HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. – Appealing for calm and understanding after the murder of an Egyptian Christian family last month, Muslim and Christian leaders rejected religious hatred and called for unity. Although the gathering Sunday had been planned months in advance, the murders of Hossam Armanious (search), his wife and two …

WASHINGTON – Some remarks from President Bush’s State of the Union (search) speech involving other countries: IRAQ: Offered no hint of timetable for a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Hailed success of Sunday’s elections and said the United Nations (search) and the European Union (search) provided technical assistance for the elections. …

PASADENA, Calif. – A judge ruled that the mother of Ray Charles’ (search) teenage son will continue to receive $3,000 a month in child support, not the $15,000 she wanted, an attorney said. Judge Coleman A. Swart ruled, however, that 17-year-old Corey Robinson den Bok (search) also should receive money …

LONDON – Peter Benenson, the founder of Amnesty International (search), has died, the human rights organization said Saturday. He was 83. The cause of his death on Friday night at John Radcliffe Hospital in the city of Oxford was not immediately given. Benenson set up Amnesty International in 1961 after …

NEW YORK – Dr. Richard Spertzel, a member of the team inspecting Iraq’s clandestine weapons efforts, told FOX News that Saddam Hussein was actively developing disguised aerosol weapons containing the nerve gas sarin that could be used for assassination or mass murder. Spertzel, who offers his comments in a special …

NEW YORK – Health officials said Friday a man has been diagnosed with a rare strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that quickly progressed to AIDS (search). “We are not aware of another case like this in the United States, or elsewhere,” said Dr. Ron Valdiserri, deputy director of the Centers …

WASHINGTON – The family of a 23-year-old accused of plotting with Al Qaeda (search) to kill President Bush said Thursday they want to pursue a lawsuit accusing the administration of being behind their son’s detention and alleged torture in a Saudi prison. Ahmed Abu Ali (search) “was tortured on orders …

NEW ORLEANS – A small heap of paper that survived the fiery disintegration of space shuttle Columbia, a 38-mile fall to Earth and two months of exposure to rain and sun in a Texas field has been painstakingly restored by forensic scientists, yielding the flight diary and notes of Israeli …

WASHINGTON – President Bush was concerned “his mistakes as a youth” would disqualify him from running for the nation’s highest office, said an old friend who secretly recorded private conversations in which Bush appears to acknowledge past drug use. “I don’t want any kid doing what I tried to do …

TAIZE, France – Brother Roger, the 90-year-old founder of an ecumenical religious community dedicated to peace and reconciliation, was knifed to death by a woman at an evening prayer service attended by 2,500 people, authorities said. The slaying was deplored Wednesday by the pope and the head of the Anglican …