Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 7 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

Iran vows to pursue nuke technology
CNN International - 47 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday that the country will press forward with its pursuit of "peaceful" nuclear technology, calling it an "unalienable right.". "It is unacceptable that

Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 2 hours 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.

Terrorist Morale In Trouble
CBS News - 41 minutes ago (AP) The US military released on Tuesday a letter it believes was addressed to terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi from an underling complaining that incompetence of leaders in his al Qaeda in Iraq network is hurting morale among his fighters.

Chirac seeks to capitalise on rally in Yes fortunes
Financial Times - 52 minutes ago By Martin Arnold in Paris. Jacques Chirac, French president, on Tuesday night sought to capitalise on a swing in public opinion in favour of Europe's proposed constitution by making a second televised appeal for a Yes vote in this month's referendum.

Iraq's new government sworn in
Age (subscription) - 1 hour ago Shi'ite Arab leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari was sworn in as prime minister as Iraq's first democratically elected government took office. One by one, Jaafari and members of his Cabinet walked up to a podium and pledged to defend Iraq and its people.

Qwest Reports First-Quarter Profit, Revenue Edges Down
NewsFactor Network - 1 hour ago Analyst Anna Maria Kovacs of Regulatory Source Associates expects Qwest to demand that the merging companies divest assets before combining -- and then to capitalize by snapping up divested local facilities to feed its long-distance network.

How panda diplomacy bamboozled the leader of Taiwan
Times Online - 53 minutes ago CHINA opened a new round of panda diplomacy yesterday, offering a pair of the animals to Taiwan. But the gesture quickly became bogged down in a spat over whether state leaders rather than cuddly mammals should visit the island.

Fed raises US interest rates to 3%
Times Online - 37 minutes ago By Gary Duncan, Economics Editor. THE US Federal Reserve pressed on last night with its campaign of “measured” increases in American interest rates as it hinted that it has become more uneasy about inflationary pressures.

Bush Pitches Retirement Plan to Workers
ABC News - 32 minutes ago Bush Pitches Remodeled Social Security Plan to Blue-Collar Workers at Auto Plant in Canton, Miss. President Bush, right, helps DeLois Killen, left, off her chair after speaking at the Nissan North America