Afghan President Hamid Karzai has backed a law that the United Nations Development Fund for Women claims legalizes rape within marriage and forbids women from leaving the house without permission, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.
Argentine post-junta leader dies
Raul Alfonsin, Argentina’s first democratically-elected president after the military dictatorship, dies of illness aged 82.
Bickering Pervades Global Economic Summit
Global Economic Crisis, Afghanistan Will Be Key Focus for President in Europe.
War on What? Obama Goes After ‘Bushisms’
“War on terror” joins “enemy combatants” in history’s dustbin. What’s goes next?
Murder Charges for Frat Drinking Death
Three members of banned fraternity are charged for organizing three-day binge.
PHOTOS: X-Ray Oddities
A Brazilian man is recovering after having a fishing spear lodged in his brain.
Is Your ‘First Time’ All in Your Genes?
Sexual precociousness is in our genes, a new study of twins suggests.
Should This Burger Come With a Warning?
Dietitian: Baseball team should give fans the skinny on its 4,800-cal. burger.
H’wood’s Black Adoptions Mask Sad Legacy
Madonna, Angelina spotlight transracial adoptions, but rates still lag behind.
Chinese Beer Eclipses Bud Light as World’s Top Brew
Snow, which is brewed by SABMiller and its Chinese partner China Resources Enterprises Ltd., watched its sales volumes jump 19.1 percent last year
Dems Split on Budget
Moderate Senate Democrats worry budget spends too much and may be ‘unsustainable’ in the future • Obama Flying Into Political Storm at G20? | PHOTOS • YOU DECIDE: What Should Obama Tell the Euros? • Obama Warranty Plan May Not Protect Car Owners • Should UAW Boss Follow Wagoner? | FOX FORUM
Republicans: Stay Home, Sarah
Congressional GOP decides to ditch Sarah Palin for Newt Gingrich at House-Senate fundraising dinner
2 Killed Execution-Style at Ex-Jets Player’s Condo
Police are investigating two execution-style slayings at a Long Island condo owned by a New Orleans linebacker who formerly played for the New York Jets.
College Mistakenly Tells Rejected Students They’re In
An administrative error was to blame for an e-mail sent out by the University of California San Diego telling 28,000 previously denied applicants that they were accepted to the Southern California school, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Israel’s New Leader Promises ‘Peace’ With Muslim World
Israel’s parliament has confirmed the appointment of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister and approved his Cabinet in a 69 to 45 vote.
PC Virus ‘Time Bomb’ Set to Go Off at Any Moment
Experts still don’t know whether Conficker worm will wreak global havoc — or turn out to be huge April Fool’s joke.
Nursing Home Gunman’s Wife Hid in Bathroom
The nurse’s assistant who may have been the target of a deadly nursing home rampage in North Carolina survived by hiding in a bathroom inside a locked area for Alzheimer’s patients.
Conn. Chimp Victim Speaks, Responds to Commands
A Connecticut woman nearly killed by a chimpanzee is speaking, asking for her daughter and even responding to fairly complicated commands, her brothers said Tuesday.
Moms Swap Toddlers After Hospital Baby Mix-Up
Two mothers in Russia have been forced to swap their two-year-old sons after DNA tests revealed the children had been mixed up as newborns by a careless nurse.
For Obama, A First Test On The World Stage
President Barack Obama is making his debut on the world stage.The pressure on him is enormous – at a moment when America’s global influence is challenged, Mr. Obama’s own powers of persuasion are being put to the test
U.S. And Iranian Diplomats Break The Ice
In a cautious first step toward unlocking 30 years of tense relations, senior U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke had a brief but cordial meeting with Iran’s deputy foreign minister at an international conference on Afghanistan.
Obama’s Europe Trip Highlights Economic Crisis
Global Economic Crisis, Afghanistan Will Be Key Focus for President in Europe.
Nominee Admits Tax ‘Error’
URGENT: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Obama’s pick for HHS secretary, corrects three years of tax returns, pays more than $7,000 for ‘unintentional errors’
Special Olympics Launches Campaign to Ban ‘Retard’
People signed pledges not to use the word and students gathered to denounce its use at rallies from Florida to Alaska.
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
Pakistani Taliban threatens attack on White House (AP)
AP – Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in…
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
GM, Chrysler race deadlines to hold off bankruptcy (AP)
AP – He doesn’t know exactly what the Obama administration wants him to cut, but Fritz Henderson, the new CEO of General Motors Corp., isn’t waiting around to find out. Cut deeper. Work harder. Move faster. That’s how he described the ailing automaker’s urgent effort to meet a June 1 deadline to fix its debt-ridden…
Pakistani Taliban threatens attack on White House (AP)
AP – Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in…
Pakistani Taliban threatens attack on White House (AP)
AP – Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in…
Pakistani Taliban threatens attack on White House (AP)
AP – Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in…
GM, Chrysler race deadlines to hold off bankruptcy (AP)
AP – He doesn’t know exactly what the Obama administration wants him to cut, but Fritz Henderson, the new CEO of General Motors Corp., isn’t waiting around to find out. Cut deeper. Work harder. Move faster. That’s how he described the ailing automaker’s urgent effort to meet a June 1 deadline to fix its debt-ridden…
GM, Chrysler race deadlines to hold off bankruptcy (AP)
AP – He doesn’t know exactly what the Obama administration wants him to cut, but Fritz Henderson, the new CEO of General Motors Corp., isn’t waiting around to find out. Cut deeper. Work harder. Move faster. That’s how he described the ailing automaker’s urgent effort to meet a June 1 deadline to fix its debt-ridden…
GM, Chrysler race deadlines to hold off bankruptcy (AP)
AP – He doesn’t know exactly what the Obama administration wants him to cut, but Fritz Henderson, the new CEO of General Motors Corp., isn’t waiting around to find out. Cut deeper. Work harder. Move faster. That’s how he described the ailing automaker’s urgent effort to meet a June 1 deadline to fix its debt-ridden…
Israel’s Netanyahu vows to seek peace with Arabs (AP)
AP – Benjamin Netanyahu, taking office as Israel’s new leader Tuesday, promised to seek “full peace” with the Arab and Muslim world, but refused to utter the words the world was waiting to hear: “Palestinian state.” The well-spoken, U.S.-educated hawk took pains to portray himself as a pragmatist, telling a packed parliament that Israel does…
Israel’s Netanyahu vows to seek peace with Arabs (AP)
AP – Benjamin Netanyahu, taking office as Israel’s new leader Tuesday, promised to seek “full peace” with the Arab and Muslim world, but refused to utter the words the world was waiting to hear: “Palestinian state.” The well-spoken, U.S.-educated hawk took pains to portray himself as a pragmatist, telling a packed parliament that Israel does…
Israel’s Netanyahu vows to seek peace with Arabs (AP)
AP – Benjamin Netanyahu, taking office as Israel’s new leader Tuesday, promised to seek “full peace” with the Arab and Muslim world, but refused to utter the words the world was waiting to hear: “Palestinian state.” The well-spoken, U.S.-educated hawk took pains to portray himself as a pragmatist, telling a packed parliament that Israel does…
Sebelius admits errors, pays $7,000 in back taxes (AP)
AP – Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius recently corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding “unintentional errors” the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee. The Kansas governor explained the changes to senators in a letter dated Tuesday that the administration released.…
Mo. mom accused of giving alcohol to young teens (AP)
AP – A mother and another woman face felony child-endangerment charges after a 14-year-old’s birthday party that ended with two young teens being taken to a hospital.
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
Desperate world leaders meet on economic woes (AP)
AP – Desperate but divided on ways to lift their nations from economic misery, world leaders converged for an emergency summit Tuesday holding scant hopes of finding a magic-bullet solution for the crisis that brought them hurrying to London.
Pakistani Taliban threatens attack on White House (AP)
AP – Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in…
Pakistani Taliban threatens attack on White House (AP)
AP – Pakistan’s Taliban chief claimed responsibility Tuesday for a deadly assault on a police academy, saying he wanted to retaliate for U.S. missile attacks on the militant bases on the border with Afghanistan. Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million bounty on his head from the United States, also vowed to “amaze everyone in…
