday.
Politics Feb 03 Israel to Release 900 Palestinian Prisoners Israel on Thursday agreed to a troop pullback from West Bank cities and the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners as a confidence-building gesture ahead of a Mideast summit in Egypt.
Politics Feb 02 President Presses for Social Security Overhaul President Bush urged Congress to revamp Social Security during his State of the Union address Wednesday night, saying the program would go bankrupt if changes were not made.
Politics Feb 02 Israel, Palestinians Agree to Peace Talks Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to a face-to-face meeting next week in Egypt to discuss ways to implement the internationally backed "road map" for peace in the Middle East.