KABUL, Afghanistan – A music distributor recalled two Thai rap CDs from stores Tuesday after Muslims complained the tracks insult their faith. An article on the Thai-language Muslim Web site www.muslimthai.com said a song recorded on CDs in 1998 and 2005 “clearly insults the Koran,” the Muslim holy book. It …

This is a partial transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from Feb. 14, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. BRIT HUME, HOST: For more on Mr. Whittington and his injuries, we turn to FOX News medical analyst Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld who happens also to be a well-known cardiologist. …

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The Coast Guard seized more than one ton of cocaine, worth an estimated $66 million, from a fishing boat that had been stopped off the coast of Panama, officials said Thursday. Four Colombian nationals aboard the boat were arrested. Officials said the four were being turned …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” February 1, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: In case you have been out of it lately, the Super Bowl is this Sunday in Detroit. And, as always, the focus will be on quarterbacks. …

LONDON – Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel Monday in response to violent militant action against oil pipelines in the Niger Delta that led to a 20 percent cut to Nigeria’s oil production. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it attacked a Shell-operated oil-pipeline …

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday that the Pentagon is reviewing its practice of paying to plant stories in the Iraqi news media, withdrawing his earlier claim that it had been stopped. Rumsfeld told reporters he was mistaken in the earlier assertion. “I don’t have knowledge as …

WASHINGTON – The White House on Monday rejected the call by several House Democrats for a special counsel to investigate the Bush administration’s eavesdropping program. “I think that where these Democrats who are calling for this ought to spend their time is on what was the source of the unauthorized …

PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti‘s success depends on whether its people can unite behind a new government, a top U.S. diplomat said Monday, calling ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide‘s possible return “one of the least important questions” facing the country. Thomas Shannon, assistant U.S. secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, urged Haitians …

CHICAGO – The American Bar Association denounced President Bush’s warrantless domestic surveillance program Monday, accusing him of exceeding his powers under the Constitution. The program has prompted a heated debate about presidential powers in the War on Terror since it was disclosed in December. The nation’s largest organization of lawyers …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Deere & Co., Waste Management Inc., Cendant Corp., Qwest Communications Inc. and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of $1.78 a share, according …