U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight

The Bush administration and top lawmakers agreed on a deal to authorize the biggest banking rescue in U.S. history. The $700 billion program would effectively nationalize an array of mortgages and securities backed by them. ... more

The Bush Family We wondered why it took an age to get through security for the China .v. USA Basketball match - we realised why when we saw who was seated below us ! The atmosphere was electric in the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium - purpose built to hold 18,000 spectators (about 80% were Chinese it felt ! ) We also got to see the 7′6″ Yao Ming in action - awesome :-) china usa hot laura basketball america asia president georgebush chinese beiji... more

Still, [Bush] acknowledged yesterday that the measure presents lawmakers with "a difficult vote" barely a month before the November elections. Polls show the bailout is hugely unpopular , and lawmakers have been inundated with calls and e-mails from angry constituents. That is a line taken from today’s page A1 article in the Washington Post , which like many articles this morning, asserts that the bailout is exceptionally unpopular and politcal dead weight to whomever might vote to pa... more

A growing network of young people armed with memory sticks and clandestine Internet hookups has been spreading news the official state media of Cuba try to suppress.... more

Bush’s calls to increase oil output are ignored again as OPEC declares the market has plenty of supply already.... more

The international bloc has approved a resolution condemning Colombia’s attack on rebels just inside Ecuador as a violation of sovereignty, in a move aimed at easing a diplomatic crisis.... more

U.S. tests show that as much as 20 percent of the product’s active ingredient was a heparin mimic blended in with the real thing.... more