American officials say they might have to curtail aid to the Interior Ministry police, who have been accused by Sunnis of complicity in torture and killings.
A slew of economic readings Friday gave ammunition to those who think the economy is slowing enough to offset inflation and also to those who think inflation is at a level that argues for additional hikes in interest rates by the Federal Reserve Board.
When you're a CEO who does something stupid, here's the drill: Congress holds hearings. Lawmakers spank you silly. The press hyperventilates. Then you go back to work, while real prosecutors and market forces determine your fate.
AP - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri called President Bush a failure and a liar in the war on terror in a video statement released Friday, and he compared Pope Benedict XVI to the 11th century pontiff who launched the First Crusade.
Explicit questions in instant messages have reportedly been linked to Rep. Mark Foley who resigned from Congress today. The messages were sent to a teenage congressional page. Earlier, a former page described e-mails he received from the lawmaker as "sick." Foley apparently sent the e-mails in August 2005, when the male page was 16 years old, an ethics watchdog group said.