Monday, May 02, 2005


Australia to send response team to Iraq
RTE Interactive - 1 hour ago Australia is to send an emergency response team to Iraq in a bid to free an Australian citizen kidnapped by Iraqi militants. Yesterday, a video of a man in his 60s surrounded by armed men was released to journalists in Baghdad.

N. Korea missile reported
Indianapolis Star - 22 minutes ago By Soo-Jeong Lee. SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea today played down the significance of a North Korean missile test the day before, saying it involved a short-range missile without nuclear capabilities and

Iran Plans Defense of Nuclear Program
Washington Post - 5 hours ago By Dafna Linzer. Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of its nuclear energy program at an international conference beginning today and will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to all members

Boring George gets a roasting from Laura
Independent Online - 19 minutes ago Washington - First Lady Laura Bush cracked risqué jokes and ribbed her husband at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. "I've been attending these dinners for years and just quietly sitting there.

Runaway bride-to-be could face charges
Boston Globe - 2 hours ago By Associated Press | May 2, 2005. DULUTH, Ga. -- A prosecutor said yesterday that he wants to review whether the runaway bride-to-be who conceded that she made up a kidnapping story should be charged for making false statements to the police.

Iraq 4-day death toll tops 100
Indianapolis Star - 22 minutes ago By Ashraf Khalil. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber on Sunday plowed his vehicle inside a tent packed with mourners at a Kurdish funeral in the northern city of Tal Afar, killing at least 25 people and wounding

Bush signals change in benefits calculations
NorthJersey.com - 1 hour ago By PETER G. GOSSELIN and WARREN VIETH. PRESIDENT BUSH indirectly signaled last week that keeping Social Security solvent without raising taxes would require cutting back the future benefits of middle- and upper-income seniors.

AIG to restate, slashing net worth
CNN International - 2 hours ago NEW YORK (Reuters) -- American International Group Inc. said on Sunday it will restate financial reports for much of the last five years, due mainly to accounting errors that will slash about $2.7 billion from its net worth.