LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska's governing board voted yesterday not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office. The Board of Regents, which is ...Read More
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian officials yesterday announced that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers ...Read More
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after ...Read More
WASHINGTON - With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial test vote tonight on their sweeping health care bill, with wavering moderates appearing to be falling in line.
One of three uncommitted centrists, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, ...Read More
Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton were welcomed by world leaders as Europe’s first full-time president and foreign policy chief, even as a chorus of critics questioned their relatively low profiles on the world stage. Meanwhile, the selection of Mr Van ...Read More
WASHINGTON | The Senate ethics committee Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.
Burris was appointed by disgraced ...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. - The U.S. Army said Friday it would open former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of ...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C.—The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against ...Read More
WASHINGTON – Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
But the section's purpose is indisputable: ...Read More
Washington/Tegucigalpa - The United States Friday welcomed the intention by disputed Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti to temporarily step aside during elections, saying it created some "breathing space" for resolution of the five-month-old crisis. "We expect its prompt implementation. This will ...Read More
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