Tourists injured as suicide bombers strike in Cairo
Independent - 21 minutes ago By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem. Three people were killed and at least seven others, including four tourists, were injured in two attacks in Cairo yesterday - casting a shadow over Egypt's recovery as a prime holiday destination.

US Economic growth weakest in two years
Boersenreport - 2 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

Taiwan Opposition Leader Returns to China
ABC News - 52 minutes ago A Chinese man holds up a banner with the words "Lien Chan we welcome you" as the Taiwanese Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan, right walks by as he arrives at the airport in Xi'an, western China, Saturday, April 30, 2005.

Berkshire Hathaway loses currency bet
Financial Times - 2 hours 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

Missing US bride turns up alive
Xinhua - 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON, April 30 (Xinhuanet) -- A bridge-to-be in the southeastern US state of Georgia who had disappeared days has turned up alive in the southern state of New Mexico, police said Saturday. A bridge-to

Social Security: Help for the Poor or Help for All
New York Times - 42 minutes ago WASHINGTON, April 30 - In attempting to fix Social Security's long-term problems without raising taxes, President Bush has chosen to recast the 70-year-old retirement program as one that would keep the lowest-income workers out of poverty but become

US 'Leash Girl' soldier wins plea bargain over Abu Ghraib abuses
Telegraph.co.uk - 22 minutes 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.

Vietnam 30 years on
Sunday Herald - 36 minutes ago In a series of dramatic events that almost defied credulity, 30 years ago this weekend the South Vietnamese army, fourth largest in the world, fell apart, and Saigon was taken with just a few stray shots.

US soldiers cleared in Italian agent's death
CNN - 36 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The US military has determined that no disciplinary action should be taken against any soldier involved in the mistaken killing of an Italian intelligence agent who was trying to spirit a just-freed hostage out of Iraq.

Governor's immigration comments divert attention from agenda
San Jose Mercury News - 43 minutes ago SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ignited controversy and drew national headlines this week with remarks supporting citizen militias patrolling the US-Mexico border and criticizing billboards in Los