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ROCKY MOUNT, Va. - A congressman said Thursday that he will not retract a letter warning that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims will be elected" and use the Quran to take the oath of office. Republican Rep. Virgil Goode (news, bio, voting record) triggered angry responses...

ISLAMABAD - NATO efforts aimed at seeking transit facilities for its arms and ammunition and other equipment from Pakistan have received a setback as Islamabad has refused to allow the operation of its liaison office at one of Pakistani airports. Pakistan had earlier received a draft agreement...

LAHORE - President Pervez Musharraf has declared that in a bid to catch up the developed world sooner than later by making giant leaps in science and technology disciplines, the government has decided to let the foreign universities establish their campuses in the country in collaboration with...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens AG has set a new speed record for electrical processing of data through a fiber-optic cable, it said on Wednesday, opening the possibility of cheaper Internet and data networks. Siemens (SIEGn.DE: Quote, Profile , Research) said in a statement it had...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - New Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked ordinary soldiers on the ground in Baghdad on Thursday for advice on fixing the war effort, and he received the same answer time and again -- bring in more American troops. "Sir, I think we need to just keep doing what we're doing,"...

SAN FRANCISCO - The iPhone has arrived, but it's not made by Apple Computer Inc., which was widely rumored to be working a cell phone-iPod combination of the same name. Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems Inc. that makes networking equipment for the home and small businesses, unveiled the...

WASHINGTON - President Bush signed legislation on Monday to let America share its nuclear know-how and fuel with India even though New Delhi refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. "By helping India expand its use of safe nuclear energy, this bill lays the foundation for...

By ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press Writer 17 minutes ago PARIS - France is to withdraw its 200-strong special forces from Afghanistan , all of its ground troops engaged in the U.S anti-terror operation there, authorities announced Sunday. The decision to pull the elite troops, based in...

NEW YORK - Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year." The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals — citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners this year were...

GAUHATI, India - A killer elephant named after Osama bin Laden by fearful villagers was killed by sharpshooters, officials said Sunday. The animal was blamed for 14 deaths in the northeastern state of Assam. A licensed shooter shot and killed the 10-foot tall bull near the Behali forest...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The world's first cloned cat just became a mother — and she even did it without test tubes. Copy Cat, who was cloned by Texas A&M University researchers in 2001, had three kittens in September. Mother and kittens are doing well, said Duane Kraemer, an A&M...

BEIJING - China and the United States on Saturday signed an agreement that paves the way for Westinghouse Electric Co. to build four civilian nuclear reactors in China, a multibillion dollar coup for U.S. business over French and Russian competitors. "This is an exciting day for the U.S...

SARI, Iran - Iran's president warned Washington's European allies on Tuesday that Iran would reconsider its relations with them if they insist on punishing Tehran for its nuclear program, saying that would amount to an act of "hostility." His comments came ahead of a meeting in Paris...

In Washington, outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was revealed to have acknowledged in a memo just before he lost his job that U.S. strategy was not working and it might be better to reduce troop numbers. President George W. Bush has repeatedly rejected recent assertions in the...

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stormed to a re-election victory in Sunday's vote, handing him an ample mandate to broaden his promised socialist revolution and challenge Washington's influence in Latin America. Dressed in his signature red shirt, Chavez...

ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The President and the federal cabinet have decided that five major dams —Kalabagh, Akhori, Munda, Diamer-Bhasha and Kurram Tangi — will be completed before 2016 and all other forums, ministries and departments are bound to implement the decision, Planning...

Musharraf signs Women’s Rights Bill ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (AP) President Gen. Pervez Musharraf Friday gave assent to the Women’s Rights Bill passed earlier by both Houses of the Parliament. ``Now it has become law,'' Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sher Afghan said in a...

NEW YORK — Nov. 30, 2006 — At a press conference at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the business availability of the Windows Vista™ operating system, the 2007 release of Microsoft® Office, and a host of...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teens who play violent video games show increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern self-control, a study released on Tuesday found The study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to record tiny...

Chinese firms seek to replace DVDs with home-grown technology "Nineteen out of our 21 member manufacturers will be producing EVD players with compatible function only by 2008," Zhang Baoquan, the secretary-general of the EVD (Enhanced Versatile Disc) Industry Alliance told AFP. In the...