Bush presses Social Security plan
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Bush traveled to a Mississippi auto plant Tuesday to press his proposal to alter the way future Social Security retirement benefits would be calculated, while the White House signaled flexibility over the details of

Boys saved after six days at sea
Daily Times - 2 hours ago Two teenagers who drifted at sea for six days in a small sailing boat without food or water told Monday how they prayed to be rescued from the shark-infested waters of the Atlantic. Josh Long, 17, and Troy

Verizon beats Qwest in battle for MCI
Malaysia Star - 52 minutes ago WASHINGTON: Verizon Communications Inc won its 10-week battle for MCI Inc on Monday, as Qwest Communications International Inc withdrew its US$9.9bil bid after MCI accepted Verizon's US$8.5bil offer. MCI said

China warns Taiwan on 'separatist' actions
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago BEIJING Chinese officials said Tuesday that Taiwan's governing party must scrap its party platform and stop its "separatist activities" before Beijing would talk with President Chen Shui-bian, dashing hopes that the recent thaw in relations would lead to

Report: Philippines Most Dangerous Place to be a Journalist
Voice of America - 3 hours ago By Heda Bayron. The Philippines is the most deadly place for journalists to work according to a new report issued on global Press Freedom Day. The group, Reporters Without Borders says 52 journalists have been

Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 5 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.

Fed boosts rate target another quarter point to 3%
USA Today - 1 hour ago By Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA TODAY. WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers raised interest rates by a quarter-percentage-point to the highest level in 3½ years Tuesday and repeated that inflation pressures had risen in recent months.

Nuclear double standards
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago Many damaging accusations have been levelled at John Bolton, President George Bush's controversial nominee as US ambassador to the UN. But perhaps the most serious is that Mr Bolton, as undersecretary of state

Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 10 hours ago (CBS/AP) The man whose jittery bride-to-be skipped town days before her lavish wedding and claimed she had been abducted says that his fiancée wants the "whole world to know she's very, very sorry.". John

Iraq Cabinet Takes Office
Voice of America - 2 hours ago By Neil MacDonald. Iraq Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has been sworn in with 29 members of his cabinet, but the country's political impasse continues with key portfolios unfilled. Mr. Jaafari was nominated