Georgia City May Want Bride to Pay
New York Times - 3 hours ago DULUTH, Ga., May 2 - The runaway bride-to-be who led this Atlanta suburb on an expensive game of hide-and-seek last week may face charges after all, the authorities said, and the city was investigating whether to bill her for the search.

US Urges Punishment For Iran Nuclear Work
Washington Post - 3 hours ago By Dafna Linzer. UNITED NATIONS, May 2 -- The Bush administration said Monday that Iran was trying to build atomic weapons in secret and suggested the international community should respond by taking away Tehran's right to nuclear energy technology.

China to lift ban on citizens going to Taiwan
Reuters - 1 hour ago By John Ruwitch. BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing will lift restrictions on Chinese tourists going to Taiwan and is offering the island a pair of giant pandas in a show of goodwill at the end of a visit by Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan.

Italy challenges US on shooting
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 2 hours ago By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times. ROME -- Italy yesterday sharply challenged a US Army report that had exonerated American soldiers in the shooting death of an Italian intelligence officer near Baghdad.

UPDATE 6-Verizon wins MCI with $8.5 billion offer
Reuters - 7 hours ago By Justin Hyde. WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) won its 10-week battle for MCI Inc. (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday, as Qwest Communications International Inc.

England admits abusing Iraqi detainees
Aljazeera.com - 35 minutes ago US Army reservist Lynndie England, the young woman who appeared in pictures holding a naked Iraqi prisoner and giving a thumbs-up in some of the appalling photos showing US soldiers torturing and sexually abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib jail, has

Morgan Stanley fails to silence rebel campaign over Purcell
Independent - 2 hours ago By Katherine Griffiths in New York. Former executives at Morgan Stanley have refused to call off their campaign to oust the investment banking giant's chief executive Philip Purcell, despite concessions from the board.

No new info on hostage: Downer
Daily Telegraph - 53 minutes ago THE federal government had no new information on the kidnapping of an Australian man held hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today. Mr Downer, speaking from New York after securing a commitment

Rejected Jokes From Laura Bush's Monologue
Dissident Voice - 2 hours ago by Arthur Creosote. The Associated Depressed has learned that an anonymous White House staffer tried to sneak the following jokes into Laura Bush's now famous monologue at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.

US reminds N.Korea of its Pacific military might
Reuters - 8 hours ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reminded North Korea on Monday the United States has extensive military might in the Pacific after a suspected North Korean missile test over the weekend.