By Steve Schy Turin 23 February 2006 World record holder Cindy Klassen of Canada has won the women's 1500 meter speed skating gold medal, while her teammate, Kristina Groves, picked up the silver. It...
By Gary Thomas Washington 23 February 2006 An attack on a Shiite Muslim shrine in Iraq has sparked a wave of violence between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims. More than 130 people, most of them Sunnis, have...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 22 February 2006 Lottery winners Eight workers at a meat processing plant in the mid-western state of Nebraska have won the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The...
By Amy Katz Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch War on Terror report Top U.S. officials say progress is being made in Iraq and in the war against terrorism. As Amy Katz reports, they also say neithe...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch Nigerian Oil report Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River Delta claim to have struck again. Only days after kidnapping a group of foreign oi...
By Jim Malone WAshington 22 February 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit the politically divisive issue of abortion later this year. The abortion case in question will be a major test for a court...
By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch Port Controversy report There is controversy over the Bush administration's decision to allow an Arab company to manage six major ports in the Unite...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 22 February 2006 President Bush President Bush is urging India to take steps to complete a nuclear energy deal with the United States. The White House wants to have the las...
By Jessica Berman Washington 22 February 2006 U.S. astronomers have discovered two moons orbiting Pluto, an icy planet smaller than our moon. Scientists found the moons while surveying the sky as part...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 22 February 2006 Israel is tightening the financial squeeze on the Islamic militant group Hamas, which won Palestinian parliamentary elections last month. Hamas has struck a...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 22 February 2006 watch Mardi Gras report In New Orleans, five months after Hurricane Katrina's devastation, the city is going ahead with its 150th year of celebra...
By Steve Schy Turin 22 February 2006 One of the most talked about innovations at the Turin Olympics has been the introduction of cheerleaders. They have provoked strong reaction from the fans, some it...
By Gary Thomas Washington 22 February 2006 Since the ouster of the Taleban from Afghanistan, Afghan expatriates in the United States and Europe have been returning to their homeland. Some of them stay...
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 22 February 2006 watch Evangelical report Evangelical Christians number in the tens of millions and represent a significant voting bloc Some prominent American evangelic...
By Patricia Nunan Nepal Ganj, Nepal 22 February 2006 watch Nepal report For the past 10 years, Nepal has been caught up in a conflict between government forces and communist rebels fighting to overthr...
