Writing in support of the Senate bill to expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist opened his op-ed in yesterday's Washington Post with three words: "I am pro-life."
AP - Fidel Castro, who took control of Cuba in 1959, rebuffed repeated U.S. attempts to oust him and survived communism's demise almost everywhere else, temporarily relinquished his presidential powers to his brother Raul on Monday night because of surgery.
AP - Israel's prime minister declared Monday there would be no cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas, saying "we will not give up on our goal to live a life free of terror." His Security Cabinet approved widening the ground offensive.
AP - President Bush acknowledged growing international pressure for an immediate Middle East cease-fire Monday but dismissed any idea of simply "stopping for the sake of stopping" without a plan for lasting peace.
Cuban President Fidel Castro is having surgery and has provisionally handed power to his brother Raul, according to a statement read on Cuban television Monday night. Castro's secretary read a letter he said was from the president in which he said stress had forced him into surgery and that he would be in bed for several weeks after the operation.
Israeli officials say ground offensive to expandWar will stop when threat removed, Israeli PM saysRed Cross, U.N. teams arrive in Bint JbeilSyrian military told to heighten its readiness
Urging President Bush to turn all U.S. efforts toward "ending this madness," a leading Republican senator Monday broke with the Bush administration and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Mideast.