Associated Press

The preponderance of scientific evidence shows that even very low doses of radiation pose a risk of cancer or other health problems and there is no threshold below which exposure can be viewed as harmless, a panel of prominent scientists concluded Wednesday. By H. Josef Hebert

Chinese bloggers, even on foreign-sponsored sites, better chose their words carefully _ the censors are watching. By Elaine Kurtenbach

"It's obvious. They knew Americans were looking for Arabs, so they captured Arabs and sold them — just like someone catches a fish and sells it. "

Without Michael Moore and "Fahrenheit 9/11" at the Cannes Film Festival this time, it was left to George Lucas and "Star Wars" to pique European ire over the state of world relations and the United States' role in it. By David Germain

New Federal Rules Will Open Up to 58.5 Million Acres of National Forestland to Road Building. By John Heilprin

Carmen de Apicala, Colombia - Colombian police arrested two U.S. soldiers for alleged involvement in a plot to traffic thousands of rounds of ammunition - possibly to outlawed right-wing paramilitary groups, authorities said today.

Wrapping up his investigation into Saddam Hussein's purported arsenal, the CIA's top weapons hunter in Iraq said his search for weapons of mass destruction "has been exhausted" without finding any. By Katherine Schrader

As the world marks the 35th anniversary of Earth Day on Friday, environmentalists are debating the future of a movement that seems to be losing the battle for public opinion. By Terence Chea

"Two-thirds of respondents say no nation should have nuclear weapons, including the United States. " By Will Lester

Most has been in pools, but experts urged transfer

The House on Wednesday approved an $81.4 billion emergency spending package for combat and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan, which would push the total cost of the wars beyond $300 billion. By Liz Sidoti

Amid the backdrop of soaring oil and gasoline prices, a sharply divided Senate on Wednesday voted to open the ecologically rich Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, delivering a major energy policy win for President Bush. By H Josef Hebert

As the light plane banked left, the smell of smoke reached the cockpit. The landscape below was an ashen green, the sun above an orange glow behind sooty billows of grey. By Charles J. Hanley

The Polar night cloaking wind-swept Hammerfest in northernmost Norway is pierced by glaring floodlights from a nearby island.