Iraq Cabinet Takes Office
Voice of America - 1 hour ago By Neil MacDonald. Iraq Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has been sworn in with 29 members of his cabinet, but the country's political impasse continues with key portfolios unfilled. Mr. Jaafari was nominated

China to end Taiwan-fruit tariffs and ease travel
International Herald Tribune - 33 minutes ago China plans to drop tariffs on imports of fruit from Taiwan and to ease restrictions on travel to the island after Lien Chan, the chairman of the Nationalist Party in Taiwan, visited the mainland, a Chinese official said Tuesday.

Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 9 hours ago (CBS/AP) The man whose jittery bride-to-be skipped town days before her lavish wedding and claimed she had been abducted says that his fiancée wants the "whole world to know she's very, very sorry.". John

Telecom Report Qwest goes back to drawing board
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago Having lost a high-stakes bidding war for MCI Inc., the Denver-based phone company must find other ways to grow its business, shrink costs and whittle down a heavy debtload, analysts say. If Qwest can achieve

Report: Philippines Most Dangerous Place to be a Journalist
Voice of America - 2 hours ago By Heda Bayron. The Philippines is the most deadly place for journalists to work according to a new report issued on global Press Freedom Day. The group, Reporters Without Borders says 52 journalists have been

Iran vows to pursue nuke technology
CNN International - 2 hours ago UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday that the country will press forward with its pursuit of "peaceful" nuclear technology, calling it an "unalienable right.". "It is unacceptable that

Capitol Report
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve bungled its post-meeting statement on Tuesday, confusing everyone by inadvertently leaving out a key sentence on its inflation outlook. Before the Fed sheepishly

Report on Calipari killing sparks withdrawal debate
Daily Star - Lebanon - 2 hours ago By Agence France Presse (AFP). ROME: Italy's diplomatic spat with the United States amid sharply differing accounts of the killing of an Italian intelligence agent by US troops has revived a debate over the withdrawal of Rome's 3,000 troops from Iraq.

US Military: Iraq, Afghanistan Limit Ability to Fight Other Wars
Voice of America - 57 minutes ago By Al Pessin. The senior US military officer has told Congress the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan limit his forces' ability to deal with any additional armed conflicts. But the officer, General Richard

Boys saved after six days at sea
Daily Times - 1 hour ago Two teenagers who drifted at sea for six days in a small sailing boat without food or water told Monday how they prayed to be rescued from the shark-infested waters of the Atlantic. Josh Long, 17, and Troy