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Iraq's interior ministry is refusing to deploy thousands of police recruits who've been trained by the US and UK and is hiring its own men and putting them on the streets. The move is frustrating efforts to build up a non-sectarian Iraqi poli
Last week's attack by U.S.-led Iraqi paramilitary forces on a building that Shi'ite leaders claim was a mosque may have marked the beginning of a new stage of US policy in which Iraqi forces are used to carry out military operations against S
Venezuela has taken control of two oil fields operated by French firm Total and Italy's Eni. The government said it had taken the step after failing to agree a deal with the two firms which would give it a majority stake in new ventures.
A fatwa issued by Egypt’s top religious authority, which forbids the display of statues has art-lovers fearing it, could be used by Islamic extremists as an excuse to destroy Egypt’s historical heritage. [Start with the Sphinx.]
They've spent as much as $65 million a year trying to solve a mystery that has underpinned religion and inspired thinkers: How did life on the lonely Earth begin? And is Earth really the only source of life in the universe? With the help of m
New rules, extra inspections and the threat of a 3,500-percent fee hike hang like an ax over the shipment of tons of Canadian waste to dumping grounds in Michigan, raising fears of a ban or a possible trade war. The City of Toronto has been shippi
A divided Supreme Court turned back a challenge to the Bush administration's wartime detention powers, rejecting an appeal from US citizen Jose Padilla who until recently had been held as an enemy combatant without traditional legal rights.
The special counsel appointed to investigate the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson found out the identity of the Bush administration official who disclosed her undercover status to syndicated columnist Robert Novak just 2 months after
New York City may be known as a centre of artistic expression, but a judge dismissed a lawsuit that argued people have a constitutional right to recreationally dance in any bar or restaurant. [So much for the 1st and 9th Amendments.]
US Capitol Police sought an arrest warrant for Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) after she tangled with a uniformed officer last week. "We are working with Capitol Hill police to fully understand and appreciate the incident," principal assistan
Titled Below the Radar: Secret flights to Torture and 'Disappearance', Amnesty will reveal how the CIA exploited aviation practices to hide behind the identity of private plane operators and circumvent authorities. Countries that allow CIA pl
The pending resignation of former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), once one of the most powerful lawmakers in Washington, comes amid a federal criminal investigation that already has reached into his inner circle of longtime advisers. DeLay fa
The marshals admitted they accepted $15,000 to use their positions as air marshals to bypass airport security and smuggle 15 pounds of cocaine. Agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. [ for sweetheart deal?]
More than half of all workers say they've saved less than $25,000 toward retirement, according to the Washington, D.C., based research group. Even among workers 55 and older, more than four in 10 have retirement savings under $25,000.
China should gradually reduce its holdings of US debt and can stop buying dollar-denominated bonds, Cheng Siwei, a vice chief of China's parliament said. Hiss comments sent the dollar lower against the euro and yen and pushed down US bonds.
Federal spending is outstripping economic growth at a rate unseen in more than half a century, provoking some conservatives to complain that government under Republican control has gotten too big.
Micron Technology Inc. is now marketing to makers of surveillance and security cameras its line of digital photo and video chips used in cell phone, medical and automotive applications.
Scientists have developed prototype spectacles that change prescriptions with the flick of a switch. University of Arizona researcher Guoqiang Li and colleagues developed the potential improvement to Benjamin Franklin's invention. Each lens consi
Ask for a pillow and blanket to help get through a long flight and you may be out of luck. Or you may be able to buy a "comfort package" from Air Canada for $2. Like to check your luggage curbside? That could cost up to $3 a bag.
It's Homer in his tighty-whities on the couch, ready for his close-up. Or maybe not. "I forgot what I was supposed to say," he says. Well, what did you expect? Shakespeare?
Scientists have rebuilt a complex human organ, the bladder, in 7 young patients using live tissue grown in the lab—a breakthrough that could hold exciting promise for regenerating ailing hearts and other organs. See also: http://tinyurl.com/n7rf4
A US judge overseeing a case against a Pakistani-American father and son accused of terrorism-related activity denied a defense request to review related NSA wiretaps. The judge said the government conveyed a classified response to the motion, and th
After 4 years of resisting disclosure of information on Guantánamo detainees, the Pentagon changed course and voluntarily released about 2,600 pages of documents relating to numerous prisoners. The Pentagon has refused to release documents identifyin
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay touched by a lobbying scandal that ensnared his former top aides and cost the Republican his leadership post, won't seek re-election to Congress and intends to resign. See also: http://tinyurl.com/rvl2r
Hollywood has finally entrusted its blockbusters to the web with six major studios joining forces for the first time to make new films available to download over the internet on the same day they are released on DVD.
Iran said it would test fire a powerful torpedo on Monday and more missiles on Tuesday as part of a week of wargames in the Gulf, a senior naval officer told state television.
Dr. Mike Newcomb is the local voice, followed by the whole Air America Radio national lineup.
As the U.S. Army "stands down" and the Iraqi army "stands up," will American combat pilots likewise fly into battle behind Iraqi ground units? "That's a good question," says the Air Force's tactical commander in
Iraq's resistance has replaced Jordanian-born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as political head of the rebels, confining him to a military role, the son of Osama bin Laden's mentor said. "... because of several mistakes he made," said Hudayf A
A few were starved or beaten to death, while British soldiers are alleged to have tortured some victims with thumb screws and shin screws recovered from a gestapo prison. The men in the photographs are not Nazis, however, but suspected communists, ar
