Govt looks to locals for hostage help
ABC Online - 26 minutes ago The Federal Government says tribal and religious leaders in Iraq will play a vital role in attempts to free Australian hostage Douglas Wood. The Government is also seeking advice from nations which have been through similar situations.

Purcell Must Mend Morgan Stanley's Wounds
ABC News - 5 hours ago The Morgan Stanley building in New York's Times Square is seen, Thursday, April 14, 2005 in New York. Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Phil Purcell survived a challenge to his position over the weekend after

US Urges Punishment For Iran Nuclear Work
Washington Post - 1 hour 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.

Rice: US Can Deter North Korean Nuclear Ambitions
Voice of America - 4 hours ago By Meredith Buel. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a tough statement aimed at North Korea, says the United States has significant deterrent capability to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. Secretary

MCI Accepts Verizon's Bid, Qwest Withdraws
Converge Network Digest - 45 minutes ago MCI's Board of Directors accepted a new acquisition bid from Verizon provides at least $26.00 per MCI share comprised of $5.60 in cash which would be paid upon approval of the transaction by MCI's shareholders, plus the greater of 0.5743 Verizon shares

England Pleads Guilty to Abusing Prisoners
ABC News - 5 hours ago Army Pfc. Lynndie R. England looks down as she arrives to testify in her court martial at Fort Hood, Texas, Monday, May 2, 2005. (AP Photo/LM Otero). By TA BADGER Associated Press Writer. FORT HOOD, Texas May 2, 2005 — Pfc.

Georgia City May Want Bride to Pay
New York Times - 35 minutes 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-Italian tensions escalate over killing of Italian agent in Iraq
Zee News - 44 minutes ago Nettuno, May 03: Italy and the United States sought to play down a row on Monday (May 2) over the shooting of an Italian agent in Iraq, while representatives of the two countries attended a WWII memorial ceremony.

Sharansky to lobby against pullout
Jerusalem Post - 45 minutes ago Natan Sharansky, who resigned as Diaspora affairs minister on Monday, will lobby against the disengagement plan next month when he travels to Washington for a series of speaking engagements, public appearances and meetings with senior American officials

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 6 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