In The Days

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 322 kilometers south of the capital Teheran, Iran.
Photo: AP
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Russia’s use of heavy weapons at this week’s World War II commemoration parades is not intended as a threat to any nation, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
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BAGHDAD — Militants from the Lebanese group Hezbollah have been training Iraqi militia fighters at a camp near Tehran, according to American interrogation reports that the United States has supplied to the Iraqi government.
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The old ways no longer cut it.
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A man checks for broken eggs as he stocks the shelves in a Maumelle, Ark. Wal-Mart Supercenter store Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The Agriculture Department’s chief economist told Congress Thursday that prices for corn and other food commodities will remain at “historically high levels” in coming years as the U.S. ethanol industry expands. (AP)
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EU approves rescue package for Germany’s WestLB bank
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April 30 (Bloomberg) — Citigroup Inc., under pressure to bolster capital depleted by mounting losses, sold $4.5 billion of stock, 50 percent more than it planned.
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major parts supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups.
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WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will try to bolster the faltering Israeli-Palestinian peace process on a May 13-18 trip to the Middle East, but the White House said on Monday he is “under no illusions” of a quick breakthrough.
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