The U.S. and Israel agreed not to work with any new Palestinian government that does not renounce violence, recognize Israel and accept existing peace agreements, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday. The U.S. and Israel agreed on the decision ahead of a three-way meeting with the Palestinians.
Senate Democrats said Sunday they might try to restrict President Bush’s ability to wage war in Iraq by approving a more limited version of the 2002 measure that authorized the use of force against Saddam Hussein.
In southern Thailand, at least 28 bombs exploded Sunday in apparently coordinated attacks plagued by a Muslim insurgency, killing three people and wounding more than 50, the military said.
Sunday marked the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Pig, where Asians flocked to temples, parks and Disneyland to pray, play, eat and celebrate.\nFederal scrutiny of meat and poultry plants will increase where the danger from E. coli and other germs is high or where past visits have found unsafe practices. This is the first major change to food inspection in a decade.
Three women were found bludgeoned to death with a hammer in two apartments on Chicago’s far North Side, and police had a suspect in custody Sunday.
A man died after being caught in an avalanche in Utah on Saturday while snowmobiling near Tower Mountain in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, authorities said.
In Zimbabwe, police arrested dozens of people Sunday as they used tear gas and water cannons to break up a rally where the main opposition leader planned to launch a presidential campaign, a spokesman for the opposition party said.
Cocoa beans may be used to treat dementia due to flavanols, an antioxidant found in cocoa beans that can increase blood flow to the brain, researchers said Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
