BEIRUT, Lebanon – Rafik Hariri (search), a self-made billionaire construction tycoon who amassed his fortune in Saudi Arabia, led the rebuilding of a shattered Lebanon as its prime minister in the years following the tiny country’s protracted civil war. Hariri died Monday when his motorcade was bombed in Beirut. He …
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Superstar Michael Jackson (search) was rushed to the emergency room of a local hospital Tuesday and admitted for the flu, delaying jury selection another week in his child molestation trial. Judge Rodney Melville (search) told prospective jurors that Jackson was taken to a local hospital on …
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GENEVA – Ruud Lubbers (search), who stepped down Sunday amid allegations of sexual impropriety during four years as head of the U.N. refugee agency, has a long career in public service in the Netherlands and elsewhere. Lubbers, a 65-year-old former Dutch prime minister, began a five-year term as the U.N. …
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WASHINGTON – An old friend of President Bush (search) who secretly recorded their private conversations and released them to the media said he has regrets and is turning the tapes over to Bush. Doug Wead (search) allowed journalists to hear and broadcast the tapes in the past week as he …
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NEW YORK – A judge agreed Monday to look into whether the government acted properly when it failed to give defense lawyers videotaped interviews of a key witness against a man convicted in the bombings of two U.S. embassies. The hearing provides Wadih El-Hage, a former associate of Usama bin …
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PARIS – The expanding NATO (search) alliance can be a bulwark for freedom without playing policeman to the world, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (search) said as she neared the end of a European tour that included visits to both old and newer NATO members. “How NATO’s role will evolve, …
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PARIS – France’s (search) extended vacations and 35-hour work week have long been the target of critics who say the labor laws hamper economic growth. Now they could be falling by the wayside. After heated debate, lawmakers approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow French employees to work more. …
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FORT HOOD, Texas – A former Abu Ghraib (search) guard pleaded guilty Tuesday to battery and two other charges in the Iraqi prison abuse scandal as part of a deal with prosecutors on the eve of his trial. Sgt. Javal Davis (search), 27, also pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty …
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MADRID, Spain – Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan in connection with the March 11 train bombings in Madrid, authorities said on Wednesday. Rachid Bendouda (search) was arrested in the Madrid neighborhood of Lavapies, the officials said. Militants saying they acted on behalf of Al Qaeda (search) have claimed responsibility …
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This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” February 11, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “On the Record” every weeknight at 10 p.m. ET GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Twenty-eight-year-old Sarah Salorio (search) has pleaded not guilty to charges of having sex with two of her students …
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