Spanish Socialists win short of overall majority (Reuters)

Cost issues and war sap U.S. military readiness: lawmaker...
Reuters - A top Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday called for urgent improvement of the U.S. military's readiness, saying the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and cost overruns in weapons programs...

Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Games (Reuters)
Reuters - Beijing on Wednesday marks the 100-day countdown to the Olympics with songs, a mass run and even prayers, hoping to put behind it the tumultuous events of the past month which have...

Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official (Reuters)
Reuters - Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt...

Obama strongly denounces former pastor (Reuters)
Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama denounced his former pastor in his strongest language to date on Tuesday, saying he was outraged by Rev. Jeremiah Wright's assertions...

McCain pushes choice as health care fix (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain called on Tuesday for greater competition for health care coverage for Americans, saying more choices for insurance will drive down...