Democrats Set to Defy Bush on War Bill 2008-05-07 05:51 - House Democrats are preparing to forge ahead with a war spending measure that would include extended unemployment assistance and new educational benefits for returning veterans.
3,500 Troops Will Leave Iraq in Coming Weeks 2008-05-07 05:51 - The U.S. military says 3,500 soldiers sent to Iraq last summer as part of the so-called surge will soon be leaving.
Three Taiwan Officials Quit in Scandal 2008-05-07 05:51 - The foreign minister of Taiwan and two other top officials resigned over a botched attempt to win diplomatic recognition from Papua New Guinea.
Jerusalem Journal: Honoring Survival, and Gifts to a Nation 2008-05-07 05:51 - An exhibition at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, tells the less known story of the renaissance of Holocaust survivors in Israel and their role in shaping the new state.
Iran Halts Talks With U.S. on Iraq 2008-05-07 05:50 - Iran said that it would not hold talks with the United States on Iraq while American forces were fighting Shiite militias in Sadr City.
In Democracy Kuwait Trusts, but Not Much 2008-05-07 05:50 - Overshadowed by thriving monarchies, Kuwaitis are wondering if democracy is living up to its promises.
Aid Flows to Myanmar as Magnitude of Loss Grows 2008-05-07 05:50 - An international relief operation was being mobilized as the government raised its estimate of the death toll to 22,500 and reported 41,000 still missing.
How friend and foe are dousing Barack Obama’s campaign in petrol 2008-05-06 06:01 - Barack Obama insisted yesterday that he shared the same values as voters in
white, small-town America, as the controversy over his former pastor’s
incendiary remarks continued to damage his candidacy.
European Space Agency searching for Astronerds rather than Astronauts 2008-05-06 06:01 - You might expect it to be a search for mankind’s finest specimens – young
paragons of intelligence, courage, fitness and endurance who could one day
be on a flight to Mars. But when European space chiefs begin sifting
thousands of applications in a search for four new astronauts, they will not
be interested in the kind of daredevil who pioneered space exploration.
