U.S. officials say attacks in Iraq have dropped by 55 percent since the troop surge--though recent bombings are a reminder it's far too soon to bask in the success. Something is wrong with rural Virginia, American healthcare--or both. (Photos from Remote Area Medical's
Review of the eight most likely contenders for Lebanon's president. The (sad) week in review for baseball as Jeter gets taken to the cleaners and Bonds, possibly to jail. No locks, no keys: Belgium has now gone 156 days without a national government. British nukes prior to the
The perhaps-unexpected result of Musharraf's emergency rule: Militants have made gains in Pakistan's tribal areas. "We used to love America. Give me Tom Cruise and a vacation in Florida any day." Pakistanis' frustration with "Busharraf's" inaction swells. Charticle:
Sworn account by one of the Blackwater turret gunners. Porsche makes more money trading derivatives than selling cars; rise of the Canadian dollar makes "BC bud" less competitive. Hollywood's strike makes trouble for Canada's film business. Details on how the Chinese weather service will
U.S. officials play out scenarios should Musharraf fall--and worry they may appear to be planning a coup of their own. Happy holidays: Earlier this year, federal investigators smuggled bomb parts past screeners at 19 airports. How the campaign has changed the candidates: Obama's gone partisan, Edwards
Democrats calculate wars' costs, including hidden expenses, and tally $1.5 trillion. Leading the information dissemination charge are websites. Detailed notes on the e-resistance rising in Pakistan. Spanish editor and cartoonist fined for comic mocking crown prince, "chipping away a bit more from the fragile pillar of
Democrats respond to Bush's domestic spending veto, threaten to withhold war funding unless he agrees to Iraq withdrawal. U.S. bridge players face sanctions for anti-Bush sign at last month's championship tournament. Ongoing FBI Blackwater investigation finds at least 14 of the 17 shootings were
Post music critic apologizes for insulting former crack-smoking D.C. mayor Marion Berry. At the center of a brutal Italian murder is an unlikely suspect: a twenty-year-old American study-abroad student. New issue of Murdaland; stories from the other side of America's obsession with murder.
Bhutto, again under house arrest during a planned protest, again calls on Musharraf to resign. Ahmad Chalabi, who once bore false info about WMDs, is back at work with the U.S.--this time to restore services to Baghdad. Judge orders White House to preserve its email, citing the Federal
Analysis on how assertive, bullying Russian tactics "have evoked stress in the Baltics that was unthinkable even five years ago." Photo gallery from Ghazaliya, a Sunni neighborhood in west Baghdad. Unknown fate for the tomb of the unknown soldier. Robert Birnbaum on the death of Mailer in this
