Gaza dreams of life after the Israelis
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago Hatem Abu Eltayef has a vision for the future of his crowded and battered town once the Israelis have retreated from the sprawling settlement on the other side of the barbed wire and machine gun posts. The

Qwest Withdraws Bid After MCI Accepts Verizon Offer
New York Times - 1 hour ago A fierce takeover battle ended yesterday when Qwest Communications said it would no longer pursue buying MCI Inc., leaving the once-bankrupt long distance carrier to be acquired by Verizon Communications.

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 4 hours ago By KYRIE O'CONNOR. 1. I was, I confess, slightly disconcerted by Laura Bush's stand-up act at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. Now, I'm thrilled she'd have the gumption to take on that

Morgan board backs Purcell
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago The board of Morgan Stanley has again given its backing to embattled chairman and chief executive Philip Purcell, but detailed a series of governance changes aimed at easing criticism of the Wall Street firm.

Insurgent Attacks Kill Over 120 this Past Weekend
KSL-TV - 1 hour ago When available, the raw script from this video story is presented below. Please note that these scripts come directly from our TV newsroom system and are not edited for web reading. More than 120 people, including

Italy criticizes US over its Iraqi checkpoints
Reuters - 2 hours ago By Crispian Balmer. ROME (Reuters) - Italy criticized the US military on Monday for failing to establish rules for checkpoints in Iraq, saying nervous US troops manning a haphazard road block were to blame for the killing of an Italian agent near Baghdad.

Bush faces Republican resistance on Social Security
Reuters - 16 minutes ago By Adam Entous. WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's plan to shore up Social Security by reducing promised benefits for all but low-income retirees is meeting resistance from some Senate

N. Korea Threatens Peace in Northeast Asia, Japan Official Says
Bloomberg - 6 hours ago May 2 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea's nuclear weapons program is a ``direct threat'' to the peace and stability of Northeast Asia, Japan's foreign minister, Nobutaka Machimura, said as he urged the communist regime to return to international talks.

US Demand Deepens Gulf With Iran Over Nuclear Facilities
New York Times - 24 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS, May 2 - The gulf between Iran and the United States deepened Monday when the Bush administration, at the opening of a conference on the future of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, demanded that Iran dismantle all the "equipment and

Jilted groom: I still want to marry her
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - 32 minutes ago Police officers escort a blanket-covered Jennifer Wilbanks as she is taken to her flight back to Atlanta. The jilted groom whose bride ran away four days before their wedding still wants to marry fiancee Jennifer