Microsoft's income soars, but revenues disappoint
Taipei Times - 50 minutes ago Microsoft Corp saw its net income nearly double from a year ago, but revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts because of leaner licensing business and a sharp drop in the dollar's value. In its fiscal third

KMT, communists should work together, Lien tells Peking University
Taipei Times - 48 minutes ago By Caroline Hong. Speaking to Peking University students yesterday on the fourth day of his China tour, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan ( ) said cooperation between Taiwan and China

US economic growth slows
Malaysia Star - 3 hours ago WASHINGTON: The US economy grew at its slowest pace in two years during the first quarter, expanding at a 3.1% annual rate as consumers and businesses were pinched by rising energy prices. Growth in gross

Political jockeying over Bush's Social Security plan begins
Kansas City Star - 1 hour ago BY JILL ZUCKMAN AND JEFF ZELENY. WASHINGTON - (KRT) - President Bush's proposal to restore solvency to Social Security by deeply cutting benefits for some Americans faced extreme peril Friday on Capitol Hill

Pentagon: No New North Korean Nuclear Weapon Capability
Voice of America - 3 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

Russia pledges aid to Palestinians
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - 2 hours ago RAMALLAH, West Bank � Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Friday to provide equipment and training for Palestinian security forces to help them rein in militant groups as Israel prepares to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.

Wilbanks' Fianc� to Decide on Polygraph
FOX News - 15 hours ago DULUTH, Ga. � The fianc� of a missing Georgia woman was to decide whether to take a polygraph test Friday as the search for his bride-to-be continued. John Mason was set to marry Jennifer Wilbanks (search

Muslim US sergeant is sentenced to death
Telegraph.co.uk - 2 hours ago By Alec Russell in Washington. An American sergeant has been sentenced to death for a fatal attack on fellow soldiers that was blamed on his religious extremism and hatred for the United States. If the sentence

Iraq attacks kill at least 41
Xinhua - 2 hours ago BEIJING, April 30 -- Insurgents have unleashed a series of car bombings and other attacks across Iraq, killing at least 41 people, including three US soldiers, and wounding dozens of people. The attacks came

Wave of Attacks in Iraq Kill 40 and Wound 100
New York Times - 1 hour ago BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 29 - Insurgents determined to destabilize Iraq's new government executed a devastating series of coordinated attacks on Iraqi forces on Friday, detonating 12 car bombs across greater Baghdad and striking military targets throughout