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

Georgia Bride-to-Be Still Missing
WSFA - 2 hours ago What is supposed to be a time of celebration for the family of Jennifer Wilbanks has turned into misery. Mike Satterfield, Jennifer's uncle says, "We love Jennifer very much. We would give our life and everything that we own to have her return.".

US economic growth slows
Malaysia Star - 6 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

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.

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.

No Tanks as Vietnam Fetes War's End with B'day Cake
Reuters - 45 minutes ago By Brian Williams and Ho Binh Minh. HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Vietnam celebrated the 30th anniversary of the end of "The American War" on Saturday, baking a four-toncake for Liberation Day babies and staging

Sgt. Akbar Sentenced to Death
Pardon My English - 4 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.

KMT chairman Lien Chan arrives in Xi'an
Xinhua - 46 minutes ago XI'AN, April 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Visiting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party Chairman Lien Chan arrived at Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the third leg on his eight-day mainland tour, at around 11:30 am Saturday.

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

Ways and Means chief says Bush reforms part of it
Houston Chronicle - 50 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee promised Friday that his panel would approve a bill going beyond President Bush's plan for Social Security private investment accounts and predicted that the Republican majority in the House