By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 15 May 2006 The Nepalese government is finalizing proposals that could drastically clip the king's powers and privileges. The government has also begun a crackdown against...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 15 May 2006 The United Nations secretary-general says the global community must act quickly to peacefully end disputes over nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea. Kofi Annan mad...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 15 May 2006 Javier Solana (File photo) The European Union says it will offer Iran an incentive package to abandon its controversial nuclear program. The initiative comes as Europe...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 14 May 2006 The United States is repeating its position that the best way to resolve the stand-off with Iran over its nuclear program is through the United Nations. A top U....
By Paula Wolfson Washington 14 May 2006 President Bush is preparing to address the American people on the controversial issue of illegal immigration. Mr. Bush will make a nationally broadcast speech M...
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 14 May 2006 Makai, a 40-year-old Afghan woman, looks at her baby boy a few hours after giving birth at public hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif Families around the world celebrate...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 14 May 2006 A decision by Israel's High Court prevents the unification of some Arab families wishing to live in the Jewish state. The case pits security and demographic issu...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 14 May 2006 A football (soccer) scandal in Italy is taking its toll. One Italian referee's accreditation to the upcoming World Cup in Germany has been withdrawn, and prosec...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 May 2006 Members of the environmental group Greenpeace display yellow signs reading "Clean energy now" in Chinese and English in front of a coal-burning power plant in...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 May 2006 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II died in 2005, but he nearly lost his life in an assassination attempt on this date 25 years ago. On Saturday in Rome the sho...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 13 May 2006 The more than 2,000 graduates of Tulane University in New Orleans heard from not one, but two former U.S. presidents at their graduation commencement ceremony Sa...
By Craig McCulloch Vancouver 13 May 2006 In February of 2009 all television stations in the United States are required to convert to digital transmission. This move will bring an end to traditional an...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali 13 May 2006 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad A one-day summit of eight majority Muslim nations has ended with a statement of support for the development of nuclear ene...
By Michael Bowman White House 13 May 2006 George W. Bush (file photo) President Bush has defended his choice to head the Central Intelligence Agency, as well as controversial domestic eavesdropping ef...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 13 May 2006 Senior military officers from the United States and officials of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been meeting in Abuja, Nigeria to dra...
