US sticks by Palestinian president

The violent crisis in Gaza has led the White House to reconsider tentative plans for President Bush to give a major address this month on his hopes for Mideast peace.

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Abbas dissolves Palestinian government

Beleaguered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency and disbanded the Hamas-led unity government after the Islamic militant group vanquished its Fatah rivals and effectively took control of the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

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Judge won't delay Libby prison term

A federal judge said Thursday he will not delay a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the CIA leak case, a ruling that could send the former White House aide to prison within weeks.

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Abbas declares emergency

Islamist Hamas fighters hunted down key loyalists of the Western-backed Palestinian president in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after seizing most of the final strongholds of his secular Fatah movement in the enclave.

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Rate of home foreclosures hits record in 1st quarter

The rate of U.S. home loans entering the foreclosure process rose to a record level in the first quarter of 2007, while late payments fell from the previous quarter, an industry trade group said on Thursday.

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Hamas overruns rival Fatah's key posts

Hamas fighters overran two of the rival Fatah movement's most important security command centers in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, and witnesses said the victors dragged vanquished gunmen into the street and shot them to death execution-style.

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Hamas captures Fatah security HQ in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas gunmen captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, seizing control of a key prize in the bloody power struggle between the sides, Hamas and Fatah officials said.

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US Court Rules Against Military Detention of Terror Suspects

"A U.S. appeals court has ruled that military authorities cannot detain suspected terrorists indefinitely on U.S. soil.

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Harry Potter Thempark

LONDON (Reuters) - J.K Rowling, who became the world's first billion dollar author on the back of Harry Potter's success, has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard. "The plans I have seen look incredibly exciting and …

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Russia test-launches new ICBM

MOSCOW - Russia on Tuesday test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple independent warheads, and a top government official said it could penetrate any defense system, a news agency reported.

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Zimbabwe police arrest 200 opposition activists

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe riot police arrested more than 200 opposition activists and officials on Saturday during a meeting they were holding at their party headquarters, an opposition spokesman said. "They raided the offices at Harvest House. They had no search warrant.

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Daily Kos: The story that should bring down the republican party

We do know one thing. A very strong pattern has emerged and continues to emerge.

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U.S. commander: No civil war in Iraq

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7 whales die on Galapagos island

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Zimbabwe activist beaten at airport, opposition says

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Millions of Iraqi refugees need world's help: UN

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Democrats open 'Sunshine Week,' citing Bush secrecy

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Senate votes to reopen Iraq war debate

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Old prejudice dishonors new military generation

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Scavenger hunt arrests

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Israel recalls El Salvador envoy after drunken episode

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House cat attacks owner

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Ant infestation tests nonviolence of Buddhist monks in Malaysian temple

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Guantanamo hearings to start under a cloud of secrecy

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FBI Misused Patriot Act

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