By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch US Prisoner report U.S. officials have dismissed a United Nations human rights report calling on the United States to either bring to trial or rel...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 February 2006 Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh Top Israeli officials have discussed sanctions against the Palestinians, as the Islamic militant group Hamas prepare...
By Steve Schy Turin 17 February 2006 Without corporate sponsorships, the Olympic Movement as we know it today could not exist. It takes billions of dollars to finance the infrastructure and provide fo...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 17 February 2006 Mudslides triggered by heavy rains have buried a village in the eastern Philippines. At least 15 bodies have been recovered. The Red Cross says hundreds are m...
By Steve Schy Cesana, San Sicario 16 February 2006 Biathlon competition at Cesana, San Sicario It was hazy and mild in Turin, but it was snowing hard up in the mountains as 83 women started the 7.5-ki...
By Parke Brewer Turin, Italy 16 February 2006 Compared to other Olympic sports, snowboarding has not been around very long. But it is a sport the International Olympic Committee wanted very much to ha...
By Jim Malone Washington 16 February 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on television Wednesday and took full responsibility for accidentally shooting a hunting companion Saturday in Texas. It w...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 16 February 2006 The U.S. Ambassador in divided Ivory Coast says time is running out for elections to be held before October 2006, as mandated by the U.N. Security Council. A...
By Jim Malone and Kathy Scarrah Washington, DC 16 February 2006 view War on Terror report Politics and the War on Terror, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden President Bush continues his push to rally dom...
By Tendai Maphosa Harare 16 February 2006 Security forces detain a group after Valentine's day march aimed at advocating for affordable food and social justice in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe has settled its arr...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 February 2006 U.N. human rights investigators are calling for the immediate closure of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Sign at entrance of Camp Del...
By Brian Padden Sestiere, Italy 16 February 2006 view Turin Tourism report Olympic Organizers estimate that a million people will visit Turin, Italy during the Winter Games. Sounds like good news for...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 16 February 2006 A meeting of United Nations AIDS officials, government representatives and activists in Thailand has urged Asian countries to reform laws to reduce the spread of...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 16 February 2006 Activists of Nepal's agitating seven political parties shout slogans to protest against the Nepalese army opening fire on protesters in Dang, February 9, 2...
By Amberin Zaman Ankara 16 February 2006 Turkey has joined Russia in becoming the second non-Arab country to open its doors to Hamas officials. A five-man delegation, headed by Hamas leader Khaled Mas...
