Australia won't give in to kidnappers in Iraq: Howard
Xinhua - 1 hour ago CANBERRA, May 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday that he had been dreading the day an Australian was taken hostage in Iraq, but insisting that Australiawon't give in to the kidnappers.

Iran Plans Defense of Nuclear Program
Washington Post - 39 minutes ago By Dafna Linzer. Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of its nuclear energy program at an international conference beginning today and will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to all members

Jennifer Wilbanks Home With Family
WXIA-TV - 2 hours ago She was suppose to be on her honeymoon. However Jennifer Wilbanks' life is no vacation. The Duluth resident is back home with her family after being missing for four days. She was missing since Tuesday when

Purcell Hangs On
Forbes - 44 minutes ago NEW YORK - Philip Purcell held on as Morgan Stanley's chief executive over the weekend, when the firm's board of directors reaffirmed its commitment to him and elected to keep the company intact. But the embattled

AIG delays 10-K filing to May 31, to restate 2001-2003 results
MarketWatch - 24 minutes ago NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- American International Group Inc. (AIG) now expects to file its already-delayed annual report at the end of May and announced it will have to restate several years of financial statements

Desperate White House Wife, Episode 1: The Ranch Hand
New York Times - 50 minutes ago When Laura Bush wisecracked at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday night that she was a "desperate housewife" married to a president who was always sound asleep by 9 pm, the popular first lady accomplished two things.

US Denounces North Korea After Reports of Missile Test
New York Times - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, May 1 - North Korea apparently launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, a move likely to raise tensions on the eve of a United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation.

Violence surges on in Iraq
Xinhua - 54 minutes ago BEIJING, May 2 --Insurgents have launched a third straight day of attacks in Iraq, killing at least ten Iraqis and wounding more than 20. A car bomb blast detonated near a US military convoy in western Baghdad

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 3 hours ago By MONA EL-NAGGAR. CAIRO, May 1 - Egyptian authorities swept through villages on the outskirts of Cairo on Sunday, detaining more than 200 people after attacks on Saturday that left seven people wounded and three attackers dead.

Bush's Social Security Twist
Christian Science Monitor - 5 hours ago Two months of touting personal retirement accounts as an alternative to Social Security haven't done much for President Bush's attempt to reform the New Deal program. That's because his idea didn't really