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After months of trying unsuccessfully to develop a plan on the war in Iraq, Democratic Party leaders are beginning to coalesce around a nebulous plan to begin a quick withdrawal of US troops and install them elsewhere in the region, where they could
THE revenge attacks started within minutes of the devastating dawn blast that wrecked the Golden Mosque in Samarra, one of the holiest Shia shrines in Iraq. By the end of the day more than 90 mosques lay damaged or destroyed, Iraq’s political and rel
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a small congregation in New Mexico may use hallucinogenic tea as part of a 4-hour ritual intended to connect with God. Federal drug agents should have been barred from confiscating the hoasca tea of the Brazil
Sources said it was during this time that Libby, Hadley, Joseph, Hannah and Rove plotted to silence Wilson by leaking his wife's name to reporters. It's unclear what role, Cheney played, but Fitzgerald is trying to determine if the VP was inv
The Bush administration secretly required a company in the United Arab Emirates to cooperate with future US investigations before approving its takeover of operations at 6 American ports. It chose not to impose other, routine restrictions.
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee has sent nearly 100 pages of documents regarding ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s use of nonprofit groups to the Senate Finance Committee, opening a second avenue into Congressional probes surrounding the admitted felon
Radiation detectors in Britain recorded a 4 fold increase in uranium levels in the atmosphere after the “shock and awe” bombing campaign against Iraq. Evidence that depleted uranium from the shells was carried by wind currents to Britain.
The actors who star in movie The Road to Guantánamo were questioned by police under anti-terrorism legislation. One of the actors said police asked him if he intended to make any more "political" films. Another had his cell phone tak
The governing council of Karbala province said it was suspending contact with US forces over the behavior of soldiers during a visit to the governor's office, followed similar moves by Maysan and Basra provinces with British forces in southern Ir
Zhao told fellow bloggers not to worry. If the government objected to his blog, he predicted, Microsoft would "sell me out" and delete it rather than risk being blocked from computer screens across China. He was right. Officials called Micr
What is the basis of America's emnity for Iraq, Iran and Syria? Is it that they might give WMD to The Terrorists, are the enemies of the state of Israel, or live on top of "our oil"? Is it the threat of a Global Islamo-Fascist Caliphate
More than 30 state legislatures are considering limits on the power of local governments to condemn private property and transfer it to real estate developers to spur economic growth. "This is the crucial year for the eminent domain issue,"
ABC suggests they provide new insight into the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq. In fact, what is revealed about the extent of Iraq's weapons programs has been known for some time, & an integral part of the Whitehouse case for wa
A developer told local residents that he wanted to buy all the homes on the block, tear them down and build condos, retail shops and parking garages. He made it clear what would happen to those who refused to sell: eminent domain.
The US will allocate $5 million to finance the Syrian opposition, the State Department said, 2 days after announcing a similar initiative for the Iranian opposition. The State Department will give the money "to accelerate the work of reformers i
The first humans to spread across North America may have been seal hunters from France and Spain. Clovis points match up much closer with Solutrean style tools, which researchers date to about 19,000 years ago. This suggests that the American people
[While threatening to nuke Iran for the same,] President Bush warned that US dependency on oil left the country "hostage" to countries that may be hostile and urged new nuclear plant construction by 2010.
A federal terrorism trial opened with wildly diverging views of a 23-year-old Californian who traveled to Pakistan either for terrorism training, as the government contends, or to help his ailing mother, study religion and marry, as his lawyer assert
Encryption features in Microsoft's upcoming OS release, Windows Vista, could pose tricky challenges for criminal investigators, a Cambridge University professor told British lawmakers. TPM chip sets could also lock up data on computers.
Scotty will be blasted into space—not beamed up—and Gordo is returning for his third flight. The spacecraft will hold the ashes of 185 others, including a telephone technician, a nurse and a college student. Launch a rocket next month with mementoes
Officials from Washington border communities say new travel identification requirements will place an unprecedented economic burden on Northwest cities, threatening international commerce and tourism. Under a federal law to be phased in over the next
In a 7-year-old secret program at the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents that were available for years, including some already published by the State Department and others
Welcome to the other cover-up, ladies and gentlemen. The one where the Republicans who control Congress decide to hide the fact that President Bush illegally spied on Americans. I know, it's hard to keep the Bush-Cheney butt covering straight.
Plans for a spaceport on Singapore that will blast tourist flights into space by 2009 have been announced by a US company which hopes to train amateur astronauts in four days—for $100.000 a head. The same company, Space Adventures, announced plans to
Influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he rejects the Iraqi constitution backed by his partners in the biggest parliamentary bloc, threatening to reignite one of the country's most explosive issues.
The British army has launched an operation in southern Iraq to rid the police force of its bad guys in a bid to rein in death squads and root out corruption. Troops would continue to detain corrupt police officers despite raging protests and also try
With satellite TV and the Internet, it is hard to get away with creating enemies and destroying them when everyone who feels like it can blog your every fascist move. The fact that the Secretary of Defense worries about the Internet worries me.
Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes defended the conditions at Guantanamo prison saying the detainees were not criminals, but warriors who were arrested for waging a war against the US or helping al-Qaida or the Taliban in their wars.
The former leader of an Islamic militant group in Basra admitted that his movement "took part in death squads which operated in this city" with input from the Iranian secret services. Abu Kazem said 'members' of his political moveme
The Navy's former general counsel warned Pentagon officials 2 years before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal that circumventing international agreements on torture and detainees' treatment would invite abuse. Legal theories granting the pr
