WASHINGTON - The United States provided a steady stream of intelligence to Benazir Bhutto about threats against her before the former Pakistani prime minister was assassinated and advised her aides on […]
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan parliamentary elections scheduled for January 8 will be held in February, a senior election commission official told AFP on Tuesday.
"Elections will not be delayed beyond February. We […]
DES MOINES, Iowa - Presidential contenders rang in the 2008 election year with near-constant campaigning on Monday as a poll showed Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee leading their rivals […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A simple mouth rinse may provide anew way to screen for head and neck cancers in people at highrisk for these diseases, researchers said on Tuesday.
Scientists at the […]
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts urged Congress to raise the pay of federal judges in a year-end report that emphasized improving communications with Capitol Hill and the White House.
“The separate […]
NEW YORK - More than a million revelers in Times Square cheered as the giant crystal ball made its 100th drop on Monday night and a ton of confetti rained down […]
NEW YORK - New Year’s Eve revelers converged on Times Square to watch the dropping of a new energy-efficient ball, while gay couples in New Hampshire awaited the stroke of midnight […]
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's election commission was expected Tuesday to set a new date for polls, probably in February, after assessing the security situation following Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
Senior government officials told […]
WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will have raised more than $100 million this year for her presidential campaign, aides confirmed Monday evening, setting a historic new threshold in fundraising.
Rival Barack […]
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said onTuesday China now had 1,328 ballistic missiles aimed at theself-ruled island, up by more than a third from a previousestimate, further threatening stability […]