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The changing appearance of gullies on Mars over the last 7 years suggests that liquid water flowed recently on the red planet and may still seep out in brief bursts. In what is billed as "the squirting gun," new images of known gulli
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm Robert Gates as defense secretary, with Democrats and Republicans portraying him as the man who will help overhaul President Bush's Iraq policies.
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After more than a decade of studying the Philippine military’s torture techniques for a monograph published by Yale back 1999, I could see the tell-tale signs of the CIA’s psychological methods.
There's been much talk about the Rumsfeld memo written before his departure. But there's been little talk of the strange specifics in the memo, specifics which provide profound insight into the workings of the imperial state.
Enraged citizens going from house to house, street to street, killing their neighbours of decades, with security forces powerless to stop them -- that is the nightmare many Iraqis fear if the country sinks into civil war.
In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops as part of a stepped up effort to “dismantle the militias
In anti-terrorism legislation Congress approved. Language adds “natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident” to the list of conditions permitting the President to take over local authority.
Every morning, Saif Daham runs Baghdad's sectarian gantlet in a gray flatbed truck piled with televisions, air conditioners, baby clothes and anything else his customers can grab before gunmen force them from their homes. He's shuttled Shi
Lawmakers raised their pay and knocked off early anyway, even though they failed to complete one of their most basic jobs - financing the government.
It is now time to begin to look for solutions for some of the previously identified problems which are threatening America.
The Pentagon, engaged in a difficult fight to defeat a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan, has resisted entreaties from U.S. anti-narcotics officials to play an aggressive role in the faltering campaign to curb the country's opium trade.
A federal panel voted yesterday to begin developing a national standard that could result in the gradual phasing out of the paperless electronic voting machines in use across the Washington region and in many parts of the country.
The US economy can't seem to make up its mind. It keeps showing strength and weakness, with fresh data providing still more mixed signals—and fueling a debate over whether the housing slump is dragging the nation into a recession.
A large group of liberal organizations is planning to wage a national lobbying and public relations campaign to press for passage of the House Democrats' legislative agenda next year, taking a page from longtime corporate practices.
Forget the minimum wage. Or outsourcing jobs overseas. The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress was their own: They will have to work 5 days a week starting in January.
The horror.
There are about 100,000 government contractors operating in Iraq, not counting subcontractors, a total that is approaching the size of the U.S. military force there, according to the military's first census of the growing population of civilians
More than 20 Cuban exile groups asked Washington to ease its decades-old embargo on Cuba to facilitate a political transition, now that Fidel Castro appears to have dropped out of public life.
The Senate confirmation hearings for the nomination of Robert Gates to be the next Secretary of Defense were not carried live on any broadcast or cable news networks. Neither C-SPAN 1 or 2 carried it live either.
Supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales clashed with anti-government protesters who accuse him of trying to deprive the opposition of a voice in the drafting of a new constitution, local media reported.
South Korea's president said other nations should pay heed to his government's decision not to support stronger interception of North Korean ships suspected of smuggling weapons.
It is considered polite to light a match after passing gas. Not while on a plane.
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the funerary remains of a doctor who lived more than 4,000 years ago, including his mummy, sarcophagus and bronze surgical instruments.
Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said: "At best it looks like extraordinarily lax enforcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission ... At worst, it has the overtone of a possible cover-up."
The town of Glendale didn't like the "for sale" sign Chris Pagan propped up on the 1970 Mercury Cougar in front of his house three years ago. Glendale police threatened to cite him under an ordinance forbidding such signs on vehicles in
[bombing soon?] 6 world powers failed to agree a draft U.N. resolution to slap sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, and after months of haggling France said several key differences remain between the West and Russia.
Iran has blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, and a press rights group warned that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise.
The Senate Armed Services Committee recommended unanimously that Gates be confirmed as successor to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld after just a day of questioning the former CIA director, who said all options for stabilizing Iraq were on the table
But now, for the first time, Youssef is speaking out against the agency he loves. "I don't believe that the FBI's doing everything it can to combat terrorism," the 18-year FBI veteran tells NBC News.
Robert Gates won't be forced to run much of a gauntlet during his Senate confirmation hearing on the way to becoming the next secretary of defense. The former CIA director has bipartisan support. And during his interrogation, Washington's nea
