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Iran reiterated its rejection Sunday of a deadline to respond to an international offer aimed at resolving a nuclear standoff after world powers said they expected a "clear and substantive response" by mid-July. "A deadline is not an i
MOST of the detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp no longer face regular interrogation and some have not been questioned for six months or longer, its base commander said. 75% of the 450 inmates were no longer deemed useful intelligence so
Gordon Brown has hinted that he wants the police to have the power to hold terrorist suspects for up to 90 days without charge - reopening a political row that led to a humiliating Commons defeat for Tony Blair.
President Bush says Democrats want to "wave the white flag of surrender" in Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney accuses the opposition party's leaders of "defeatism" in the global war on terrorism. And House Republican leader Joh
Headline by headline, a trickle of news leaks on Iraq and the anti-terror campaign has grown into a steady stream of revelations, and from Pennsylvania Avenue to Downing Street to Copenhagen, governments are responding with pressure and prosecutions.
A self-styled Shiite Muslim insurgent group made its public debut in a videotape pledging to fight U.S., UK and other coalition forces but to spare Iraqi civilians and soldiers. "We have been patient enough and we have given the political proces
NASA signed off Monday night on a Fourth of July shuttle liftoff despite worries about a piece of foam that popped off Discovery's external fuel tank while the spacecraft sat on the launch pad. "We're go to continue with the launch count
Mexico's young democracy faced its greatest test yet Monday as the pro-business Felipe Calderon declared himself president-elect with a 380,000-vote advantage and his leftist rival vowed to scrutinize every last ballot against the possibility of
China has launched a campaign to enforce curfews at Internet cafes before schools let students out on summer vacation, a news report said Monday. The focus of the weeklong crackdown, launched Saturday, "is to prevent the entry of kids under t
There's often a caveat these days when Ohio Republicans talk about re-election prospects for their embattled congressman, Bob Ney. As state Rep. Clyde Evans put it at a recent GOP barbecue, "Unless he's indicted, I think he'll do
A large asteroid hurtled harmlessly past the Earth early Monday at a distance of about 269,000 miles slightly farther away than the moon. Residents with telescopes in the United States and Canada had the best view of 2004 XP14, which appeared as a
Among the systems that would need to be hard-wired are the latches that lock the shuttle to the station; the shuttle's landing gear and the parachute that slows the ship during touchdown. "It's a number of cables because the functions
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered the release of intelligence reports prepared for the state Office of Homeland Security, a move administration officials say will quell complaints that California engaged in widespread monitoring of political pro
Six French former inmates of the controversial U.S. military detention centre in Guantanamo Bay went on trial in a French court on Monday, accused of links with a network plotting terrorism attacks. The six, who have all spent lengthy periods in d
Iraq's main Sunni political bloc boycotted parliament for a second straight day and said the walkout would last until a colleague was freed by gunmen who seized her in a Shiite area of Baghdad two days ago. "Members of the Iraqi Accordan
During the US-Taliban era of cooperation from 1994 to 1998 ... a key Unocal consultant was a University of Nebraska academic named Thomas Gouttierre, director for the Center for Afghanistan Studies there. During and after the Afghan jihad, Gouttierr
The US NSA asked AT&T inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before th Sept. 11, 20001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court. The allegation is part of a court filing adding AT&
The number of reported attempts to penetrate Pentagon computer networks rose sharply in the past decase, from fewer than 800 in 1996 to more than 160,000 last year - thousands of them successful. At the same time, the nation's ability to safegua
Confidential papers show that the BBC allowed Britain's domestic security agency, MI5, to investigate the backgrounds and political affiliaations of thousands of its employees, including newsreaders, reporters, and continuity announcers.
Up to 8,000 suspected al-Qa'ida sympathisers are being investigated by MI5 and the police in an opeation to identify future terrorists, The Independent has learned. The huge covert inquiry, known as project Rich Picture, is aimed
Top Pentagon officers have told the Bush administration that bombing Iranian nuclear facilities would probably fail to destroy that country's nuclear program. Any attack launched if diplomacy fails to end the sta
Israel holds Khaled Mashal, the leader of Hamas' Syrian branch, responsible for the abduction of two Israeli soldiers and wants Syria to expel Palestinian leaders from the country. Israel threatened to kill Hamas militants based in Damascus
AT least 1009 Iraqis, including civilians, soldiers and policemen, were killed in rebel attacks in June, government officials said today. In May the total number of people killed was 1055, according to statistics from the ministries of interior, d
Insurgent attacks in Baghdad have risen despite a recent security crackdown that added thousands of troops and new checkpoints to the streets of Iraq's capital, a U.S. commander said. "I think since we have started Operation Together Forw
A founding member of a hippie movement called the Rainbow Family suggested Saturday that it launch a federal lawsuit against a growing crackdown on their annual gatherings. Barry Adams, known in the Rainbow Family as Barry Plunker, told a council
Thousands of bikers roared into the town made famous by Marlon Brando's 1953 film "The Wild One", defying a city council decision to cancel one of the country's most celebrated motorcycle rallies. The bikers cruised Hollister
The US government said it could not find the men that Guantánamo detainee Abdullah Mujahid believes could help set him free. The Guardian found them in three days.
An anti-Iraq war protester was questioned by police outside Downing Street because she was reading The Independent. Thursday's headline: "Warning: if you read this newspaper you may be arrested under the Government's anti-terror laws.
A US combat commander suggested the United States could lose the war in Iraq if public support for it at home is sapped by negative media coverage. [It's the press' fault.]
What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? It's amazing and completely insane.
