Raids in Iraq Yield Suspects in British Aid Worker's Death
New York Times - 9 hours ago BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 1 - American and Iraqi forces apprehended at least three men today thought to be involved in the disappearance of Margaret Hassan, the British-Iraqi head of Iraq operations for CARE International whose kidnapping and presumed murder

Japan: N.Korea missile launch did not pose threat
Reuters.uk - 14 minutes ago TOKYO (Reuters) - The type of North Korean missile that may have been launched at the weekend does not pose an immediate threat to Japan's security, the Japanese defence ministry said on Monday. US officials

Iran Plans Defense of Nuclear Program
Washington Post - 45 minutes ago By Dafna Linzer. Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of its nuclear energy program at an international conference beginning today and will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to all members

Giant Insurer Finds $1 Billion More in Flaws
New York Times - 35 minutes ago The American International Group, the embattled insurance giant, said last night that an in-depth examination of its operations had turned up additional accounting improprieties going back to 2000 that would reduce its net worth by $2.7 billion, or $1

Jennifer Wilbanks Home With Family
WXIA-TV - 2 hours ago She was suppose to be on her honeymoon. However Jennifer Wilbanks' life is no vacation. The Duluth resident is back home with her family after being missing for four days. She was missing since Tuesday when

Purcell Hangs On
Forbes - 50 minutes ago NEW YORK - Philip Purcell held on as Morgan Stanley's chief executive over the weekend, when the firm's board of directors reaffirmed its commitment to him and elected to keep the company intact. But the embattled

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 3 hours ago By MONA EL-NAGGAR. CAIRO, May 1 - Egyptian authorities swept through villages on the outskirts of Cairo on Sunday, detaining more than 200 people after attacks on Saturday that left seven people wounded and three attackers dead.

Australia won't give in to kidnappers in Iraq: Howard
Xinhua - 1 hour ago CANBERRA, May 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday that he had been dreading the day an Australian was taken hostage in Iraq, but insisting that Australiawon't give in to the kidnappers.

Desperate White House Wife, Episode 1: The Ranch Hand
New York Times - 56 minutes ago When Laura Bush wisecracked at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday night that she was a "desperate housewife" married to a president who was always sound asleep by 9 pm, the popular first lady accomplished two things.

Bush's Social Security Twist
Christian Science Monitor - 5 hours ago Two months of touting personal retirement accounts as an alternative to Social Security haven't done much for President Bush's attempt to reform the New Deal program. That's because his idea didn't really