North Koreans face death to smuggle out information via cell phones. Rome is under siege--notes on the Pope's and Berlusconi's taste in barriers. Harrowing account of the life and death of the Los Angeles Times's Mike Penner/Christine Daniels. Overview of the premium-
Video from inside Moscow's Lubyanka station after suicide attack. You can bomb facilities, but you can't bomb knowledge. Lucid summary of a simulation where Israel strikes Iran. Lure of adventure, not religion, motivates new wave of jihadists. Imelda Marcos is back, "with a vengeance,"
F.B.I. investigates threats against Democrats who voted for health care reform. Activist to transform Maldives atoll into "Democracy Island," a camp to learn nonviolent political change. Economist's assessment of health care reform: coverage to be expanded dramatically, but at a heavy cost to the
Reporters say Obama's bipartisan summit was deceptive, a red herring, a brilliant tactic. Q&A about Madrid's psychology emergency response team. You either believe that six million Jews died in the Holocaust or you don't. Q&A with leader of the U.
Netanyahu ends U.S. visit with no resolution; areas of disagreement remain. Op: Knowing Netanyahu would be reenergized by his speech at AIPAC, Obama and his staff set him a honey trap. Tea Partiers use centuries-old nullification tactics to challenge health care reform. Liberals mock Bush's hand-
Republicans plan vote-a-rama to embarrass Democrats with a richness of amendments to reject. Remembrance of Iran's Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, now martyr "for those who would seek reform." Op: Health care reform will create "a world that partisans of limited government should welcome.
Netanyahu gets informal treatment during White House visit; Britain expels Israeli diplomat over passports mess. Education chief kept confidential log of Chicago pols seeking spots in top schools. Video: Biden calls reform "a big fucking deal." See also: Brief history of D.C.'s bad language. Nestle
After 60 years of effort, the Wiesenthal Center's sixth-most-wanted Nazi is convicted. More than 160 arrested in connection with the Jos massacre in Nigeria. Economic double standard found in banning ivory but not tuna. India to weaponize the bhut jolokia, the world's hottest chili.
Russia hammers the competition in the Winter Paralympics after its worst-ever Winter Olympics. High-fructose corn syrup found to cause obesity; Americans consume 60 pounds of it each year. Newspapers as drugs: in a pure state, full of facts; when cut with Lady Gaga photos, dangerous. Useful Q&
Haiti struggles to find 40,000 dwellings for 200,000 people currently in flood- or mudslide-prone areas. Israelis want Stanley Tunick to come shoot them naked; labour minister Noked gives his support. AIPAC leader: "Jerusalem is not a settlement. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel." If the
