US Economic growth weakest in two years
Boersenreport - 5 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

Attacks on foreigners in Egypt
CNN International - 1 hour ago CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Two veiled woman shoot at a tourist bus, while a man blows himself up, in two attacks against tourists in Cairo that leaves the three assailants dead and seven people wounded. April 30

Missing bride found in New Mexico is back in Atlanta
Access North Georgia - 1 hour ago The missing Georgia bride-to-be who turned up on a seedy stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico arrived back in Atlanta Saturday night. Jennifer Wilbanks, 32, landed at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International

For Buffett, the One That Got Away
New York Times - 1 hour ago By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN. TOMORROW morning, Warren E. Buffett and his board will gather in Omaha to consider the merits of three executives he considers likely to succeed him one day as Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive.

Attorney: Lynndie England's family accepts her plea decision
KVOA.com - 5 hours ago CHARLESTON, W.Va. An attorney for relatives of Private First Class Lynndie England says they have accepted her decision to plead guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib (grayb) prison. Roy Hardy told

HK various sectors highly appraise CPC-KMT meeting
People's Daily Online - 46 minutes ago The epoch-making meeting between Hu Jintao and Lien Chan, top leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, were highly appraised by Hong Kong personnel from various walks of life Saturday.

Vietnamese mark 30 years since end of war
CTV - 1 hour ago Tens of thousands turned out in Vietnam for celebrations, marking the 30th anniversary of the communist victory over a US-backed regime Saturday. Military bands and soldiers paraded down the same boulevard the tanks drove down thirty years ago.

US soldiers cleared in Italian agent's death
CNN - 3 hours 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.

Schwarzenegger Plug for Minutemen Causes Stir
NPR (audio) - 2 hours ago Description: Critics question California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's praise of the Arizona Minutemen, the volunteer-based group that drew attention earlier this month for patrols on the Mexican border. The

Watching George Bush Trying to Pull a Rabbit Out of His Hat
Dissident Voice - 2 hours ago by Harold Williamson. First it was Saddam's WMD's. Now as a result of the Bush administration's bloody quagmire in Iraq coupled with tax cuts for the wealthy, the federal budget is swimming in red ink and the economy is literally going in the tank.