Economy Feb 14 Verizon to Buy MCI for $6.75 Billion Verizon Communications Inc. beat out a bid by rival Qwest Communications International to buy MCI Corp. for $6.75 billion in the third big telecommunications merger in two months.
Politics Feb 14 Former Lebanese Prime Minister Killed in Car Bomb Attack Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in a car bomb attack in Beirut Monday that left 13 people dead and some 100 wounded.
Politics Feb 14 Shiites Look to Forge Allies After Election in Iraq The Shiite alliance won a majority of the ballot (48 percent) in Iraq's first free elections in 50 years, but not an absolute majority, leaving the alliance to work to build support among the myriad of other political parties.
Nation Feb 11 Rumsfeld Visits Iraq; Insurgents Launch Two Attacks Two separate insurgent attacks in Iraq on Friday killed at least 23 and injured dozens, occurring on the same day that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited the country to observe the training of Iraqi security forces.
Politics Feb 10 Senate Passes Limits on Class-Action Lawsuits The Senate gave President Bush his first legislative victory of his second term Thursday, passing a bill that would help protect businesses from major class action settlements.
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.