Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 5 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

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.

Myers: Iraq, Afghan Wars Strain Military
ABC News - 1 hour ago In Report, Gen. Myers Tells Congress That Iraq, Afghan Wars Have Strained US Fighting Ability. A US Army soldier gestures after a car bomb exploded in the Karadah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 2, 2005

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.

Bargaining over nuclear power
Salon - May 2, 2005 The haves and the have-nots are sure to clash as nations meet to try to save the 1970 nonproliferation treaty. By Julian Borger. May 2, 2005 | NEW YORK -- The global spread of nuclear weapons is at stake as

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.

Iraq's new government sworn in
Telegraph.co.uk - 18 minutes ago Iraq's new government has been sworn in, with Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the new prime minister, pledging to unite Iraq's rival factions. After taking the oath of office before the National Assembly, Mr Jaafari said

Not guilty pleas for alleged Kansas serial killer
Reuters - 3 hours ago WICHITA, Kan. (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday entered not guilty pleas to 10 charges of murder for a former Boy Scout leader suspected of being the "bind, torture and kill" murderer who terrorized this city for more than three decades.

Fed raises target rate to 3%
Inman.com (subscription) - 46 minutes ago The Federal Reserve today decided to raise its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3 percent, saying pressures on inflation have picked up in recent months. In a statement from the Federal

Panel chosen to sentence US Abu Ghraib abuser
Reuters AlertNet - 1 hour ago By Adam Tanner. FORT HOOD, Texas, May 3 (Reuters) - A US military court on Tuesday selected a panel of six soldiers, all American Iraq war veterans, to decide the sentence for Army reservist Lynndie England, a key figure in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal.