President Bush said Saturday that he has vetoed legislation meant toban the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogationtactics because it "would take away one of the most valuable tools onthe war on terror."In his weekly radio address, Bush
Sen. Barack Obama took the lead over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton inearly returns as Democrats deluged caucuses in Wyoming Saturday,straining the ability of party officials to accommodate crowds.Obama led Clinton 57 percent to 40 percent with 6 of 23 countiesreporting
Whatever Dennis Miller decides to plant this year on his 2,760-acrefarm, the world needs. Wheat prices have doubled in the last sixmonths. Corn is on a tear. Barley, sunflower seeds, canola and soybeansare all up sharply.â For once, thereâ ™s
Eli Lilly, the drug maker, could and should have warned physiciansas early as 1998 about the link between Zyprexa, its best-sellingschizophrenia medicine, and diabetes,an expert witness told jurors Friday in a lawsuit that claims thatZyprexa has caused many mentally ill
Serbia's prime minister dissolved the government Saturday and calledfor new elections after clashing with his pro-Western coalitionpartners over Kosovo and European Union membership.Vojislav Kostunica said that he will convene a government sessionMonday that will propose to parliament that new elections
German Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first foreign leader to visit with Vladimir Putin's successor in Moscow on Saturday. But Putin has warned the West not to expect too much of Dmitry Medvedev, saying: "He will represent Russia's national interests."
Slovenia, which took over the EU's six-month, rotating presidency in January, is a dwarf amongst heavyweights. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Slovenian President Danilo Türk discusses the crisis in the Balkans sparked by Kosovo's declaration of independence and his
Moscow's ambassador to NATO is calling efforts to make Georgia and Ukraine members of the military alliance "a provocation." He argues it would permanently divide Georgia and that the majority of Ukranians are opposed to membership. He also has strong
Manik Sarkar, who led the CPM to a stunning victory in last month's Assembly polls, will be on Monday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tripura for the third consecutive time.
In the first sign of cracks in the Pakistan People's Party, senior party leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said party chairman Asif Ali Zardari's 'unnecessary delay' in naming him as the Prime Minister has led to the perception that he
Government has credible information of efforts to revive militancy in Punjab and cannot do away with the list containing names of Sikh youths with alleged militant links though it undertook periodic reviews, PM Manmohan Singh has said in a letter
Sachin Tendulkar dispelled concerns that he will not be available for the Test series against South Africa because of fitness related issues, saying he was fully fit to play the series.
Congress, which emerged as the single largest party with 25 seats in the 60-member assembly, has already elected Chief Minister D D Lapang as its Legislature Party leader and is expected to meet Governor S S Sidhu shortly to stake
Malaysian Indian Congress president Velu, who had served eight terms in Parliament and was works minister of Malaysia for long, lost his Sungei Siput parliamentary seat in Perak state to opposition People's Justice party candidate D Jeykumar. Velu had defeated
Germany's top diplomat in Baghdad claims in a classified report that American soldiers mishandled three workers at the German embassy in the Iraqi capital. The incident has created new tensions in Berlin-Washington relations.
The German man who sold officials data that has sparked the biggest tax evasion investigation in German history has requested another new identity out of fears he may be killed. The man is said to be concerned that powerful foreigners
