Gates may find opening the H1-B gates tough
Economic Times - 8 hours ago NEW DELHI: Bill Gates has opened the proverbial Pandora's box on the contentious H1-B visas issue � giving hope where there seems to be little. So will the average Indian skilled worker be living their American Dream soon

Putin starts visit to Palestine
People's Daily Online - 4 hours ago Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) talked to President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival in Ramallah in the West Bank April 29, 2005. Putin arrived in Ramallah that day

Hu-Lien meeting hailed across world
Xinhua - 31 minutes ago BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The meeting between the leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party on Friday was hailed across the world as the European Union (EU) and the United States expressed welcome while

Bush demands deep cuts in Social Security benefits
World Socialist Web Site - 46 minutes ago By Bill Van Auken. President Bush used a rare prime-time nationally televised press conference Thursday to open up a campaign for cutting Social Security benefits and ultimately dismantling the country�s principal old-age pension system.

US economic growth slowest in years
eTaiwan News - 1 hour ago The US economy grew at its slowest pace in two years during the first quarter, expanding at a 3.1 percent annual rate as consumers and businesses were pinched by rising energy prices, the government said on Thursday.

Sgt. Akbar Sentenced to Death
Pardon My English - 3 hours ago Justice has been served, as Sgt. Hasan Akbar was sentenced to death for murdering two soldiers, Army Capt. Chris Seifert, 27, and Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, and wounding several others days before Operation Iraqi Freedom began.

Neighbors Set to Support Iraq�s Political Process
Arab News - 5 hours ago DAMASCUS/ISTANBUL, 30 April 2005 � Iraq�s neighbors prepared in Istanbul yesterday to voice their support to the formation of a new government in Baghdad and issue an appeal for a full Sunni participation in the next stages of the political process in

Microsoft: The Cash Machine
Motley Fool - 9 hours ago By WD Crotty. Software giant Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) is a classic cash machine (or, if you're from the Midwest, a cash cow). Go back 15 years (you can go back further, but I didn't) and you'll see that revenue and earnings increased every year.

Pentagon: No New North Korean Nuclear Weapon Capability
Voice of America - 6 hours ago By Al Pessin. The US Defense Department says a statement Thursday by its intelligence chief was not a new assessment indicating an increased nuclear weapons capability by North Korea. The spokesman was attempting

Bombs kill 50, hurt 121 in Iraq
Washington Times - 1 hour ago By Thomas Wagner. BAGHDAD -- Insurgents set off at least 17 bombs in Iraq yesterday, killing at least 50 persons, including three US soldiers, in a series of attacks aimed at shaking Iraq's newly formed government.