Nation

Taiwan president delays declaration of independence

Published December 11, 2007

.TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's president pledged Monday he will not declare formal independence for the self-ruled island before his term ends, but he added that a contentious referendum on U.N. membership...

Jason Bonham kicks off Led Zeppelin reunion on Monday night

Published December 11, 2007

.LONDON (AP) - The newest member of Led Zeppelin was given the honor of kicking off the band's reunion Monday night, pounding out the beat before the surviving founders joined in on a near-perfect "Good...

Argentinian president leaves office, wife elected first female president

Published December 11, 2007

>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Cristina Fernandez was sworn in Monday as Argentina's first elected female president, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power that the nation hopes will ensure...

Chavez’s bank began as alternative to U.S. lenders

Published December 10, 2007

The "Bank of the South" was founded by Chavez and six of his allies.

Firefighters go to academy to learn to use fire as a preventitive tool

Published December 10, 2007

.CERRO GRANDE PEAK, N.M. (AP) - Wildland firefighters come here to the Southwest Fire Use Training Academy to learn not how to stop fires but how to start them, using prescribed burns to clean out overgrown...

Baghdad Christians pack church for Sunday Mass by Iraq’s first cardinal

Published December 10, 2007

>BAGHDAD (AP) - The worshippers were searched at the door and snipers stood guard on the roof, but Sunday's Mass was a joyful one for more than 200 Iraqis who packed a church in eastern Baghdad to see...