Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 9 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

Terrorism & Security US military report: Wars straining US power
MSNBC - 54 minutes ago WASHINGTON - After years of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US military is seriously limited today in its ability to fight in other major conflicts. That's the sobering assessment from the outgoing

British grow less unflinching on warfare
International Herald Tribune - 55 minutes ago LONDON Election campaigns claim unforeseen casualties and, in Britain's case, one may be the ability of leaders to order troops to war at America's side with quite the same flair and quite the same sense of Churchillian rectitude as Tony Blair displayed

Boys saved after six days at sea
Daily Times - 1 hour ago Two teenagers who drifted at sea for six days in a small sailing boat without food or water told Monday how they prayed to be rescued from the shark-infested waters of the Atlantic. Josh Long, 17, and Troy

Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 5 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.

Iraq Cabinet Takes Office
Voice of America - 1 hour ago By Neil MacDonald. Iraq Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has been sworn in with 29 members of his cabinet, but the country's political impasse continues with key portfolios unfilled. Mr. Jaafari was nominated

Nuclear double standards
Guardian Unlimited - 51 minutes ago Many damaging accusations have been levelled at John Bolton, President George Bush's controversial nominee as US ambassador to the UN. But perhaps the most serious is that Mr Bolton, as undersecretary of state

Taiwan President Invites China's Leaders to Visit
Voice of America - 8 hours ago By Heda Bayron. The president of Taiwan has invited China's leaders to visit the island, as Beijing offered economic concessions and a pair of giant pandas as goodwill gestures to its rival. Beijing responded

Telecom Report Qwest goes back to drawing board
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago Having lost a high-stakes bidding war for MCI Inc., the Denver-based phone company must find other ways to grow its business, shrink costs and whittle down a heavy debtload, analysts say. If Qwest can achieve

Capitol Report
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve bungled its post-meeting statement on Tuesday, confusing everyone by inadvertently leaving out a key sentence on its inflation outlook. Before the Fed sheepishly