Politics May 03 Iraq's First Elected Government Takes Office Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari was sworn in as prime minister in Baghdad Tuesday as Iraq's first democratically elected government took office.
Nation May 02 Trio of Car Bombs Mark Latest Violence in Iraq Three car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people in the latest surge in violence since a new Iraqi government was named last week.
Nation May 02 Types of Nuclear Bombs In an atomic bomb, the energy or force of the weapon is derived only from nuclear fission - the splitting of the nucleus of heavy elements such as plutonium or highly enriched uranium into lighter nuclei.
Nation Apr 29 Insurgents Unleash Multiple Bomb Attacks in Iraq Insurgents set off some 11 bombs in Iraq Friday, killing at least 24 people including seven Iraqi civilians and one American soldier. More than 100 people were wounded in the attacks.
Politics Apr 29 Chinese Leader, Taiwanese Opposition Chief Discuss Thaw in Relations In a historic move, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Taiwanese opposition leader Lien Chan met Friday in Beijing to discuss a roadmap to reconciliation after nearly six decades of hostility between communist China and democratic Taiwan.
Nation Apr 26 Syrian Military Leaves Lebanon After 29 Years Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended Tuesday when the last Syrian soldiers crossed back over the border, completing a withdrawal brought by international pressure and massive Lebanese street protests.
Nation Apr 25 Iraq Postpones Naming Government; Insurgents Launch More Attacks Iraqi politicians failed again Monday to break a three-month deadlock over naming a transitional government, as the death toll from a weekend of coordinated insurgent attacks targeting police and civilians reached 29.
Economy Apr 21 Former Gangster Tells His Story of Reform In the second of a two-part series on how families are faring in the era of welfare reform, business correspondent Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston looks at the role of fathers and one man's success story.
Politics Apr 21 Senate Passes $81 Billion in Extra Funding for Afghanistan, Iraq The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved $81 billion in additional emergency funding for security and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Nation Apr 20 Scores of Bodies Found in Tigris River; 19 Executed in Separate Killing Iraqi authorities pulled the bodies of more than 50 people believed to be Shiite hostages seized in the Madain region south of Baghdad from the Tigris River Wednesday.