May 27, 2007
The Bush administration is developing what are described as concepts for reducing US forces in Iraq by as much as half next year, say administration officials.
May 27, 2007
May 21, 2007
Alltel, a wireless phone company, has agreed to be sold to a consortium of private equity firms for $27.5 billion, marking the largest buyout ever in the telecommunications industry.
May 21, 2007
May 19, 2007
As frequency of product recalls increases, doubts on quality of Chinese food and fake drugs may affect other exports
May 19, 2007
May 19, 2007
Microsoft said today that it would buy online advertising company aQuantive for $6 billion.
May 19, 2007
May 18, 2007
It was a triumphant moment for Barack Obama: He was walking through the Capitol for the very first time as a United States senator in January 2005, trailed by photographers
May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
Ending a furore over favouritism that blew up into a global fight over American leadership
May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
Global warming, the Iraq war, economic woes, fears of terrorism — and now, just when it appeared things couldn’t get any worse
May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
The Internet search engine is an indispensable tool of modern life and an advertising gold mine for Google, the favourite first stop on the Web.
May 18, 2007
May 17, 2007
Lehigh University has never been as sought after as Stanford, Yale or Harvard. But this year, awash in applications, it churned out rejection letters and may break more hearts when it comes to its waiting list.
May 17, 2007
May 16, 2007
UN watchdog’s top officials say Iran enriching uranium on a far larger scale than before, a finding that may affect diplomats’ efforts to stem Tehran’s programme
May 16, 2007
May 10, 2007
British tabloids typically send out paparazzi to poke into the lives of the royals, soccer coaches and supermodels.
May 10, 2007
May 10, 2007
Bill Clinton plans to be a first gentleman for the 21st century: A post-modern, post-ego presidential spouse who does not earn an income of his own
May 10, 2007
May 10, 2007
With James Gordon Brown set to be next PM, Britons get ready to trade the Great Communicator for the Great Puzzle
May 10, 2007
May 8, 2007
Floyd Mayweather Jr fulfilled his vow to defeat Oscar De La Hoya to become the WBC superwelterweight champion on Saturday night.
May 8, 2007
May 8, 2007
Two members of the Ottaway family, a minority partner in Dow Jones & Company, has said that a takeover by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation would ruin Dow Jones and its crown jewel, The Wall Street Journal.
May 8, 2007
May 2, 2007
Omar Khyam, the ringleader of the thwarted London bomb plot who was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday, showed the potential for disaffected young men to be lured as terrorists
May 2, 2007
April 28, 2007
George J Tenet, the former director of Central Intelligence, has lashed out against Vice-President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials in a new book
April 28, 2007
April 28, 2007
No matter who wins the presidency of France on May 6, life in the grand, presidential Élysée Palace is destined to change.
April 28, 2007
April 26, 2007
The American military has charged a top commander at its main detention center here with nine violations of military law, including “aiding the enemy,” a rare and serious accusation that could carry a maximum sentence of death.
April 26, 2007
April 26, 2007
New study shows a dog wags tail more to the right to demonstrate affection, left to show it has ‘negative’ feelings
April 26, 2007
April 22, 2007
A former Wal-Mart computer technician, who asserted that company employees eavesdropped on board meetings and conducted clandestine surveillance on shareholders, has reversed himself and denied both claims in a sworn testimony.
April 22, 2007
April 21, 2007
Doctors in New York have removed a woman’s gallbladder with instruments passed through her vagina, a technique they hope will cause less pain and scarring than the usual operation, and allow a quicker recovery.
April 21, 2007
April 20, 2007
For many women, a birth control pill that eliminates monthly menstruation might seem a welcome milestone.
April 20, 2007
April 20, 2007
Officials at Virginia Tech defended their decision to allow the gunman in Monday’s rampage to return to campus after he was released from a psychiatric facility
April 20, 2007
April 20, 2007
NBC News fought back yesterday against a growing backlash over the way it handled the pictures and writings of the student who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech.
April 20, 2007