US Economic growth weakest in two years
Boersenreport - 7 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

Social Security: Help for the Poor or Help for All
New York Times - 5 hours 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 soldiers cleared in Italian agent's death
CNN - 5 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.

Berkshire's Buffett Praises AIG's Greenberg, Keeps Dollar Bet
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett praised Maurice ``Hank'' Greenberg, the ousted chief executive of American International Group Inc., and defended the proper use of a type

Vietnamese mark 30 years since end of war
CTV - 3 hours 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.

Missing bride fabricated kidnap story, police say
Detroit Free Press - 1 hour ago By ANNA MACIAS AGUAYO. ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- It was supposed to be Jennifer Wilbanks' wedding day -- an elaborate affair in suburban Georgia with 600 invited guests, 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen. Instead, the

ANALYSIS - Taiwan's Chen seen in dilemma over KMT China fever
Reuters India - 43 minutes ago By Tiffany Wu. TAIPEI (Reuters) - When Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan left for China, he was a twice-failed presidential contender seeking a place in history as the first Kuomintang (KMT) chief to set foot

'Minutemen' End Unofficial Border Patrol, but Plan to Return
New York Times - 2 hours ago By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NACO, Ariz., April 30, (AP) - Volunteers recruited over the Internet to monitor illegal immigration along a stretch of Arizona's border ended their monthlong campaign this weekend.

Twin attacks rock downtown Cairo leaving seven wounded
Winston-Salem Journal - 32 minutes ago Two veiled women shot at a tour bus, and a man - the brother of one attacker and the fiance of the second - blew himself up as he leapt off a bridge during a police chase yesterday. All three attackers died

US 'Leash Girl' soldier wins plea bargain over Abu Ghraib abuses
Telegraph.co.uk - 4 hours 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.