Summary: Fed Seen As Raising Rates
Forbes - 2 hours ago WHAT'S AHEAD: At its meeting Tuesday, the Federal Reserve is poised to raise a key interest rate by one-quarter of percentage point. That would be eighth such increase since June 2004, when the central bank began its campaign to tighten credit.

Beijing Media Highlights Visit of Taiwanese Politician
Prensa Latina - 4 hours ago Beijing, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party Chairman Lien Chan paid homage to his grandmother´s tomb Sunday in Xi´an, northwest China´s Shaanxi Province, as a sign of improving relations between motherland China and Taiwan.

What 'minuteman' vigil accomplished
Christian Science Monitor - 3 hours ago A volunteer network's effort to close part of border slowed illegal immigration - in one small area. By Daniel B. Wood | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. SIERRA VISTA, ARIZ. – Retired pilot

England to Plead Guilty to Prisoner Abuse
Washington Post - Apr 30, 2005 By TA BADGER. SAN ANTONIO -- Pfc. Lynndie England, the Army reservist shown in some of the most notorious photos in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, will plead guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that

Egyptian police detain 200 after Cairo attacks
Forbes - 4 hours ago CAIRO (AFX) - More than 200 people have been arrested or brought in for questioning by Egyptian security services following attacks in Cairo tourist areas that left three Islamic militants dead, police said.

Italy Report on Killing Goes Public Monday
ABC News - 2 hours ago Spectators attending the funeral of Nicola Calipari, the Italian intelligence officer killed by US troops while defending the ex-hostage Giuliana Sgrena, hold copies of Il Manifesto, the pro-Communist daily for which Sgrena works, at the exit of

Runaway Bride Could Face Legal Charges
ABC News - 51 minutes ago Police officers escort a blanket covered Jennifer Wilbanks through the Albuquerque Sunport, Saturday, April 30, 2005, as she is taken to her flight and back to Atlanta. Wilbanks turned up in Albuquerque late

Bush takes on still more political risk
Christian Science Monitor - 3 hours ago By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. WASHINGTON – George W. Bush is a well-known risk-taker - and well-known for not giving up when he has a bee in his bonnet. As with Iraq, so

Buffett support for ex-AIG boss
BBC News - 8 hours ago Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has expressed support for the former boss of scandal-hit US insurance giant AIG. Maurice Greenberg had created "an extraordinary company", Mr Buffett told shareholders of his Berkshire Hathaway holding group.

Pope Blesses Throngs in John Paul's Stead
ABC News - 2 hours ago Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful, as his personal secretary Georg Gaenswein adjusts the microphone, during his first appearance of his papacy at the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square