Attacks Wound 9 People in Cairo
Washington Post - 37 minutes ago By Lee Keath. CAIRO, April 30 -- Two veiled women shot at a tour bus in Cairo after a man -- the brother of one shooter and the fiance of the second -- blew himself up as he leapt off a bridge during a police chase Saturday.

US 'Leash Girl' soldier wins plea bargain over Abu Ghraib abuses
Telegraph.co.uk - 5 hours ago By Philip Sherwell in Washington. Lynndie England, the gloating face of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, has agreed to plead guilty to reduced charges in return for a shorter jail term when her court martial begins tomorrow.

ANALYSIS - Taiwan's Chen seen in dilemma over KMT China fever
Reuters India - 1 hour ago By Tiffany Wu. TAIPEI (Reuters) - When Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan left for China, he was a twice-failed presidential contender seeking a place in history as the first Kuomintang (KMT) chief to set foot

Berkshire's Buffett Praises AIG's Greenberg, Keeps Dollar Bet
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett praised Maurice ``Hank'' Greenberg, the ousted chief executive of American International Group Inc., and defended the proper use of a type

A White House Adrift
Newsweek - 45 minutes ago By Holly Bailey and Richard Wolffe. May 9 issue - George Voinovich is not your typical Bush loyalist. A self-styled deficit hawk, the former Cleveland mayor and Ohio governor is so frugal that he once fished a penny out of a urinal in the Statehouse.

US Economic growth weakest in two years
Boersenreport - 7 hours ago The US economy grew at its softest pace in two years during the first quarter 2005, slowing to a slowing down 3.1 percent annual rate of expansion as consumers and businesses curbed spending in the face of rising oil and raw material prices, the Commerce

Vietnamese mark 30 years since end of war
CTV - 4 hours ago Tens of thousands turned out in Vietnam for celebrations, marking the 30th anniversary of the communist victory over a US-backed regime Saturday. Military bands and soldiers paraded down the same boulevard the tanks drove down thirty years ago.

Insurgents Kill 11 in New Attacks in Iraq
ABC News - 12 hours ago Iraqi men attend the scene after a car bomb exploded outside a building holding a meeting of senior Sunni leaders from the Council on National Dialogue, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 30, 2005. According

Missing bride fabricated kidnap story, police say
Detroit Free Press - 1 hour ago By ANNA MACIAS AGUAYO. ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- It was supposed to be Jennifer Wilbanks' wedding day -- an elaborate affair in suburban Georgia with 600 invited guests, 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen. Instead, the

'Desperate Housewife' Laura Grabs Stage from Bush
Reuters - 45 minutes ago By Karey Wutkowski. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First Lady Laura Bush grabbed the stage from President Bush at the White House correspondents annual dinner on Saturday and confessed to all his early bedtimes had turned her into a "desperate housewife.".