Bush Touts Progress In Iraq
Reuters: President Bush says fighting in southern Iraq shows the Iraqi government security force are making good progress following the U.S. troop surge.
Reuters: President Bush says fighting in southern Iraq shows the Iraqi government security force are making good progress following the U.S. troop surge.
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German treasure hunters say they might have located the long-lost “Amber Room” in eastern Germany. The legendary room consisted of amber panels decorated with gold leaf. Video courtesy of Reuters.
Toyota may have fallen short of General Motors in global vehicle sales last year, but it’s beaten its U.S. rival in another measure—global vehicle production.
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The snow in Baghdad, which melted as it hit the ground, began falling before dawn and continued until after 9 am.
Sen. Barack Obama, bidding to become the nation’s first black president, captured the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, opening test in the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Mike Huckabee rode a wave of support from evangelical Christians to victory in
A Pakistani-British man suspected of being part of an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic flights has escaped from custody in Pakistan.
President Bush said Iran must “come clean” about nuclear program or face further isolation.
President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party was expected to win a majority of up to 65 percent of votes, a show of public support which Putin hopes to use as a mandate to retain influence after his second presidential term
Thousands rounded up under emergency powers two weeks ago are being freed.
On Wednesday the House of Representatives approved a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, defying Bush by tying the measure to $50 billion in new war funds.
It was the red carpet treatment at the White House for France’s Sarkozy.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has imposed emergency rule as paramilitary troops are deployed at television and radio stations.
A 19-year-old and a 24-year-old from Romania won the women’s and men’s categories in the world’s best bum contest, organized by the underwear maker Sloggi.
Turkish troops operating on the Iraqi border are reported to have attacked Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says international technical experts could help identify who tried to assassinate her.
Iraq has sent a top official to Turkey and called for urgent talks to avert Turkish military action in northern Iraq
The Russian leader and his Iranian counterpart have agreed a compact which implicitly warns the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran.
President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to extend an expiring terrorist surveillance law that modernizes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, saying new measures supported by Democrats don’t go far enough to protect the country.
Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers walked off the job Wednesday after the automaker and the United Auto Workers union failed to reach a tentative contract agreement before a union-imposed deadline.
Iraqi authorities want the firm to pay $8 million in compensation to families of each of the 17 people killed when its guards sprayed a traffic circle with heavy machine gun fire last month.
The head of the United Nations and others urged quick global action to stem emissions that heat the planet. Eighty-one heads of state or government attended Monday’s climate change meeting– a major reason for the increased security around the U.N.
