Guantánamo prison library rejects an Arabic-language copy of Noam Chomsky's anthology on post-Sept. 11 commentary. If you already have a blog, make sure you spray-feed your URL in niblets open-face to the skein. Others try pressing and pressing against the windshield without success. This
Profile of Czech President Vaclav Klaus, the contrarian and dissident who bedevils Europe. Summers and Geithner: hardcore tennis dorks. Instapaper for the commute: Among the NSA's greatest headaches is a lack of electrical power. Plan to transform a Southern capital into a European gem. Professor charts his move
Professor Elinor Ostrom becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for economics. "We're going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent." White House opens fire on Fox News. "There is a problem of having to ship out the largest outreach
Emergency task force to bombard world media with positive news about Italy's products and Berlusconi. Congressman fulfills childhood dream of surviving seven days alone on an island. Japanese learn English from Obama; sensation is like "listening to good music." Photos of Hakku Tulou apartments in China,
Barack Obama becomes third sitting president to win the Nobel Peace Prize; see full citation. Q&A with the man who telephones Nobel Prize winners to tell them they've won. Stalin's grandson sues Russian newspaper to protect dictator's reputation. Chart: Where in the
Cities hit hard by H1N1 in the spring now see little evidence of the virus. Tehran claims U.S. played a role in the disappearance of an Iranian nuclear scientist. A proposal for Chicago 2018, or the first wholly urban Winter Olympics. Prolific, celebrated photographer Irving Penn dies at age
Abu Mazen agreed to wait on the Gaza war-crimes news, and now his people are fulminating. Nothing, obviously, on the Bhutto assassination. Notes from a candid dinner discussion with Pervez Musharraf. Interactive passage through Michelle Obama's family tree. Where French elites see "the victim" in
Maldivian ministers to hold underwater cabinet meeting to highlight climate change, unfazed by "friendly" sharks. Global fisheries to collapse by 2048. Rival Kenyan groups are getting ready for the 2012 election--by rearming now. Egyptian conservatives condemn the Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit, saying it promotes promiscuity. How the
Two books frame the White House's debate over sending more troops to Afghanistan. Al Qaeda introdues new "ass bomb" to international terrorism; security experts caution against panic. How to get in touch with terrorist groups and buy al Qaeda-related coffee mugs. Explaining why others will
The red and the black: The "unprecedented" rise of gangsters and gangster behavior in China. Whatever McChrystal's intentions when he spoke out last week in London, the episode has worked to Obama's short-term benefit. Rwandan intelligence chief, accused of significant role in 1994
