Former PM Sharif returns to Pakistan, welcomed by crowds, tolerated by Musharraf. Con Ed shocked by photos of Indians forging NYC manhole covers--with bare hands and without adequate protective gear. The forensic investigation of the internet, a key element in Italy's brutal Meredith Kercher case. "It
Twenty-five million affected by data leak in Britain, close to half the entire population. Until the U.S. looks more seriously at the various threats there, Lebanese democracy doesn't have much chance. Why Beirut is not Tehran. Why a Zagat review can be an appropriate way to
Supreme Court to decide whether the Second Amendment really does mean individuals can keeps guns in their homes. Proposed bill would bring 4,000 troops back to life. Bill Clinton praises Zapatero's environmental efforts in Spain, accepts invitation to advise government. Obama on being a goof-off, drug
"A good copy editor would have caught this in 10 seconds." Flawed tests invalidate thousands of students' reading scores. Stem-cell scientists announce breakthrough: Human skin cells can be reprogrammed to act like embryonic cells. Remember when King Juan Carlos told Hugo Chavez to shut up? Half
Flow of migrant money estimated at $300 billion a year, with 60 countries receiving $1 billion or more in 2006. Bangladesh cyclone toll now estimated over 3,000. U.N. to announce it's cutting the number of annual new HIV infections by more than 40 percent from last
Details of shrunken lives in Gaza post-Palestinian civil war. FBI faces possibility that hundreds have been convicted based on wholly discredited bullet-lead analysis. Op: U.S. schools are producing more top science and engineering grads than the job market can support. In today's Gallery, Rosecrans Baldwin
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
