By Jim Malone 11 January 2006 Opposition Democrats expect to make gains in congressional elections later this year in part because of a corruption scandal involving once-powerful Republican lobbyist J...
By Jim Stevenson Washington 11 January 2006 American speedskater Chris Witty seems to have accomplished what many Olympic athletes dream about. She has competed in three Olympics, winning a gold, silv...
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 11 January 2006 watch Iraq Citadel report The northern Kurdish city of Irbil is one of the oldest cities in the world. Located along an important trade route, Irbil came un...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 11 January 2006 The top U.S. envoy to multi-national talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs has arrived in Asia in an effort to revive the talks. Even though...
By Lisa Bryant Aulnay-sous-Bois, France 11 January 2006 Two months after the worst riots in nearly 40 years swept across France, life is back to normal. There are few traces of the rioting and arson a...
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 11 January 2006 watch Baby Noor report Doctors in the southern U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia say an Iraqi infant known as Baby Noor is doing well after surgery Monday t...
By Joe Bavier 2-329675 11 January 2006 Daagbo Hounon Houn, the voodoo chief, is seen at the Benin National Voodoo festival held in Ouidah, Benin Once stigmatized, traditional religions and voodoo have...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 11 January 2006 Officials collect chickens in October to fight an outbreak of avian flu in Kiziksa village, in western Turkey The U.N. food and agriculture agency is warnin...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 11 January 2006 U.S. Military Police officers from the 164th company stand guard during a patrol in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan (File photo) A new survey in Afghanis...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 11 January 2006 Doctors treating Ariel Sharon say he remains under light sedation at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital. Mr. Sharon's doctors say he continues to show slight improve...
By Benjamin Sand Muzaffarabad 11 January 2006 A Kashmiri girl sings to her class in a tent school in a refugee camp in Muzaffarabad, Monday, Dec. 26, 2005 Thousands of students across Pakistan's devas...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 11 January 2006 Despite growing international pressure, Burma's military government has postponed a visit by a special representative of Southeast Asian nations to discuss its pl...
By Deborah Tate Washington 11 January 2006 Senate Democrats are continuing their tough questioning of U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito. Abortion has been a key issue at Wednesday's confirmation...
By Deborah Tate Washington 11 January 2006 watch Alito Day 2 report Samuel Alito President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Alito, returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday for a second...
By Paula Wolfson White House 10 January 2006 President Bush President Bush is vowing strong action against those engaged in the practice known as human trafficking: luring people into forced labor or...
