By Lisa Bryant San Sebastian, Spain 12 May 2006 With the recent declaration of a permanent cease-fire by the Basque terrorist group ETA, many believe Europe's regional independence struggles are dying...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 12 May 2006 Local youths walk on oil pipeline belonging to the Shell Oil company in Nigeria Nigerian police say a pipeline explosion has killed as many as 200 people on the outsk...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 12 May 2006 Suharto (file photo) Indonesia's attorney general has dropped a graft case against ailing former President Suharto, who is suspected of amassing billions of dollar...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 11 May 2006 Fifty thousand video game players, developers and marketing executives are meeting in Los Angeles for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. Hundreds of s...
By Jim Malone Washington 11 May 2006 Low public approval ratings for President Bush and his Republican allies in Congress present a huge opportunity for opposition Democrats in November's congressiona...
By Paula Wolfson White House 11 May 2006 President Bush paid another visit Thursday to the hurricane-ravaged U.S. Gulf Coast, this time to honor the graduates of one local college. These students got...
By David McAlary Washington 11 May 2006 Scientists have developed a cheap, rapid test to determine who has trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness in poor countries. The researchers say th...
By Gary Thomas Washington 11 May 2006 A published news report says the National Security Agency has been gathering domestic telephone records to look for terrorists. The report, which attributes the i...
By Catherine Maddux Washington 11 May 2006 An unreleased report by a panel of Nigerian experts says that the U.S. drug manufacturer, Pfizer, violated international and Nigerian law when it conducted a...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 11 May 2006 A key congressional Democrat says the Bush administration's nuclear accord with India lacks the support necessary to pass the U.S. Congress, and is offering a...
By Jessica Berman Washington 11 May 2006 French researchers at the Sanofi Pasteur Institute say they have developed a bird flu vaccine that, so far, appears to be safe and effective in humans. But obs...
By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 11 May 2006 watch Dada report Max Ernst, The Hat Makes the Man, 1920 The National Gallery of Art in Washington is about to say goodbye to amajor show on Dada, the earl...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali 11 May 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a state visit to Indonesia, continued the tough rhetoric about Israel and nuclear matters. Speaking in Jakarta, he sa...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 11 May 2006 watch Vegetarian Diet report It seems too good to be true. Eat as much as you want and still lose weight? That's the conclusion of a group of health experts...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 May 2006 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour says there is no hope for peace in Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region until the fighting factions are disarm...
