A day after UCLA officials filed suit against a group of animal activists, a judge issued a restraining order prohibiting the groups and individuals who have been accused of targeting faculty involved in animal research from coming near those researchers.
AP - Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will "shift the power from the few to the many."
AP - A suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims as they were resting Sunday during a days-long walk to a Shiite shrine, killing at least 40 people and wounding 60.
AP - A Turkish helicopter went down in Iraq and eight soldiers were killed during a cross-border ground operation that has drawn criticism from the Iraqi government, Turkey's military said Sunday.
Iraq's government is calling on Turkey to withdraw its forces "as soon as possible," saying the incursion "is a direct threat" to peace in the region. Turkish forces began a ground operation against rebels Thursday -- the first significant Turkish ground offensive into Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Ralph Nader is entering the presidential race as an independent, he announced today. "Dissent is the mother of ascent," he said. "And in that context I've decided to run for president." It marks his fourth straight White House bid -- fifth if his 1992 write-in campaign is included.