By Barbara Schoetzau New York 11 January 2006 The international musical hit "The Phantom of the Opera" became the longest running show in Broadway history Monday, after its 7,486th performance. Theate...
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 11 January 2006 An Iraqi mason works on a wall surrounding a new school on the outskirts of Basra (file picture) Iraq has been hit with a construction boom - in no small part du...
By Jim Malone 11 January 2006 Opposition Democrats expect to make gains in congressional elections later this year in part because of a corruption scandal involving once-powerful Republican lobbyist J...
By Jim Stevenson Washington 11 January 2006 American speedskater Chris Witty seems to have accomplished what many Olympic athletes dream about. She has competed in three Olympics, winning a gold, silv...
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 11 January 2006 watch Iraq Citadel report The northern Kurdish city of Irbil is one of the oldest cities in the world. Located along an important trade route, Irbil came un...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 11 January 2006 The top U.S. envoy to multi-national talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs has arrived in Asia in an effort to revive the talks. Even though...
By Lisa Bryant Aulnay-sous-Bois, France 11 January 2006 Two months after the worst riots in nearly 40 years swept across France, life is back to normal. There are few traces of the rioting and arson a...
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 11 January 2006 watch Baby Noor report Doctors in the southern U.S. city of Atlanta, Georgia say an Iraqi infant known as Baby Noor is doing well after surgery Monday t...
By Joe Bavier 2-329675 11 January 2006 Daagbo Hounon Houn, the voodoo chief, is seen at the Benin National Voodoo festival held in Ouidah, Benin Once stigmatized, traditional religions and voodoo have...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 11 January 2006 Officials collect chickens in October to fight an outbreak of avian flu in Kiziksa village, in western Turkey The U.N. food and agriculture agency is warnin...