The US spent about $1.9 million before this week's Palestinian elections to bolster the governing Fatah faction's image with voters and strengthen its hand in competing with the militant faction Hamas. [That will make us popular.]
If a group of devotees has its way, this shaggy ice-age mascot—and a host of other bygone megafauna besides—may yet walk again. Have managed to assemble half the woolly-mammoth genome; they claimed that in 3 years they could finish the job. Repopulat
The US attack on Iraq then provided al-Qaeda with a trump card as it was able to reactivate members and sympathizers in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Morocco and beyond.
In fact the success of the Iraqi resistance, in which al-Qaeda i
The investigators reportedly are chasing convoluted money trails leading to Abramoff and government officials he sought to influence.
Among the likely subjects of interest here is a previously unknown company called Rose Garden Holdings. In May 20
Since 2003, at least 3 unclassified CSI reports--all critical of the agency--have been withheld from the CIA's website. During that same time, the agency has placed online 3 other CSI reports, all of those relatively positive or neutral.
Four times over the past year Sancho told computer specialists to break in to his voting system. And on all four occasions they did, changing results with what the specialists described as relatively unsophisticated hacking techniques.
The U.S. Navy boarded an apparent pirate ship in the Indian Ocean and detained 26 men for questioning, the Navy said Sunday. The 16 Indians and 10 Somali men were aboard a traditional dhow that was chased and seized Saturday by the U.S. guided missil
U.S. surveillance laws should be reviewed and possibly rewritten to allow the type of eavesdropping that President Bush has been criticized for authorizing, lawmakers from both parties said on Sunday.
Ray Allen made a 30-footer at the second-overtime buzzer to break the NBA record for most combined 3-pointers in a game, giving the
Seattle SuperSonics a 152-149 victory over the
Phoenix Suns in the league's highest-scoring contest in 11 years.
Shaun Alexander came back from last week's concussion to rush for a team playoff-record 132 yards and two touchdowns Sunday, and Seattle pressured Carolina stars Jake Delhomme and Steve Smith into oblivion in a 34-14 rout for the NFC championship
Ben Roethlisberger had a brilliant afternoon, throwing for 275 yards and 2 scores, and Jerome Bettis extended his career one more game, lifting the Steelers to a dominating 34-17 victory in the AFC title game. First team to ever win 3 away games to d
I've got a long memory, and it was only a couple of years ago. I know why I was sent to Iraq; I know why I went to war. And when that proved to be false, I think that's when we lost our credibility and our world standing. And ultimately we
The Ad Council described the Ready campaign as one of the most successful campaign launches in its 62-year history. That program focuses primarily on terrorism, and features a slogan: "Terrorism forces us to make a choice. Don't be afraid. B
The disbanding of the Miners Block, a paramilitary group in the northern province of Antioquia named after nearby gold mines, brought to 16,500 the number of militiamen who had turned in their arms so far, government officials said Friday.
Major search engines that just handed over vague and broad search results subpoenaed by the Justice Department has questioned whether Internet businesses can be trusted with people's private information.
Disappointed by the election performance of Iraq's moderate parties, US officials established more modest goals as Iraqi leaders divide spoils: preventing religious or nationalist parties from gaining a strong hold on the army and police.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Kurdish regional president Massud Barzani signed an agreement that paves the way for a single administration to run their autonomous northern region.
The road took a toll on college basketball's last three unbeaten teams Saturday. No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Florida and No. 9 Pittsburgh all lost for the first time this season, going down to unranked opponents inspired by their home crowds.
"You never get [stock] drops of this magnitude without something serious going on. It's not a pretty picture, and it clearly caught a lot of people off guard." Digging out of the red will be hard unless profits improve and oil prices
(SCOTTSDALE, AZ) January 20, 2006 – The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (“MCDC”) announced the release today of video footage of an incursion by a unit of the Mexican army across the U.S. border in Arizona.
It was in his 1961 farewell address to the American people that Eisenhower coined the phrase "military-industrial complex," an unholy alliance between the
Pentagon and its contractors that he saw gaining "unwarranted influence" o
Thousands of angry Pakistanis protested Sunday against a U.S. airstrike that killed civilians, chanting "Long live
Osama bin Laden!" as anti-American rallies in the country entered their second week.
Thousands of abortion opponents shouldering signs with slogans such as "Peace Begins in the Womb" marched in protest of the 33-year-old
Roe v. Wade decision, while abortion rights supporters along the march route waved clothes hangers and
Under the glitzy lights of the Las Vegas casino, a 22-year-old ballerina from Oklahoma was crowned
Miss America, but officials hope the problem-plagued pageant will be the real winner.
An Army interrogator committed negligent homicide when he put a sleeping bag over an Iraqi general's head and sat on his chest as the man suffocated, a military jury found.
Iran has secretly extended the uranium enrichment plant at the centre of the international controversy over its resumption of banned nuclear research earlier this month, satellite imagery has revealed.
House Democrats warned President Bush, top leaders of his administration and officials of the NSA that if the political climate changes they could face criminal prosecution for ordering and carrying out warrantless domestic eavesdropping.
A civil servant and a former parliamentary aide will go on trial for passing on a conversation between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bush that in which Bush spoke of bombing the offices of Al Jazeera TV in Qatar. The White House and Downing
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