Laborers from across the country have returned to their native Sichuan Province, where many elderly Chinese have refused to leave devastated - and still at risk - villages.
A report issued by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran?s suspected research into developing nuclear warheads remains ?a matter of serious concern? needing ?substantive explanations.?
AP - As Sgt. Joe Higgins patrolled the streets of Saba al-Bor, a tough town north of Baghdad, he was armed with bullets that had a lot more firepower than those of his 4th Infantry Division buddies.
AP - Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday in an unusually strongly worded report.
AP - President Bush paid tribute Monday to America's fighting men and women who died in battle, saying national leaders must have "the courage and character to follow their lead" in preserving peace and freedom.
At a time when gas prices are at an all-time high, Americans have curtailed their driving at a historic rate. Department of Transportation figures from March show the steepest decrease since 1942. Tracy and Adam Crews say gas prices forced them to ditch their usual Memorial Day trip in favor of a "staycation."
Iraqi soldiers rounded up six teenagers in northern Iraq who were being trained, against their will, to carry out suicide bombings for al Qaeda in Iraq, the Interior Ministry said today. An insurgent "threatened to rape our mothers and sisters, destroy our houses and kill our fathers," one of the youths told reporters.
Iran is still withholding critical information that could determine whether it is trying to make nuclear weapons, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a restricted report.