BEIJING – China on Monday denied claims by U.S. officials and a human rights group that a Shanghai woman is undergoing reeducation through labor for her campaign to abolish the country’s one-child policy (search). The woman, Mao Hengfeng (search), is in a labor camp not for her opinions about China’s …

MADRID, Spain – Spanish police arrested 131 suspected Islamic terrorists in 2004, the Interior Ministry said Thursday. Nearly half of the arrests were in connection with the Madrid train bombings (search ). Forty-two people were arrested as part of an investigation into an Islamic cell that allegedly plotted to blow …

Rhode Island has become what is believed to be the first state in the nation to approve regulations that allow its residents to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada (search). The state Health Department’s new regulations filed Thursday will take effect in 20 days. Barring a legal challenge, the new …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The governor of the Baghdad (search) region, known for cooperating closely with American troops, was assassinated along with six bodyguards as he drove to work Tuesday in yet another bloody day of insurgent attacks that exposed grave security flaws in Iraq with elections less than a month …

Dear Friend, No American citizen should wake up the morning after the election and worry their vote wasn’t counted. No citizen should be denied at the polls if they are eligible to vote. And, as the greatest, wealthiest nation on earth, our citizens should never be forced to vote on …

WASHINGTON – The government is considering whether a drug for a serious chronic condition — high cholesterol (search) — should sit on drugstore shelves alongside medicines for headaches, allergies and athlete’s foot. Supporters say making a low-dose cholesterol medicine available without a doctor’s prescription would help get needed treatment to …

Production of a generic version of the most widely used combination of AIDS drugs could begin as early as March or April and expand treatment for patients in 13 African countries, the company said Wednesday. Aspen Pharmacare (search), South Africa’s largest drug manufacturer, received tentative approval Tuesday from the U.S. …

OXON HILL, Md. – A medical helicopter crashed into the Potomac River (search), killing at least one person. One man was rescued from the river and a third person remained missing Tuesday. The Life Evac (search) helicopter went down just south of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (search) around 11 p.m. …

GENEVA – Registration for overseas absentee voting in Iraq’s national election has been extended by two days because the turnout so far in the weeklong campaign has run far behind expectations, organizers said Saturday. As of Thursday, fewer than one in 10 of the estimated 1.2 million eligible Iraqis living …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” Dec. 31, 2004, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Big Story With John Gibson” weeknights at 5 p.m. ET! JOHN GIBSON, HOST: 2004 was a bad year for the good old American dollar (search). Its value …