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SPORTSTiger on Leaderboard at Stock Car RaceHUNTLY, New Zealand (AP) -- Tiger Woods hunkered behind the wheel of his vehicle, its motor coughing noisily. One of the world's most visible athletes was suddenly unrecognizable under a flame-retardant suit, helmet and tinted visor.
TERRORISMTension mounts as jury ponders Moussaoui fate
ALEXANDRIA, United States (AFP) -- The life of September 11 plotter Zacarias Moussaoui lay in the hands of jurors who must decide whether he is sentenced to death or languishes in prison for the rest of his days.
OIL CRISISStocks Mixed As Oil Rebounds NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks were little changed in early trading Tuesday as political tension in
Iran lifted oil prices and countered excitement over solid earnings reports from Dow Jones industrials AT&T Corp. and DuPont Co.
Dow Closes Down 53, Nasdaq Ends Down 3NEW YORK (AP) -- Interest rate worries sent share prices lower Tuesday on Wall Street after strong consumer confidence and home sales data signaled that the economy is holding up better than expected and suggested that the Federal Reserve has room for more rate increases.
ASIAN. Korea Won't Return to Six-Nation TalksSEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea failed to persuade the North to return to stalled international disarmament talks, but both sides agreed Monday to move ahead on an agreement for the North to abandon its nuclear weapons programs.
N. Korea: U.S. Counterfeiting Own CurrencySEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea has accused the United States of counterfeiting its own currency to fabricate evidence that the communist state is engaged in manufacturing fake U.S. hundred dollar bills.
More killings send tension soaring in Sri Lanka COLOMBO (AFP) -- Tension gripped Sri Lanka's north-eastern Trincomalee district after an overnight killing of a hotel owner police say was designed to provoke inter-communal riots.
Tensions soar after attacksSERUNUWARA, Sri Lanka (
www.gulf-times.com) -- Attacks by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels and ethnic riots are fuelling rising tension in Sri Lanka’s multi-ethnic east, making peace talks more difficult than ever.
US not ruled out WTO complaint over China piracyBEIJING (Reuters) -- The United States has not ruled out taking Beijing to the World Trade Organization over rampant counterfeiting in China, Washington's point man on piracy said on Tuesday.
IMMIGRATIONBush Begins Push for Immigration Deal With CongressIRVINE, Calif., April 24 (
www.washingtonpost.com) -- Under pressure from Republicans to play a bigger role in the immigration debate, President Bush will begin meeting key lawmakers Tuesday to help forge a bipartisan agreement by Memorial Day to offer some undocumented workers a path to citizenship.
IRANIran biggest threat since Nazis, says Israel as Ahmadinejad provokes new outrage Leader calls for Jews to be sent to EuropeThreat to quit nuclear pact ahead of UN report(
www.guardian.co.uk) -- Iran's nuclear programme is the biggest threat to Jews since the Nazi Holocaust, the Israeli government stated yesterday, as the Iranian president renewed his calls for the dissolution of the Jewish state.
India urges against confrontation with Iran NEW DELHI (AFP) -- India cautioned against confronting Iran or using force to halt its disputed nuclear programme as that would heighten tension in the oil-rich region.
Iran defiant ahead of UN deadline TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The tension over Iran's nuclear ambitions isn't easing.
Israel launches "eye in the sky" over Iran JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israel successfully launched on Tuesday a highly accurate imaging satellite which will enhance its ability to spy on Iran, an official said.
Rice warns NATO allies on Iran dangerANKARA (Reuters) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday drummed up support in NATO allies for tougher action against Iran, highlighting its apparent willingness to export nuclear technology.
IRAQShiite Militias Move Into Oil-Rich Kirkuk, Even as Kurds Dig InControl of Iraqi City Has Long Been in DisputeKIRKUK, Iraq (
www.washingtonpost.com) -- Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to this restive city -- widely considered the most likely flash point for an Iraqi civil war -- vowing to fight any attempt to shift control over Kirkuk to the Kurdish-governed north, according to U.S. commanders and diplomats, local police and politicians.
Zarqawi appears in rare Web videoDUBAI (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said mujahideen were fighting on despite a three-year "crusader" war, according to a rare video of him posted on the Internet on Tuesday.
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