By Deborah Tate Washington 19 January 2006 Top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee say they will oppose the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democrats who announ...
By Michael Bowman Washington 19 January 2006 A Washington-based public policy group is advocating an ambitious proposal for energy integration and cooperation in the Americas, with the ultimate goal o...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 January 2006 The Anglican Church in Nigeria Thursday said it welcomes government decision to push for legislation to outlaw homosexuality. The government said it will intr...
By Alisha Ryu Kajiado, Kenya 19 January 2006 The Kenyan government says 3.5 million of the country's 32 million people are in need of immediate food aid as a result of a severe drought ravaging many p...
By Noel King Khartoum 19 January 2006 The African Union Summit is set to begin early next week in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum amid a storm of controversy over who will next chair the AU. Traditiona...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 January 2006 The wife of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye and a senior party official are scheduled to appear in court next week. The court appearan...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 19 January 2006 watch Dementia Exercise report Experts estimate that more than 24 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, a loss of mental functions including me...
By Michael Drudge London 19 January 2006 A leaked British government document suggests that there are official doubts about the legality of allowing CIA flights carrying suspected terrorists to refuel...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 19 January 2006 watch Pluto Mission report The U.S. space agency NASA delayed the launch Wednesday of a rocket carrying a probe that will study the planet Pluto and its...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 19 January 2006 watch Pluto Mission report The U.S. space agency NASA delayed the launch Wednesday of a rocket carrying a probe that will study the planet Pluto and its...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 19 January 2006 Israeli medics treat a person at the site of a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, Thursday A suicide bomber in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv blew himself up Thursday,...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 16 January 2006 watch Inauguration report Liberian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Henry Reed Cooper, right, administers the oath of office to Liberian President-ele...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 19 January 2006 Security forces patrol the streets of Katmandu Nepalese authorities have rounded up more than 70 activists and cut off cell phone communications in the coun...
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 19 January 2006 U.N. experts are warning that Africa is a likely new location for the emergence of bird flu, and they say the spread of the virus onto the African continent cou...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 19 January 2006 Media reports say last week's missile attack in Pakistan killed at least three al-Qaida leaders, including one of the terror group's top chemical weapons exp...
