A new political accord between Iraq's main Sunni Arab, Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders will not be enough to lure boycotting Sunni Arabs back into the government, a spokesman for the biggest Sunni Arab bloc said on Monday.
Personal records including addresses and Social Security numbers of more than 35,000 veterans and their families were stolen this month from the officies of a POW support organization in Texas, officials announced Friday.
Iran has resolved UN questions about tests with plutonium, a key fuel for atomic bombs, and the IAEA considers the matter closes, according to the text of an IAEA-Iran accord released on Monday. It would be the first issue relating to the scope
(When the Patroit Act is trashed, I'll believe this) First came the FBI's decision in the spring to implement stringent new guidelines to prevent from abusing their authority to issue national security letters, which can be used to gather inf
Iraq's deadly insurgent groups have financed their war against US troops in part with hundreds of thousands of dollars in US rebuilding funds that they've extorted from Iraqi contractors in Anbar province. The payments, in return for the ins
Much was made of Homeland Security Dept Sec Michael Chertoff's comment last week that residents of states that fail to follow the Real ID Act's requirement to issue more secure driver's licenses will be required to show a passport
(With a war on drugs and terror, mission accomplished) Opium production has soared to "frightening record levels" in Afghanistan, which now has more land producing drugs than Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru combined, the UN said on Monday.
It's enough to make a history teacher blush - all the myths out there about the role of the US Congress in starting and stopping America's wars. Before lawmakers vote in September on bills to pull American troops out of Iraq, we at least oug
When you travel to Europe, don't be surprised to find that many Europeans don't believe in God. I have even witnessed some alcohol-infused conversations between Americans and Europeans that almost ended in fist fights over His/Her existance.
Everything I want to do is illegal. As if a highly bureaucratic regulatory system was not already in place, 9/11 fueled renewed acceleration to eliminate freedom from the countryside. Every time a letter arrives in the mail
Republican Fred Thompson sidestepped questions about the departure of yet another high-level aide to his presidential campaign-in-waiting. Linda Rozett, a longtime U.S. Chamber of Commerce official, is gone as the communications director.
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is set to win election as the country's next president today, risking fresh tensions with the army over Islam's role in government. Gul, who would be Turkey's first president with an Islamist past,
Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Monday that New York would consider suing federal health officials if the state was not granted a waiver to expand its federal subsidized health insurance program for children. The announcement followed a decision
World renowned scientist, Lynn Margulis, Ph.D., today severely criticized the official account of 9/11 and called for a new investigation, "I suggest that those of us aware and concerned demand that the glaringly erroneous official account of 9/
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday said Iraq's road to recovery begins with a clear timetable for the pullout of foreign troops as he outlined an assertie role for France in world hotspots. Making his first major foreign policy speech si
He built a fence, a retaining wall, a patio and a few concrete columns to decorate his driveway, and now Francisco Linares is going to jail for it. Linares had been given six months to get final permits for the offending structures or remove them
Durante los años 50, el mundo atestiguó una gran sociedad entre los EU y Japón tanto que, llevó al país nipón a convertirse en la segunda economía del mundo. Observamos después el mismo fenómeno con Taiwán, Singapur, Corea y en general con todos lo
Paul Craig Roberts -- a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan: "Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."
Upheaval in the Middle East and Islamic civilization could cause another world war, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was quoted. Zalmay Khalilzad said the Middle East was so disordered it had the potential to inflame the world as Europe did
Level 1 requires a rocket to take off, fly to an altitude of 50 meters, then hover for 90 seconds while landing precisely on a pad 100 meters away. The flight must then be repeated in reverse, and both flights-along with within a two-and-a-half-hour
Thirty years ago he helped create a technology that has revolutionized millions of lives around the world. But yesterday the man known as the "godfather of the net" laid out his vision of where our online future might be, including a time w
A video recently posted on YouTube documents a strange occurrence at a recent protest during the recent Montebello Summit in Québec, Canada, which has activists questioning the motives of police, and suspicious that the orders came down from the Prim
"After months of unfair treatment that has created ... a harmful distraction at the Justice Department, Judge Gonzales has decided to resign his position, and I accept his decision," Bushsaid. "It's sad that we live in a time when
The Sikh Coalition said it was informed by the Transportation Security Administration turbans could be subject to manual pat-downs even if their wearers had passed a metal detector test. “Telling screeners to search people in turbans is the same as
A high-spirited but peaceful crowd of about 4,000 protesters marched through the streets of Kennebunkport in the largest anti-war rally in town history.
"I don't know what else to do but march," said Anne Chay, who was carrying a sig
Afghan elders said Sunday that airstrikes had killed 12 civilians in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday night, but an American military spokesman blamed Taliban militants for the civilian deaths.
VIDEO - Broadcast this coming Saturday September 1st. Freedom Fest's two-against-two debate on foreign policy, will air on C-SPAN2 this Saturday at 3:15pm Eastern. (Great Video - watch it now here)
Just when it seemed that the neocons would get away with talking up the "success" of the "surge" the War Party was hit with three major blows that have them reeling.
First and foremost is the suggestion by Marine Gen. Peter Pac
Sales of existing homes dropped for a fifth straight month in July, falling to the slowest pace in nearly five years, while home prices fell for a record 12th consecutive month.
The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing