Amid global concerns over food prices, the Senate approved a $290 billion dollar farm bill Thursday with enough support to overcome a threatened presidential veto. A reporter outlines facets of the bill and its implications for U.S. food and agriculture

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain outlined a bold foreign policy vision for his first four years in office Thursday -- a strategy that would include a timetable for the return of most U.S. troops from Iraq by 2013.

As corn prices have risen with demand for ethanol in recent years, corn farmers are prospering. But others -- such as hog farmers who rely on corn feed -- are facing tough times, and some critics blame ethanol demand for

The smaller tempest was expected to hit the stricken Irrawaddy delta region early Friday, bringing more rain to the sodden disaster area, where thousands are homeless, missing and threatened by hunger and disease.

Gennai Yanagisawa, 75, said Thursday that a demonstration flight of his one-man helicopter is planned in the city of Vinci, near Florence, Italy, on May 25.

Terror leader Osama bin Laden will release a new Internet message dealing with Israel and the Palestinians, a terrorism monitoring group said Thursday.The announcement of the impending comments by the head of al-Qaida was posted on Web sites often used

An old man was found hanged in the village of Valchevtsi , Elena Municipality , District Police Directorate - Veliko Tarnovo informed. A signal for a 81-year old hanged man was received in the police department in the town of