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His wartime powers undercut once before by the Supreme Court, President Bush could take a second hit in a case in which Osama bin Laden's former driver is seeking to head off a trial before military officers.
Ah, but they volunteered, you say. Yes, they did. All the more reason to honor their commitment by making sure they aren't cannon fodder in a dubious cause. Soldiers shouldn't be ill-used simply because they believed in their country and its
David M. Kauchak pleaded guilty in Winnebago County to remotely accessing someone else's computer system without permission. A police officer arrested Kauchak after spotting him sitting in a parked car with a computer. A chat with the suspect led
Belarus's main opposition chief proclaimed a movement to "liberate" the country from President Alexander Lukashenko; but police moved to break up protests, making clear the anti-Western leader has no plans to go.
The Bush administration's landmark nuclear deal with India could alter the world's nonproliferation regime, and rewrite the geopolitical rules of South Asia. If it passes Congress in its current form, that is. And that is far from a foregone
Arab foreign ministers dismissed Western explanations for cutting aid to the Palestinian Authority but offered no extra money to compensate for a budget shortfall when Hamas Islamists take office.
German scientists say cells from the testes of mice can behave like embryonic stem cells. If the same holds true in humans, it could provide a controversy-free source of versatile cells for use in treating disease.
A Christian group that promotes heterosexuality quietly dropped its beef against a blogger who poked fun at it. Exodus International initially claimed the altered image of one of its billboards by Justin Watt infringed its copyright. But Exodus is no
Since Rahman's first hearing March 16, the case has drawn widespread condemnation of Afghanistan, where an international coalition still props up the fledgling central government that was set up after the Taliban was driven out in late 2001.
Francis Fukuyama was a life-long neo-conservative prior to the election of the Bush Administration. The Iraq war led him to change his mind. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke to Fukuyama about the US handling of Iraq, the moral superiority of America and Europe**
I can't match the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu who wrote his masterful Art of War 2400 years ago and won't even try. But I've seen the modern day script played out enough times and think I've gotten the hang of it now. First, some
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On the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, we are now able to discern the real motivation behind what Washington claimed was a pre-emptive operation to save mankind from the threat of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.
Musk said the fire began about 25 seconds after liftoff and cut into the Falcon 1 rocket’s first stage helium pneumatic system used to pressurize the booster’s fuel tanks. Once that pressure dropped, the Falcon 1 rocket’s Merlin engine shut down abou
"James Bovard says our elections are predicated on scare tactics and fear mongering, and that the spirit and letter of democracy have both been subverted in a concerted, bipartisan effort to establish what the author calls an "elective dict
Bush took office. 5 years later, the traditional conservative agenda lies in ruins. Government is bigger, spending is higher, and Washington is more powerful. The national government has intruded further into state and local concerns. Federal officia
200 years ago, when the US was a modest commercial republic, the president could take a walk down Pennsylvania Avenue—by himself—and talk to anyone who approached him. If he wasn't on a walk outdoors, he was most likely at home, and you could spe
The US will intervene to capture 50 Colombian rebel leaders it has indicted on drug trafficking charges if the Colombian government requests it, the top US anti-drug official for Latin America said. "The US will use all means necessary to bring
Military investigators will not file any charges after completing their investigation into an incident in Iraq in which a group of Marines had been fired on by US security contractors who were then held by Marines for 3 days in a insurgent holding f
With support for George W Bush's war in Iraq at an all time low, some of the biggest names in Hollywood are working on movies that are likely to increase criticism even further. In the last month, 3 of Hollywood's most respected directors hav
Desmond Doss, a Christian pacifist who received the Medal of Honor for his heroics as an Army medic on Okinawa in World War II, died at his home in Piedmont, Ala. He was 87. A devout Seventh-day Adventist, "Doss did not believe in using a gun or
Song immediately starts to play with lyrics posted when you go to their web site. The album is in response to attacks on them for their opposition to George Bush.
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it a felony for immigrants to be in the US illegally.
"How can you look at these data and ignore the question?" he asked rhetorically. "We had such a dramatic fall in the West," he added, where sales fell almost 30 percent."
In its effort to convince the world of the threats posed by meth, The Oregonian has sacrificed accuracy. According to an analysis of the paper's reporting, a review of drug-use data and conversations with addiction experts, The Oregonian has reli
2 days after the coup d'etat that brought a brutal military junta to power in Argentina, then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wanted to "encourage" the new regime by providing financial support, according to classified transcript
"The fighting will only stop when a new balance of power has emerged," Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff of Massoud Barzani, the Kurdish leader, said. "Sunni and Shia will each take control of their own area." Sectarian cleansing h
3 years is a long time in geopolitics. In 2003 the Dixie Chicks were condemned as traitors in America after telling a London audience they were ashamed that their president came from Texas. Now the group's angry new song addressing that controver
The Republican-turned-Democrat is nothing but a computer geek who found himself smack in the middle of a brazen political plot to tamper with elections in Florida, where fact can be stranger than fiction and politics as shady as swampy underbrush.
City's biggest demonstration ever part of national wave; marchers call for legalizing undocumented immigrants
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit memo proves that former President George H. W. Bush was recipient of a full briefing on the day after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 when Bush was 39 years old...
