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UNITED NATIONS -- France suggested Monday it would wage a major diplomatic fight, including possible use of its veto power, to prevent the U.N. Security Council from passing a resolution authorizing military action against Iraq. Fighting terror: London police raid mosque, arrest 7 LONDON -- More than 150 police raided a north London mosque Monday and confiscated a form of tear gas, passports and credit cards in a terrorism-related sweep that comes amid heightened concerns of an attack on the British capital. Lobbyist party raises question of ethics WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's point person for telecommunications policy allowed wireless phone company lobbyists to help pay for a private reception at her home, and then 10 days later urged a policy change that benefited their industry, according to documents and interviews. Government to test twelve drugs prescribed for kids WASHINGTON -- The government announced plans Monday to begin clinical tests this year on 12 drugs commonly prescribed for children even though their safety and effectiveness have been tested only in adults. Cameras take historic storm cloud images CAPE CANAVERAL -- Israeli scientists in charge of space shuttle Columbia's desert dust-monitoring experiment said Monday they have yet to find any dust storms but are zooming in on thunderstorms with electrifying results. Study supports Alzheimer's link to cholesterol CHICAGO -- A variation in a gene that is supposed to help the brain break down cholesterol may play a role in some cases of Alzheimer's disease, researchers say. World in brief: Ex-Serbian leader surrenders for trial AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic arrived here Monday on a special flight from Belgrade and was immediately whisked by car to the U.N. war crimes detention center in The Hague, pending arraignment on charges of helping in the expulsion of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo in 1999. Asians shiver in deadly cold NEW DELHI -- It's for people like Shashi Bala that the cold sweeping South Asia bites the fiercest. In her crowded New Delhi shantytown, where unemployment and disease are rampant and poverty the norm, there is no heater and no hot water to ward off near-freezing weather. So she simply endures. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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