End not in sight for interest rate hikes
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago MAY. 3 5:33 PM ET The Federal Reserve, worried about climbing inflation, pushed a key interest rate higher Tuesday and signaled that Americans' borrowing costs are likely to keep climbing in the months ahead.

States wrangle over right to nuclear technology
Reuters India - 55 minutes ago By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - At the heart of this month's United Nations nuclear non-proliferation conference is a fundamental question: Do countries have an unambiguous right to peaceful nuclear energy

China Courts Taiwanese With Pandas
ABC News - 3 hours ago Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan waves to supporters after arriving from China via Hong Kong, Tuesday, May 3, 2005, in Taoyuan's Chiang kai-shek International Airport 40 kilometers (24 miles) south west of Taipei, Taiwan.

Iraqi Cabinet Sworn In, as New Fighting Is Reported Near Syria
New York Times - 4 hours ago BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 3 - Iraq's first fully and freely elected government was formally sworn in today, setting up a Shiite-majority leadership that must try to forge unity in the country as it deals with a surge in violence.

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

Bush Pitches Retirement Plan to Workers
ABC News - 1 hour 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

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.

Journalists Mark World Press Freedom Day
ABC News - 3 hours ago The sunrise illuminates the glass panels of The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial in Arlington, Va., as the names of more than 1,600 journalists who have died in the line of duty since 1812 are read aloud by several prominent journalists to commemorate

Hispanic group calls for apology for false claim
Access North Georgia - 1 hour 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.

Pentagon says Iraq war erodes military's abilities
Reuters AlertNet - 41 minutes ago By Will Dunham. WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - The US military's operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have constrained its ability to tackle other potential conflicts, making any future war more likely to be longer