Australia Won't Withdraw Iraq Troops as Hostage Taken (Update4)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Australia won't withdraw its 1,300 soldiers from Iraq, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today after a videotape showed gunmen in Iraq holding hostage an engineer who identified himself as an Australian and pleaded for foreign

US soldier to plead guilty of abuse
DeHavilland - 1 hour ago US Army Reservist Lynndie England is reportedly due to plead guilty before a military court. Her civilian lawyer Rick Hernandez announced on Friday that she would plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy, four

UPDATE 1-MCI says receives increased offer from Verizon
Reuters - 57 minutes ago NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - MCI Inc. (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it had received an increased offer from Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) which it called "superior

Taiwan calls on China for 'peace' talks
USA Today - 1 hour ago TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's leader on Monday invited rival China to talks under the principles of "peace, democracy and parity.". President Chen Shui-bian called on Chinese leaders to begin negotiations

Asia Gov'ts Play Down N.Korea Missile Test
ABC News - 1 hour ago A South Korean police officer looks at North Korea's Scud-B missile, center green, and other South Korea's missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, in this March 10, 2003 file photo. The

Questions over bride-to-be linger in NM
AZ Central.com - 1 hour ago ALBUQUERQUE - Jennifer Wilbanks, the Duluth, Ga. bride-to-be who got perhaps the most famous case of cold feet in recent memory, is gone - gone as suddenly as she came, gone back to Georgia. Yet questions

China's Lenovo has become world's No. 3 PC maker
Detroit Free Press - 4 hours ago BY ALEXA OLESEN. BEIJING -- Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. has completed its $1.75-billion purchase of IBM Corp.'s personal computer division, creating the world's third-largest PC maker, the company said Sunday.

Car Bomb Explosion Leaves 30 Dead In Northern Iraq
All Headline News - 39 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq (AHN) – At least 30 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a car bomb exploded at the funeral of a Kurdish official in northern Iraq. According to reports, the car bomb attack took

Republicans Issue 'Obstructionist Forecast' Targeting Dems
Town Hall - 52 minutes ago (CNSNews.com) - Republicans say the political forecast calls for more Democratic obstruction on Social Security. On Sunday, three days after President Bush offered more suggestions on reforming Social Security

Laura Bush: First lady of comedy
USA Today - 7 hours ago President Bush: Thank you and good evening. I always look forward to these dinners, where I'm supposed to be funny — intentionally. I'm really looking forward to hearing Cedric the Entertainer. I kind of think of myself that way.