美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-18

1. Iraqi authorities are warning two kidnapped security company employees may still be in danger despite reports indicating their release earlier. Four Americans and an Austrian were taken hostage Thu

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-17

1. Numerous deaths are reported after severe thunderstorms and tornados tore up homes and buildings in North Carolina last night and this morning. One official says he stepped across bodies in his sea

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-15

1. Gunmen kidnapped up to 150 scientists and teachers from a Baghdad higher education office today, the largest mass abduction since the war began. At least 3 people were later released unharmed. 2. I

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-14

1. Thousands brave d the wind and rain to gather on the National Mall to pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.. Today, dignitaries broke ground for the new MLK memorial. It will be built not far from

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-13

1. Sunday marked the day of remembrance for the families of those who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 5 years ago. Two hundred sixty-five people died when that plane crashed moments

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-12

1. On this Veterans’ Day, President Bush is praising US troops as

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-11

1. In a new audiotape released Friday, Al-Qaida in Iraq claims that it has mobilize d 12,000 fighters. The group says it welcomes the departure of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and wants the US to

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-28

government,official,failures,1. Former FEMA director Michael Brown blames others for most of the government failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina. 2. As residents from New Orleans Algiers area begin returnning home, officia

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-04

1. President Bush is open to suggestions made by outgoing Defense Secretary Rumsfeld concerning US involvement in Iraq. The White House says Sunday possible changes proposed by Rumsfeld could include

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-13

1. Lebanon's Cabinet is expected to vote on a UN resolution that would end the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, this after the UN Security Council adopted the resolution to end the war, authoriz

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-12

1. British officials identified 19 of the 24 suspects accused of planning to blow up US-bound planes. Sources also say they intercept ed a coded message earlier this week, telling the suspected terror

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-11

1. US intelligence officials say the 24 suspects arrested in an airplane terror plot were targeting ten flights from Britain to a number of US airports. They apparently planned to ignite a peroxide -b

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-10

1. Israel's Security Cabinet decided Wednesday to send troops deeper into Lebanon in an attempt to further damage Hezbollah forces before a ceasefire is imposed. 2. US troops have arrested four Iraqi

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-09

1. While Senator Joe Lieberman spends this primary day campaigning in Connecticut, his campaign is accusing a rival Democrat of hack ing Lieberman's campaign Web site. The site crashed Tuesday. Lieber

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-08

1. Explosions rocked Beirut. Lebanese security officials say Israeli warships have been firing on the city southern suburbs. Local police reported at least five deaths. This after an Israeli raid that

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-07

1. Hezbollah rockets pounded the Israeli port city of Haifa overnight. Officials say at least three people have died and dozens are hurt. They say one residential neighborhood took five or six hits. H

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-06

1. The U.S. and France reached an agreement on a UN Security Council resolution to bring an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says the resolution will proba

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-05

1. Phoenix police have charged two men in a serial murder case that's claimed six lives and frustrated investigators for more than a year. The suspects were arrested late Thursday night. The mayor cal

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-04

1. Again today the National Weather Service has posted heat warnings from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Electricity demands set records in some areas and scattered power outages have been reported.

美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-03

1. Residents of the Mid-Atlantic region got hit with another day of triple-digit temperatures. Officials are urging people to conserve electrical power and stay indoors. An excessive heat warning rema