By Kathie Scarrah Washington, DC 25 January 2006 watch New Orleans report Before Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana city of New Orleans last August, 60 percent of the city's nearly half a mi...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 25 January 2006 watch Day Laborers report Illegal immigration is a problem that has divided Americans. While Congress and the White House struggle with the issue of imm...
By Jim Teeple Ramallah 25 January 2006 Palestinians voted under heavy security on Wednesday to select a new 132-seat Legislative Council or parliament. Palestinian women supporters of Hamas gather out...
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 25 January 2006 watch Iraqi Women report In Iraq, many women are demanding that lawmakers enact constitutional changes ensuring they have greater say in political, econ...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Palestinian family look at a voting list outside a polling station in the West Bank City of Jenin, 25 January 2006 Palestinians are voting for a new parliament...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 25 January 2006 Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels have agreed to hold new talks in Switzerland aimed at shoring up their deteriorating peace agreement. Norwegia...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 25 January 2006 Iran's top nuclear negotiator has welcomed Moscow's proposal to enrich Iran's uranium in Russia as a way around western concerns over Iran's nuclear program. But...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 25 January 2006 South Korea's president has warned of "friction" with the United States if Washington continues to pursue forceful measures against North Korea. President Roh...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Palestinians are voting in their first parliamentary elections in ten years to select a new 132-seat Legislative Council. Thousands of Palestinian police have b...
By Jim Stevenson Washington 25 January 2006 Perhaps one of the most physically demanding sports at the Winter Olympics takes place off the ground. Freestyle Aerial Skiing requires extraordinary precis...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 24 January 2006 Samuel Alito The U.S. Senate Wednesday opens debate on President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Alito, a day after a Senate panel approv...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 24 January 2006 President Bush meets with Pakistani PM Shaukat Aziz, in the Oval Office at the White House President Bush says he will visit India and Pakistan in March. Th...
By Deborah Tate Washington 24 January 2006 The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, has voted to send the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the full Senate for confirmation. T...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 24 January 2006 Few singers have had the impact of Elvis Presley. Born to poverty in rural Mississippi, he soared to stardom in the 1950s and popularized American rock a...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 24 January 2006 Injured man is carried away from rubble on stretcher Efforts are continuing in Kenya to rescue survivors trapped inside a five-story building that collapsed M...
