GENEVA – Member countries of the international Red Cross (search) movement met on Monday to investigate whether they can revive an effort to give Israel full status five years after the last attempt failed because of Arab-Israeli tension. The disagreement centers around whether a red Star of David (search) can …
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NEW ORLEANS – The last 300 refugees in the Superdome climbed aboard buses Saturday bound for new temporary shelter, leaving behind a darkened and stinking arena strewn with trash. The sight of the last person — an elderly man wearing a Houston Rockets cap — prompted cheers from members of …
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NEW YORK – A federal judge Thursday ordered the release of dozens more pictures of prisoners being abused at Abu Ghraib (search), rejecting government arguments that the images would provoke terrorists and incite violence against U.S. troops in Iraq. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said that terrorists “do not …
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WASHINGTON – A Navy pilot shot down over Iraq in January 1991 may have been captured by Iraqi forces, and members of the former Iraqi government “know the whereabouts” of the officer, the Navy has concluded. A Navy board of inquiry concluded that there is no credible evidence that Capt. …
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This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” September 26, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: In the first lawsuit of its kind since Hurricane Katrina struck, the state of Florida is taking on a gas station owner who admits to artificially hiking up gasoline …
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MADRID – A suspected Al Qaeda cell leader was convicted Monday of conspiring to commit murder in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks (search) in the United States, concluding Europe’s biggest trial of alleged members of the terrorist group. Imad Yarkas (search), one of 24 defendants on trial, was sentenced …
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations must shift its focus from just settling disputes to coordinating the world’s fight against terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin (search) told the second day of a U.N. summit Wednesday. Echoing remarks by Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair (search) and President Bush the day before, …
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GULFPORT, Miss. – A few familiar routines of normal life slowly returned to the Mississippi Gulf Coast (search) on Friday, with many Hurricane Katrina (search) victims going to work, eating hot meals and beginning to rebuild. Lumber and home stores were open, and customers were buying supplies to repair their …
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NEW YORK – An Us Weekly (search) gossip writer found himself on the wrong side of the police blotter after being charged with trying to seduce an FBI agent posing on the Internet as a 13-year-old girl. Us Weekly suspended Timothy McDarrah (search), editor of the Hot Stuff column, without …
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A few years ago the small SUV category barely existed. Today it’s fiercely competitive, with a wide range of choices. But most people use small SUVs to hit the mall, not the mud, so we focused on five popular SUVs built on a car (not a truck) chassis, rating them …
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