MOSCOW – A Chechen militant leader has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings on Moscow’s subway that killed 39 and wounded scores of others. Doku Umarov, who leads Islamic militants in Chechnya and nearby regions of Russia’s North Caucasus, says in a statement posted on a pro-rebel Web site that the attacks were an act [...]
WASHINGTON – Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday predicted weekend passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul that budget analysts said would cut the U.S. deficit over 10 years and dramatically expand health coverage. President Barack Obama, who was scheduled to leave on an overseas trip on Sunday, postponed the trip to June to [...]
The body of a missing energy executive was pulled from the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Tuesday, four days after he disappeared, police said.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates. The 53-nation meeting was the largest gathering of international leaders before next month’s global climate summit in Copenhagen. The leaders said [...]