Iran determined to pursue nuclear enrichment
Reuters - 1 hour ago By Louis Charbonneau. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran vowed on Tuesday to press ahead with nuclear activities that could be used to develop weapons and accused the United States and Israel of threatening international peace with their own atomic arsenals.

Iraqi Cabinet Sworn In, as New Fighting Is Reported Near Syria
New York Times - 39 minutes 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.

Rival aims for MCI assets
Financial Times - 1 hour ago By Paul Taylor in New York. Qwest Communications, the US telecommunications group that abandoned a three-month takeover battle for MCI this week, will press regulators to scrutinise industry mergers closely

China panda-ing to archrival Taiwan
New Zealand Herald - 53 minutes ago In a series of goodwill gestures at the end of a visit by Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan, Beijing will lift restrictions on Chinese tourists crossing the strait, and offered to scrap tariffs on more than 10 kinds of fruit from Taiwan.

Not-Guilty Plea Entered for BTK Suspect
ABC News - 1 hour ago Dennis Rader, charged with 10 counts of murder in the BTK serial killings that terrorized Wichita since the 1970s, is led from Sedgwick County court in Wichita, Kan., Tuesday, May 3, 2005, after his arraignment.

Berlusconi's US relationship becomes less special
Reuters - 1 hour ago By Phil Stewart. ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, long proud of having friends in high places, has seen the limitations of his rapport with Washington after a public falling-out over the killing of an Italian agent in Iraq.

Blair Campaigns Against Voter Apathy
Voice of America - 2 hours ago By Michael Drudge. The polls say British Prime Minister Tony Blair should win a third consecutive term in Thursday's election. But the prime minister is campaigning hard against voter apathy as the shadow of Iraq continues to hang over the election.

Fed poised to raise rates again
USA Today - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal Reserve policymakers were expected to admit to troublesome signs of weaker growth Tuesday, but the central bank's concern over bubbling prices all but ensures they will raise rates for an eighth time.

Laura Bush: First Lady Of Comedy
Bayou Buzz - 3 hours ago First Lady Laura Bush brought down the house at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington DC this weekend. She kidded her husband about his early bedtime and said she watched “Desperate Housewives”.

Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 4 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