Jun 4th, 2006 · The European Union's top justice official says the EU will organize an anti-racism campaign during the World Cup which starts in Germany on Friday. EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini said the measure was meant to address growing concern across Europe that racism is spreading at soccer stadiums.
Jun 3rd, 2006 · Tuesday's California primary elections have prompted some bizarre campaign antics. One candidate is under fire for not sending her children to public school, even though she's not a mother. In another race, a politician's fitness for office has been questioned because he had a heart transplant.
Jun 1st, 2006 · Two wealthy former businessmen are waging an increasingly negative battle on California airwaves for Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Both want the chance to take on Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this fall. Even after spending millions of dollars on campaign commercials, neither candidate is exactly a household name.
May 31st, 2006 · As Zimbabwe's economy collapses under 1,000 percent inflation, many of the people uprooted by a slum-clearance campaign last year remain homeless and unemployed. Human-rights activists in the Southern African nation say the country is on the verge of social upheaval.
May 29th, 2006 · California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, who once tipped the scales at nearly 300 pounds, has made his new weight-loss regimen the centerpiece of his campaign for state insurance commissioner. Bustamante's strategy? if he loses, he wins.
May 12th, 2006 · News of domestic data-gathering by the National Security Agency dominates Capitol Hill for a second day. Lawmakers have had plenty of opportunity to ask the former head of the NSA, Gen. Michael Hayden, about the operation: Hayden is campaigning for Senate confirmation as director of the CIA.
May 12th, 2006 · The religious thriller The Da Vinci Code has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. The film -- which begins screening next Friday -- features mega-star Tom Hanks, and it should be a box office bonanza. So why is Sony studios so secretive about its multi-million marketing campaign?
May 11th, 2006 · It began as a dirty trick: On Election Day in 2002, New Hampshire Republicans hired a calling center in Idaho to jam the phone lines at Democratic offices, so that Democratic voters couldn't get rides to the polls. The ploy has not faded with time, however: The episode has blossomed into a criminal investigation, a civil lawsuit and a story whose players include several prominent Republicans.