U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a mission to open Myanmar to international disaster assistance, said the ruling junta agreed Friday to allow "all aid workers" into the country to help survivors.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday defended toughinterrogation techniques for terrorism suspects approved by the Bushadministration in the wake of 9/11, saying they were necessary toprotect America from new attacks.
A military judge on Thursday denied motions to delay the arraignments of five Guantanamo detainees suspected of mounting the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Heavy equipment began toppling the few buildings left standing in this quake-stricken town once home to 30,000 people, and workers in white protective suits sprayed disinfectant Thursday in the silent streets amid roaming dogs and chickens.
Barack Obama is promising an "unshakable commitment" to Israel if he is elected president. The Illinois senator also says he hopes his presidency would help improve strained relations between American black and Jewish communities.
Republican John McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of aninfluential Texas televangelist after an audio recording surfaced inwhich the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach thepromised land.
A conservative legal group asked the California Supreme Court onThursday to put off finalization of its decision legalizing same-sexmarriage until voters got a chance to weigh in.
A large tornado tore through several northern Colorado towns on Thursday, flipping over tractor-trailers, ripping roofs off buildings and killing at least one person.
A maker of crucial aircraft materials used by most major manufacturersof civilian and military planes has been accused of fraud fordelivering non-conforming materials, according to a government memoobtained by CBS News.
About 30 companies sued over making and selling contaminated pet foodthat may have led to the deaths of thousands of dogs and cats haveagreed to pay $24 million to pet owners in the United States and Canada.
Officials said Friday that the confirmed death toll had risen to55,239, an increase of nearly 14,000 in the past two days. Thegovernment put the number of dead and missing at more than 80,000.Tents are needed most in the disaster zone
Workers from the largest union local at American Axle and ManufacturingHoldings Inc. have approved a new contract, ending a nearlythree-month-old strike.
