Belize police arrested an American fugitive with Al Qaeda ties and handed him over to U.S. authorities, a local television station reported Monday. James Ujaama, who was arrested in 2002 in connection with plots to poison water supplies and later pleaded guilty to dealing with Al Qaeda and providing various …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Russia and China remained at odds Tuesday with the United States, Britain and France over a U.N. Security Council statement on Iran’s nuclear program, which the three Western nations contend is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. The five permanent veto-wielding council members met for more than 90 …
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PURCELL, Okla. – A company that offers horse owners exact duplicates of their animals says it has successfully cloned two top-earning horses. ViaGen Inc. announced Thursday that two mares had delivered clones of top cutting horses, which are trained to help separate individual animals from cattle herds. The foals, born …
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NEW YORK – Toshiba Corp.’s U.S. unit may delay the launch of its next-generation DVD player for several weeks to coincide with the April debut of movies that play in the new HD DVD format, the company said on Thursday. Championed by Toshiba, HD DVD is one of two competing …
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WASHINGTON – For Masood Aziz, it is a time of opportunity and concern, both for him and his birth country. The United States plans to give up much of the military control in Afghanistan by the end of this year to forces under NATO, the multinational, transatlantic alliance first formed …
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NEW ORLEANS – One of the nation’s oldest black churches will be shut down indefinitely because protesters fighting a consolidation plan interrupted Mass, the archbishop of New Orleans said Monday. The protesters, led by out-of-state activists, have occupied the rectory for a week, saying they will not leave until the …
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WASHINGTON – The House Intelligence Committee has agreed to expand its oversight of the Bush administration’s controversial surveillance program and will seek full briefings for select members of the panel. The deal — worked out between House Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., and the panel’s top Democrat, Rep. Jane Harman, …
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LOS ANGELES – William Herskovic, who escaped from Auschwitz and helped inspire Belgium’s resistance to the Nazis during World War II, has died at the age of 91. Herskovic died Friday at his Encino home after a lengthy battle with cancer, said his daughter, Patricia Herskovic. Three months after being …
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WASHINGTON – Free trade talks between the United States and the United Arab Emirates were postponed Friday, a day after a Dubai company succumbed to pressure and backed out of a deal to take over operations at six major American ports. The talks, which were supposed to begin Monday, were …
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RENO, Nev. – A federal appeals court overturned the conviction of two men accused of stealing American Indian artwork Tuesday even though the judges said it was clear the men stole the centuries-old petroglyphs. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Justice Department …
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