Polls show UK Conservative Party on the retreat from last election
Forbes - 5 hours ago LONDON (AFX) - Opinion polls this morning ahead of tomorrow's UK general election have shown precious little evidence that the main Conservative Party opposition has made any headway since the last general election in 2001.

Iran vows to continue nuclear program
ISN - 1 hour ago ISN SECURITY WATCH (04/05/05) - Iran has pledged to continue with its nuclear program and has accused the US and Israel of threatening world peace with their nuclear arsenals. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal

Nudging up rates, Fed leaves little doubt it will do it again
International Herald Tribune - 49 minutes ago WASHINGTON In explaining a decision to make an eighth increase in its benchmark short-term interest rate since June, the Federal Reserve has left little doubt that more rate increases will follow. The US central

Patient silent for years suddenly gets chatty
Kansas City Star - 5 hours ago ORCHARD PARK, NY — Nearly 9½ years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute in a roof collapse, he did something that shocked his family and doctors: He asked for his wife. Staff members

US commander: Military unable to win new wars
Xinhua - 7 hours ago BEIJING, May 4 --A leaked classified report shows the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told congress that the US military may not be able to win any new wars as quickly as planned. A senior defence official

Pakistan Captures Al-Qaeda Leader Involved in Musharraf Attacks
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago May 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan arrested Abu al-Faraj, a Libyan national involved in the attacks on President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003, Information Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed said in a phone interview.