Tuesday, May 03, 2005


Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 5 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 fiancĂ©e wants the "whole world to know she's very, very sorry.". John

Iran vows to pursue nuke plans, slams US and Israel
ABC News - 44 minutes ago Iranian Foreign Minister Dr. Kamal Kharrazi addresses the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the General Assembly hall at United Nations headquarters in New York, May 3, 2005.

UPDATE 3-Fed raises US rates, keeps measured vow
Reuters - 1 hour ago By Glenn Somerville. WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - The US Federal Reserve nudged interest rates up on Tuesday for an eighth straight time, nodding to mounting inflation pressures while expressing confidence it can contain them with "measured" increases.

Myers: Iraq, Afghan Wars Strain Military
ABC News - 1 hour ago In Report, Gen. Myers Tells Congress That Iraq, Afghan Wars Have Strained US Fighting Ability. A US Army soldier gestures after a car bomb exploded in the Karadah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 2, 2005

China Courts Taiwanese With Pandas
ABC News - 56 minutes ago Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan waves to supporters after arriving from China via Hong Kong, Tuesday, May 3, 2005, in Taoyuan's Chiang kai-shek International Airport 40 kilometers (24 miles) south west of Taipei, Taiwan.

Iraqi transitional government sworn in, seven posts undecided
Xinhua - 1 hour ago BAGHDAD, May 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraq's newly approved transitional cabinet was formally sworn in on Tuesday, after three months of haggling over the allocation of governmental posts following the Jan. 30 landmark parliamentary elections.