Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 3 hours ago ROME, Italy -- Pressure is mounting on the Italian government from its own supporters to reconsider the country's military presence in Iraq after conflicting reports on the killing of an Italian agent by US soldiers.

Iran vows to pursue nuke technology
CNN International - 1 hour ago UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday that the country will press forward with its pursuit of "peaceful" nuclear technology, calling it an "unalienable right.". "It is unacceptable that

Bush Pitches Retirement Plan to Workers
ABC News - 49 minutes ago Bush Pitches Remodeled Social Security Plan to Blue-Collar Workers at Auto Plant in Canton, Miss. President Bush, right, helps DeLois Killen, left, off her chair after speaking at the Nissan North America

Florida Judge Allows 13-Year-Old Foster Child To Have An Abortion
Elites TV - 1 hour ago A Florida Circuit Court judge ruled on Tuesday that a 13-year-old Florida girl could terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Florida Governor Jeb Bush announced that the state would not make any further appeals in the matter.

How panda diplomacy bamboozled the leader of Taiwan
Times Online - 1 hour ago CHINA opened a new round of panda diplomacy yesterday, offering a pair of the animals to Taiwan. But the gesture quickly became bogged down in a spat over whether state leaders rather than cuddly mammals should visit the island.

Telecom Report Qwest goes back to drawing board
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago Having lost a high-stakes bidding war for MCI Inc., the Denver-based phone company must find other ways to grow its business, shrink costs and whittle down a heavy debtload, analysts say. If Qwest can achieve

Dollar slips in choppy trading
Reuters - 32 minutes ago By Gertrude Chavez. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar slipped broadly on Tuesday in choppy trading, after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected, and subsequently clarified more than an hour later

Partial Iraqi Cabinet takes power
Daily Star - Lebanon - 1 hour ago By Agence France Presse (AFP). BAGHDAD: Iraq's first democratically elected government in half a century was sworn in Tuesday, but the line-up remained incomplete as wrangling continued over the attribution of key portfolios to the minority Sunni Arabs.

Marches and rallies mark press freedom day
WHO-TV - 3 hours ago PARIS Advocates of press freedom are staging demonstrations and rallies around the world today, as a rising number of reporters face imprisonment and death while doing their jobs. On the 15th annual World

Hispanic group calls for apology for false claim
Access North Georgia - 45 minutes ago An advocacy group for Hispanics said Tuesday the bride-to-be who skipped town days before her lavish wedding and falsely claimed to be abducted by a Hispanic man before admitting to a case of cold feet endangered Hispanic males across the country.