NATO struggles for unity over Afghan warmore similar news »
VILNIUS/KABUL (Reuters) - NATO tried to patch over divisions about the war in Afghanistan on Thursday but differences remained over the willingness of some members to contribute troops to the fight.
Space shuttle lifts off from Floridamore similar news »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from its seaside Florida launch pad on Thursday to deliver a $1.9 billion European science laboratory to the International Space Station.
Mass arrests in anti-Mafia sweep in U.S., Italymore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police in the United States and Italy arrested 77 suspected members of the Mafia on Thursday, including some of its most wanted leaders, for an array of crimes going back more than 30 years.
Republicans block Senate economic stimulus planmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly blocked a Democratic-backed economic stimulus plan that was costlier than a House of Representatives-passed measure by extending cash rebates to retirees and disabled veterans and stretching out unemployment benefits.
U.S. may be backsliding on security: Chertoffmore similar news »
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - From weak border controls to the risk of chemical bombs, the United States could be backsliding on national security since the September 11 attacks, Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said on Wednesday.
Britney Spears leaves hospital as photogs give chasemore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears on Wednesday was unexpectedly released from the Los Angeles hospital where she was held for a mental evaluation, prompting celebrity photographers to chase her across the city.
Clinton dips into pocket to keep up with Obamamore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked ahead on Wednesday to a long and bruising presidential battle, and Clinton said she loaned $5 million of her own money to the costly fight to keep pace.
Tornadoes in South kill at least 54 peoplemore similar news »
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Tornadoes and thunderstorms flattened the land and shattered lives across the U.S. South on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than 150 in the deadliest such storms in nine years.
Doubts in Guantanamo about Canadian captive's guiltmore similar news »
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier's account casting doubts on military prosecutors' claims against a young Canadian al Qaeda fighter highlights one inherent difficulty of the Bush administration's efforts to win convictions before war crimes tribunals in Guantanamo.
