RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he will delay Jan. 25 parliamentary elections if Israel bars Jerusalem Arabs from voting, the first time he has indicated he would postpone the balloting. Senior members of the ruling Fatah party had urged Abbas to delay the elections, reflecting …
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The following is the text of a letter sent Dec. 7 by Dr. Kenneth W. Stein to FOXNews.com: This note is to inform you that yesterday, I sent letters to President Carter, Emory University President Jim Wagner and Dr. John Hardman, Executive Director of the Carter Center resigning my position, …
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NEW YORK – A school principal spent a frigid night on the roof of Harrington Park School in Harrington Park, New Jersey, after students met his challenge to read 10,000 books months before he expected them to. The school has about 700 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Davies had …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A bomb struck a crowd of mostly poor Shiites in Baghdad, killing at least 63 people and wounding more than 200 — including construction workers who were climbing onto a pickup truck that exploded after the driver offered them jobs. The attack came as the U.S. military …
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Former North Carolina senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Thursday announced his bid for the presidency in the 2008 election, calling on Americans who want a change in direction to support his candidacy. “If we want to change this country, if we want to move America the way …
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WASHINGTON – Democrats took control of Congress for the first time in 12 years in the same year the news was dominated by the war in Iraq, immigration reform, a White House shake-up and an accidental shooting involving the vice president. Exit polls from the midterm congressional election show that …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar‘s convoy came under fire Sunday as it passed through Gaza City, and members of his Hamas movement accused Fatah rivals of trying to assassinate him. The shooting took place as Zahar, a senior Hamas official, was traveling near the Foreign Ministry. …
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WASHINGTON – The NAACP is close to making a deal to move its headquarters from Baltimore to the nation’s capital, District of Columbia officials and the civil rights group’s president said Monday. Terms of the agreement, which are still being negotiated, call for the city to contribute $3.5 million to …
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LOS ANGELES – Just like the Academy Awards, “American Idol” now merits its own pre-show. Beginning Tuesday, the TV Guide Channel will present an hourlong, live pre-show before each of this season’s remaining “American Idol” telecasts. “Idol Tonight” will feature appearances by ejected contestants and past “Idol” stars, plus interviews …
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WASHINGTON – House conservatives criticized President Bush, accused the Senate of fouling the air, said prisoners rather than illegal farm workers should pick America’s crops and denounced the use of Mexican flags by protesters Thursday in a vehement attack on legislation to liberalize U.S. immigration laws. “I say let the …
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