Iran to press ahead with nuclear fuel plans: official
CBC News - 35 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS - Iran will continue working with all legal areas of nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, a top government official told the United Nations on Tuesday. Iranian Foreign Minister

China Courts Taiwanese With Pandas
ABC News - 1 hour 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 Govt sworn in
Stuff.co.nz - 29 minutes ago BAGHDAD: Iraq has sworn in a new government but five ministries and two deputy prime minister posts were left unfilled, highlighting the intense difficulties faced in forming a leadership uniting Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds.

UPDATE 1-Fed signals more hikes ahead, rate futures slip
Reuters - 39 minutes ago By Ros Krasny. CHICAGO, May 3 (Reuters) - Short-term interest rate futures slipped on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve said US monetary policy remains accommodative, leaving dealers to conclude that more rate increases lie ahead.

Father Tells Jilted Groom to Go Slowly
ABC News - 6 hours ago In this undated image taken from television and provided by FOX News Channel, John Mason is shown during an interview on FOX News. The jilted groom from Georgia whose bride-to-be ran away four days before

Pentagon says Iraq war erodes military's abilities
Reuters AlertNet - 1 hour ago By Will Dunham. WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have constrained the military's ability to tackle other potential conflicts, making any future war more likely to be longer and bloodier, according to America's top general.

Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 1 hour 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.

Qwest Has 1st-Qtr Profit of $57 Mln on Asset Sale (Update4)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Qwest Communications International Inc., which yesterday scrapped a takeover bid for MCI Inc., had a first-quarter profit of $57 million because of an asset-sale gain. Sales declined as subscribers canceled local lines.

Not-Guilty Plea Entered for BTK Suspect
ABC News - 3 hours 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.

Faure Gnassingbe formally declared president of Togo
Xinhua - 2 hours ago LOME, May 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Faure Gnassingbe, the son of Togo's late president Gnassingbe Eyadema, was Tuesday formally declared winner of the presidential polls by the constitutional court. The court "proclaims