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President Jalal Talabani underscored the need for a unity government in Iraq after a spasm of sectarian killing and said he had been assured US forces would remain in the country as long as needed—"no matter what the period."
The top US commander in Iraq said he hopes to assess whether to reduce the number of American troops in Iraq. But Pentagon officials said a recent surge in violence there has dampened hopes that force levels can be cut anytime soon.
A FOIA lawsuit forced the Department of Defense to turn over some 5,000 pages of transcripts from closed-door hearings on the detainees, most of whom were accused of having links to the Taliban or al-Qaida. The Pentagon has not provided the full rost
The Army said it will launch a criminal investigation into the death of Pat Tillman, former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting.
"His Web site lured people in the world to come to commit suicide in Cambodia," National Deputy Police Chief Gen. SokPhal said. "Cambodia is not the place for foreigners to come to kill themselves."
It is common for the websites of the USA's secretaries of state to contain personal information, including Social Security numbers and home addresses, in business statements. Besides Ohio, the data is available in New York, Florida and at least 7
Under the terms of the settlement, RIM will make a one-time payment to NTP of $612.5 million. In return, NTP has granted RIM a license that will let RIM continue its BlackBerry-related wireless business, according to officials at both companies.
"New Mexico has chosen paper ballots as the best system to secure our election process."
US MARINES stationed in Iraq are complaining that the US government is restricting access their access to websites too much.
Last month the New York City Board of Health approved a plan to create an electronic database to monitor the blood-sugar levels of diabetics. Under the plan, laboratories will be required to submit abnormal blood-test results to the board.
TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE BY STORM - Stop Genocide, Torture and Occupation - (Really? Then why are you asking for the help of the United Nations?)
What would you call a well-meaning employee at a law firm handling Diebold’s legal strategies who leaks key documents outlining problems with voting machines to the secretary of state and a newspaper reporter?
But he has found support from campus leaders. "The reaction from the administration has not been one to shut these people down but to let students exercise these rights," says Andrew. And that's a lesson this student hopes to take all t
A Kuwaiti man being held at Guantanamo Bay has told the BBC in a rare interview that the force-feeding of hunger strikers amounts to torture.
The intern works 10 weeks during the summer in either Washington, D.C. or in our Los Angeles office and receives housing, a $2,000 stipend, and up to $400 in travel expenses
Every year, US companies collect billions of dollars worth of tax breaks from states and cities anxious to lure jobs and investment to their regions. Now this largesse is threatened by a US Supreme Court case brought by Ohio state's taxpayers
"Congress has struggled ... with the immigration issue for the last 30 years," said Sen. Edward Kennedy. "That all changed with 9/11.... Our national security now requires us to know who is entering and leaving the US. We can't aff
Iraq Prime Minister al-Jaafari canceled the meeting to discuss forming a new government. He did so after learning leaders of Sunni Arab, Kurdish and secular Shiite Muslim coalitions were going to ask al-Jaafari's alliance to withdraw his name
Complete poll results with questions, and priornumbers given.
A middle school student faces expulsion for allegedly posting graphic threats against a classmate on a web site, and 20 of his classmates were suspended for viewing the posting at their home and after school hours, school officials said.
Insurgency-related violence last year killed more than twice as many Iraqi civilians—4,024 people—as Iraqi soldiers and police, according to government figures. The first 2 months of this year already stands at >¼ of last year's total due to sect
Republicans in the Senate face a difficult but necessary vote to allow the Treasury to pad the $8.2 trillion national debt by another $781 billion. "During this administration, America's debt ... has increased by $3 trillion," said Sen.
"We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said."We heard a report unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee. I think we have not breached the levee at this time
Feingold spent 34 minutes sharing the document with his fellow Senators, stopping to repeat the Fourth Amendment, which he feels the law violates.
They are calling for immediate release of the full Pentagon surveillance tape as well as video tapes seized by FBI agents minutes after the Pentagon hit; a complete inventory of the plane wreckage and debris from Flights 11, 77, 93, 175 or any other
The internal logs of at least 40 Sequoia touch-screen voting machines reveal that votes were time and date-stamped as cast two weeks before the election, sometimes in the middle of the night.
Thursday March 2, 6:21 pm ET - Harry Browne, best-selling author and two-time Libertarian Party presidential nominee, died in his home in Franklin, Tennessee, Wednesday night, March 1, after a long illness. He was 72.
With indemnification laws we can help give a secure and safe classroom back to the teachers and guarantee an accountable standard for student advancement in our educational system.
I cannot help but wonder how many more lives, and how much more money, will be wasted before another Robert McNamara admits what is plain for all to see: the war on drugs is a failure.- for The Huffington Post.com
The Pentagon is funding research into neural implants with the ultimate hope of turning sharks into "stealth spies" capable of gliding undetected through the ocean. The NY Police are considering recruiting rats to its disaster response team
