Annan calls for nuclear disarmament
Xinhua - 52 minutes ago BEIJING, May 3 --UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has challenged world leaders to breathe life into a key nuclear disarmament treaty. Annan opened a month-long conference on the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in New York on Monday.

Italy: 'stress,inexperience' played role in killing of Italian
WXXA - 4 hours ago ROME (AP) - An Italian press report says investigators believe "stress" and "inexperience" among US soldiers played a role in the shooting death of an Italian agent in Baghdad. At the same time, the ANSA news

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 7 hours ago By KYRIE O'CONNOR. 1. I was, I confess, slightly disconcerted by Laura Bush's stand-up act at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. Now, I'm thrilled she'd have the gumption to take on that

Hostage crisis: Aus seeks UN help
NDTV.com - 1 hour ago Australia's Foreign Minister asked the UN Secretary General for help on Monday in securing the release of an Australian citizen being held hostage in Iraq. Alexander Downer's meeting with Kofi Annan came as

Runaway bridge originally planned to flee to Austin
KVUE (subscription) - 48 minutes ago The jilted groom, John Mason, said Monday he still wants to marry fiancee Jennifer Wilbanks. Mason says Wilbanks bought a bus ticket to Austin, Texas, the week before she disappeared quote: "just in case she couldn't handle anything else.".

England admits her guilt in Abu Ghraig prison abuse case
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 33 minutes ago By TR Reid, The Washington Post. FORT HOOD, Texas -- Army Pfc. Lynndie R. England formally pleaded guilty yesterday to mistreating inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Army Pfc. Lynndie England arrives for

Rice: US Can Deter North Korean Nuclear Ambitions
Voice of America - 5 hours ago By Meredith Buel. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a tough statement aimed at North Korea, says the United States has significant deterrent capability to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. Secretary

Israeli cabinet member quits to protest pullback plan
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 17 minutes ago By Laura King, Los Angeles Times. JERUSALEM -- Natan Sharansky, the onetime symbol of oppressed Soviet Jewry, quit his Cabinet post yesterday to protest Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this summer.

Verizon looks like MCI winner
News-Leader.com - 1 hour ago By Jon Van. Chicago — After more than two months of offers and counteroffers, Verizon Communications Inc. appears to have secured a deal to buy MCI Inc. as Qwest Communications International Inc. dropped out of the competition.

Morgan board backs Purcell
Guardian Unlimited - 3 hours ago The board of Morgan Stanley has again given its backing to embattled chairman and chief executive Philip Purcell, but detailed a series of governance changes aimed at easing criticism of the Wall Street firm.