Saturday, April 30, 2005


Iran Likely to Resume Nuclear Activities
ABC News - 1 hour ago Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Hasan Rowhani, who is secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, speaks with media at the re-opening ceremony of Imam Khomeini International Airport, 21 miles (35 kilometers) south of the capital, Tehran, Iran

US Economic growth weakest in two years
Boersenreport - 1 hour 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

Runaway Bride From Ga. Turns Up in NM
ABC News - 42 minutes ago Missing Ga. Bride Turns Up in NM, Admits to Running Away to Escape Pressure of Wedding. Police officers escort a blanket-covered Jennifer Wilbanks through the Albuquerque Sunport, Saturday, April 30, 2005, as she is taken to her flight and back to Atlanta.

Vietnam Marks 30 Years Since War's End
ABC News - 3 hours ago Vietnamese students flip colored placards in the sign of a Vietnamese flag in grandstands during the 30th anniversary commemoration parade in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon on Saturday April 30,2005. Vietnam

US Issues Report Clearing Troops Who Shot Italian
Metro Toronto - 2 hours ago Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who was involved in a shooting incident in which an Italian intelligence officer died after her release from kidnappers in Iraq, waves to the media following a news conference in Rome on April 26, 2005.

Experts claim Akbar may never be executed
News 14 Carolina - 9 hours ago Some experts think Army Sergeant Hasan Akbar may never actually face execution, despite being sentenced to death for attacking his fellow troops. The military has not executed one of its own since 1961. Akbar

KMT's Lien visits hometown on 3rd leg of China trip
Japan Today - 50 minutes ago XIAN, China — Lien Chan, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), visited his hometown Xian on Saturday on the third leg of his landmark China trip. Lien was cheered by teachers and

Berkshire Hathaway loses currency bet
Financial Times - 44 minutes ago By Reuters. OMAHA, Neb., April 30 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway lost $310m in the first quarter from betting against the US dollar, but has nevertheless maintained its roughly $21bn stake

Bush Extends Social Security Campaign
Washington Post - 8 hours ago By JENNIFER LOVEN. WASHINGTON -- President Bush's 60-day nationwide road show launched to raise support for his drive to create private Social Security investment accounts is over, but he has no plans to stop traveling the country or pitching his ideas.

Two die in attacks on tourists
NEWS.com.au - 4 hours ago By Tom Perry and Edmund Blair in Cairo. A BOMBER and two veiled women attacked tourists in separate incidents that killed two people in Cairo overnight, targeting a museum and a tourist bus. An Egyptian man