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Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, a move that, if verified, would signal a major expansion of the country's nuclear weapons capabilities and a potential new escalation in
Israel has started constructing a temporary detention center designed to hold the Lebanese prisoners that will be captured during army operations in Southern Lebanon.
A surge in violence in this oil-rich city divided among Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Turkmens vying for power has alarmed Iraqi officials amid intensifying sectarian warfare in central and southern Iraq. Kirkuk has been contested ground since the 2003 U
They would bury their dead in mass graves, the doctors decided. The government hospital had run out of room for human remains by Friday. More than 100 bomb-wrecked bodies were already crammed into poorly refrigerated container trucks, and more cor
Iraqi and U.S. forces began stepping up patrols, creating new checkpoints and conducting more searches June 14. But the initiative, Operation Together Forward, has not reduced the number of attacks in the capital, according to statistics released by
Maya Hage, 24, is a singer in a local band that plays at the hip beach resorts dotting Lebanon’s Mediterranean coast. Ms. Hage, a Maronite Christian, returned from France four years ago to enjoy her country’s many charms. Now she feels betrayed. N
Lieutenant Watada said he began his self-tutorial about the Iraq war with James Bamford’s book “A Pretext for War,” which argues that the war in Iraq was driven by a small group of neoconservative civilians in the Pentagon and their allies in policy
President Vladimir Putin is set to keep US oil companies out of a lucrative gas field in the latest sign of the deteriorating relationship between Moscow and Washington. The Russian leader after failing to secure backing from the US for his country**
The real war in Iraq -- the one to determine the future of the country -- began on Aug. 7, 2003, when a car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy, killing 11 and wounding more than 50. That bombing came almost exactly four months after the U
The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan described the situation in the country as "close to anarchy" with feuding foreign agencies and unethical private security companies compounding problems caused by local corruption.
The United States and Israel said that they were ready to support an international force led by NATO in south Lebanon to ease tensions. No US troops are likely to be in the force, which according to a US media report could be between 10,000 and 20
Cacti have can be found in rain forests and as far north as Canada. But it is their ability to thrive in the desert, where rain falls infrequently and unpredictably, that is their most remarkable trait. How do they do it? By working nights, usi
With NASA just weeks away from announcing which companies it has selected to share in $500 million it intends to spend through 2010 fostering new space station crew and cargo delivery services, the head of one of the rejected bidders says the U.S. sp
Prisoners in US custody in Iraq face routine torture even after the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, with military leaders taking little or no action to curb abuses. In a report based on first-hand accounts from US military personnel, Human Rights Watch deta
The US is helping Honduras establish a new military base to combat international drug trafficking, according to a senior military official. The base will allow Honduras to house aircraft and a fuel supplying system.
The United States was starting to look isolated in its refusal to rein in Israel's attacks on Lebanon with key ally Britain criticising the wholesale killing of Lebanese civilians and widespread destruction.
A judge ruled Friday that a 16-year-old boy fighting to use alternative treatment for his cancer must report to a hospital by and accept treatment that doctors deem necessary, the family's attorney said. The judge also found Starchild Abraham Ch
It seems a typical scene of urban decay: abandoned buildings, crumbling walls, trash and broken wine bottles. Yet it's more than 1,500 years old. Engineers uncovered these ruins of an ancient Byzantine port during drilling for a huge undergrou
Swarms of lowly thumb-sized ocean creatures that often resemble chains of transparent Gummy Bears play a critical role in transporting a greenhouse gas deep into the deep sea, scientists report. The semi-transparent barrel-shaped creatures, called
The Genesis-1 module orbiting the Earth not only transmits its temperature, integrity, power levels and overall health—it also signals entrepreneurial zeal and private sector spunk. As a pathfinder demonstrator spacecraft, the Genesis-1 mission ma
It may be the pinnacle of travel perks, but the only firm arranging private trips to the International Space Station is now offering a bonus spacewalk for clients willing to pay for more than a standard $20 million trip.
Vera Rhodes has come a long way from her conservative upbringing in Pennsylvania's Amish community. There she was a virgin until she married at age 30. Now, she is an enthusiastic 54-year-old member of the millions-strong "swinging"
When school was canceled to accommodate a campaign visit by President Bush, the two 55-year-old teachers reckoned the time was ripe to voice their simmering discontent with the administration's policies. Their reward: a pair of handcuffs and
The United States is expediting a shipment of precision bombs to Israel from an arms deal struck last year amid the Jewish state's ongoing assault on Lebanon, a US official said. A decision to rush the delivery of the weapons following an Israeli
To Louisiana's attorney general, the doctor and 2 nurses arrested this week are murderers. But many in the medical community are outraged at the arrests, saying the caregivers are heroes who faced unimaginable horrors as Hurricane Katrina flooded
U.S. troops clashed with Shiite militiamen south of Baghdad in a three-hour gunbattle in which 15 gunmen and an Iraqi soldier were killed. It appeared the battle was part of a systematic campaign against the militia of Shiite cleric al-Sadr, blamed
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was the only Republican to vote against the resolution. It harshly condemns Israel's enemies and says Syria and Iran should be held accountable for providing Hezbollah with money and missile technology used to attack Israel
The last NIE, a classified document that the CIA describes as “the most authoritative written judgment concerning a national security issue,” was rejected by the Bush Administration as being too negative, though its grim assessment subsequently prove
The Air Force successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile. The Minuteman III dummy warheads traveled about 4,200 miles before hitting a water target in the Marshall Islands. The launch was delayed by a day because of a power o
Scottsdale made a deal with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Arizona Department of Public Safety in January to ignore their own speed violations snapped by the city’s pilot Loop 101 photo enforcement system.
