Australian Taken Hostage in Iraq as Defense Minister Visits
Bloomberg - 33 minutes ago May 2 (Bloomberg) -- An Australian engineer has been taken hostage in Iraq and has appeared on video-tape pleading for his life and asking for nations to withdraw their troops. The video coincides with Australian

Egypt detains 200 after attacks
Japan Today - 43 minutes ago CAIRO — Egypt has boosted security around its top tourist attractions and detained about 200 people after three Islamist militants were killed in attacks in the heart of Cairo that left a number of foreign visitors injured and dealt a blow to the vital

Buffett: Insurance Abuse Nearly Halted
Reuters - 1 hour ago OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, the top executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (BRKb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Sunday said recent regulatory

Italy Report on Killing Goes Public Monday
ABC News - 4 hours ago Spectators attending the funeral of Nicola Calipari, the Italian intelligence officer killed by US troops while defending the ex-hostage Giuliana Sgrena, hold copies of Il Manifesto, the pro-Communist daily for which Sgrena works, at the exit of

North Korea Apparently Conducts Missile Test
New York Times - 4 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 1 - North Korea apparently launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan today, raising tensions on the eve of a United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation. Andrew Card, the

Battling On Benefits
TIME - 1 hour ago George Bush is trying to call the bluff of Democrats, who have been so unified in their opposition to his plan to revamp Social Security. After months of ducking specifics about the hard benefits cuts that

England will plead guilty to 7 of 9 Iraqi abuse charges
DCEAlumni.com - 2 hours ago Lynndie England, the US soldier pic¬tured holding a naked Iraqi detainee on a leash in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, will plead guilty next week to most charges against her, her lawyer has said. The 22-year

Wall St. Week Ahead: Stocks Eye Fed, Jobs
MSN Money - 1 hour ago By Arindam Nag. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are likely to remain slightly nervous this week with another rate increase expected from the Federal Reserve and the crucial April non-farm payrolls report on tap.

Runaway Bride Could Face Legal Charges
ABC News - 2 hours ago Police officers escort a blanket covered Jennifer Wilbanks through the Albuquerque Sunport, Saturday, April 30, 2005, as she is taken to her flight and back to Atlanta. Wilbanks turned up in Albuquerque late

Taiwan Can't Be Fooled
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour ago The increasingly rich and well-schooled Taiwanese aren't like the mainland's 700 million, little-educated peasants whom the communist leaders usually manipulate. Yet last week Beijing treated the people of