AIG delays annual report again
MarketWatch - 4 hours ago OMAHA (MarketWatch) -- American International Group delayed its annual report for a second time late Sunday and said that accounting errors and other problems will wipe $2.7 billion, or 3.3%, off its net worth.

First Lady Steals the Show
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - 42 minutes ago Laura Bush pokes fun at her husband and draws big laughs at a White House dinner. By Leslie Hoffecker, Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON — It isn't often that the president of the United States gets upstaged.

England to plead guilty in Abu Ghraib scandal
CNN - 1 hour ago (CNN) -- Pfc. Lynndie England -- a central figure in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal -- will plead guilty to reduced charges Monday for her alleged role in abusing Iraqi detainees, a spokesman at Fort Hood, Texas, says.

Australia: No Negotiation With Terrorists
FOX News - 1 hour ago SYDNEY, Australia — Australia's (search) leader said Monday he won't bow to kidnappers' demands for the country to withdraw troops from Iraq (search) despite a videotape showing an Australian man appealing at gunpoint for US-led forces to leave the

North Korea fires short-range missile
ISN - 1 hour ago ISN SECURITY WATCH (02/05/05) - While trading insults with the US, North Korea reportedly tested a short-range missile in the Sea of Japan on Sunday, Japanese media reports claimed. Japanese news agencies, radio

Palestinian man, Israeli soldier killed in shootout
CNN - 31 minutes ago JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A Palestinian man and an Israeli soldier were killed early Monday in a shootout during an Israeli military operation near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, a spokeswoman for the Israel Defense Forces said.