Speaker asks the parliament to speed up consideration of his resignation

German hopes for support of BYuT

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Yushchenko criticizes State Budget-2009 prepared by gov`t

During a visit of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to the United States to the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly, the Ukrainian leader had a short meeting with the running mate of the presidential contender from the Republican Party,

First of all, the questions of granting NATO Membership Action Plan to Ukraine and the Ukrainian-Russian relations will be discussed during the of visit of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to the USA and his meetings with the US leadership ".

President Bush, who once expressed disdain for the United Nations, said Tuesday that multinational organizations are now "needed more urgently than ever" to combat terrorists and extremists who are threatening world order.

Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, are the latest celebritydonors to the fight against California's November ballot initiativethat would overturn the state Supreme Court decision legalizingsame-sex marriage. Spielberg and Capshaw have donated $100,000 to fight Proposition 8, they announced

Concern about ongoing racial prejudice is causing unease among those backing Barack Obama for president.

Up to three more combat brigades could be available to go to Afghanistan beginning next spring, in answer to repeated calls from commanders for more troops, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.

House Democrats will allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week.

Conservative columnist and author David Frum says Republicans are missing the deep inequalities that exist in American society, and that could cost them the upcoming election.

Both Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have expressed support for legislation to protect the Great Lakes as Congress considers three other key pieces of legislation about the Lakes. Midmorning explores what is wrong with the lakes and what the

Midday broadcasts President Bush's farewell address to the general assembly at the United National in New York and explores his foreign policy legacy.

A special program from America Abroad and CNN, features former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, James A. Baker, III, Warren Christopher, Henry Kissinger and Colin L. Powell in a discussion about the foreign policy challenges facing the next president of

Financial markets extended their declines Tuesday as investors worriedthat lawmakers were beginning to doubt the necessity of a broadgovernment bailout for financial institutions as a way to revive ailingcredit markets.

The U.S. Supreme Court has given a last-minute reprieve to a Georgiaman less than two hours before he was to be executed for the 1989slaying of an off-duty police officer.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty traveled the state today to discuss education initiatives he'd like to see pass during next year's legislative session. Some of the ideas might sound familiar because Pawlenty has pursued them before.

The House has ratified a compact to preventthe diversion of water from the Great Lakes, sending the bill to President Bush for his signature.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she worries that taxpayers could be left "holding the bag" with plans for a $700 billion government program to stabilize the country's distressed financial markets.