NPR 2008-11-27

Officials in Mumbai say four armed gunmen that launched a terror attack in the Indian commercial capital have been killed and nine terror suspects have now been arrested. The attacks which occurred at luxury hotels, a train station and other locatio

NPR 2009-01-25

President Obama says his administration's 825-billion-dollar economic recovery plan is aimed to doing far more than pulling the nation out of recession and creating jobs. This is not just a short-term program to boost employment. It's one that will

NPR 2008-08-09

Opening ceremonies in Beijing for the 2008 Summer Games where the show began with movie director Zhang Yimou's version of Chinese history complete with drummers and lavish traditional garb. With the lighting of the Olympic Flame, the Games officiall

NPR 2008-08-07

Government papers released in the anthrax investigation paint Army scientist Bruce Ivins as a disturbed man who tried to mislead investigators by submitting false samples. NPR's Allison Keyes has more. According to the documents, the case against Iv

NPR 2008-08-08

A military jury has sentenced the former driver for terrorist leader Osama bin Laden to five and a half years in prison. The sentence handed down to Salim Hamdan for his conviction of supporting terrorism was far less than the 30 years prosecutors h

NPR 2008-08-17

President Bush is hailing Russia's signing of a ceasefire agreement with the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. He called on Russia to withdraw its troops immediately. And he cautioned Russia against trying to take over two breakaway regions. They a

NPR 2009-02-15

President Obama will sign the economic stimulus bill on Tuesday at a ceremony in Denver. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pointed to the legislation today in urging fellow finance ministers from the world's industrial powers to take steps to bols

NPR 2009-02-14

The economic stimulus package is moving toward final passage. The House voted 246 to 187 today to pass the 787-billion-dollar bill. NPR's Audie Cornish reports from the Capitol. The House passed the stimulus plan a little more than three weeks after

NPR 2009-02-16

Arizona Republican Senator John McCain says the 787-billion-dollar stimulus package passed by Congress last week is flawed. It is incredibly expensive. It has hundreds of billions of dollars in projects which will not yield in jobs. McCain spoke on

NPR 2009-02-17

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Tokyo, the first stop on a weeklong swing through Asia. She said she decided to go there first because Asia is an indispensable region. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports. Secretary Clinton says she plans

NPR 2009-02-18

President Barack Obama traveled to Denver today where he has signed into law the 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill sent to him by Congress last week. The president called it a balanced plan which he said contains a mixture of tax cuts and in

NPR 2009-02-20

On his first foreign trip since taking office, President Barack Obama met today with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The two men talked about a variety of issues ranging from the war in Afghanistan to the current state of the economy. At a n

NPR 2008-12-04

President-elect Barack Obama says he is glad to see the Big Three automakers put forward more serious plans for restructuring, though he says he will withhold judgment on those plans until after auto executives appear at Congressional hearings. NPR'

NPR 2008-08-14

President Bush is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Georgia to show support for the embattled president there. He's also launching a humanitarian mission with the Pentagon in the lead. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports. President Bush says

NPR 2008-08-13

Georgia's president now says he agrees with the European Union plan that would call for a ceasefire with Russia. The plan brokered by France calls for both Russian and Georgian troops to return to their original positions. Speaking to reporters afte

NPR 2008-08-12

President Bush today told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that recent actions by Russia against the former Soviet Republic of Georgia represent a dramatic and brutal escalation of violence. And just back from the Beijing Olympics, the presi

NPR 2008-08-11

Russian military forces have stepped up their offensive in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today, targeting areas outside the contested region of South Ossetia. The US ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad warned Russia that its ti

NPR 2008-08-10

A delegation of US and European diplomats is reportedly heading to the former Soviet Republic of Georgia to try to broker a truce in the escalating conflict with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashv

NPR 2009-01-13

President Bush in a somewhat reflective final news conference at the White House today indicated he has wondered whether there are some things he could have done better. However, on the matter of his administration's handling of the current economic

NPR 2009-01-11

The top Hamas political official says the Israeli attacks on Gaza have destroyed any chance of negotiated settlement with Israel. The speech by Khaled Mashal showed no hint of a willingness to end rocket fire unless all its demands are met. NPR's Pe