Washington - US President George W Bush met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday seeking to nudge along a peace process bogged down by Israeli settlement plans and violence in the G

New York - Emergency food stocks maintained by countries around
the world are at their lowest levels in 30 years, contributing to the

Washington  - US intelligence officials were on Capitol Hill Thursday to present lawmakers with evidence that North Korea assisted Syria in the construction of the nuclear reactor destroyed by the

New York  - Record fuel prices pushed US Airways into the red for the first quarter, the sixth largest US carrier said Thursday.

New York - The United States on Thursday accused Libya of taking a position that was "morally outrageous" by accusing Israel of maintaining a Holocaust-type camp in Gaza Strip.

New York  - US automotive concern Ford Motor Co.