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Africa's newest nation. Eritrea defeated the occupying Ethiopian forces in 1993 despite being heavily outnumbered. Now the new country surges with music and images that valorizes their struggle for independence.

over the preliminary injunction issued by a U.S. district court judge which prevents the enforcement of Proposition 209. The voter-approved measure bans racial preferences in hiring and selection processes in California.

between Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, a five billion dollar deal that would create the nation's largest railway. Federal regulators meet today to decide whether to approve the merger.

that the most recent peace plan in Liberia seems to be working. The three main warlords, who helped fuel the seven year civil war, have resigned from the ruling council of state and are gearing up for the presidential elections to be held at the end of May.

of the death of long-time North Korean leader Kim il-Sung there have been no elaborate ceremonies commemorating the great leader. Instead the country is consumed trying to deal with devastating floods and famine.

Newt Gingrich's speech to GOPAC, the political action committee he founded Monday night. The speech was televised and Gingrich took the opportunity to rail against Democratic fundraising practices and to recount his recent trip to Asia.

yesterday questioned the cable television industry's record of rising prices. The Telecommunications Act was supposed to provide greater competition from telephone companies and direct broadcast satellite companies, but neither industry has effectively challenged cable.

, by one vote, of a Constitutional amendment that would have required a balanced federal budget. The decisive vote against the measure was cast by Democrat Robert Torricelli of New Jersey. All Republicans in the Senate voted in favor of the amendment.

survives in parts of Europe, 200 years after being forbidden. People still use Gaelic in parts of Ireland, England, France, Wales, and Scotland. On the Isle of Skye, the BBC even broadcasts in Gaelic.

streets as they anticipate the next round of strikes against the Iraqi military from the U.S. Yesterday, Iraq fired on U.S. aircraft patrolling the no-fly zone over northern Iraq.