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
"These kinds of incidents are upsetting for the guys." On Saturday, a guard from DynCorp shot, killed an Iraqi civilian--apparently unprovoked. Federal prisons consider release of 19,500 inmates convicted on crack charges. The brewing legal battles over retroactive sentence increases for prisoners--"life sentence"
Police raid nabs Cosa Nostra's 10 commandments; prohibitions include glancing at friends' wives. Related: What the police really should be worrying about are the commandments driving 'Ndrangheta, Italy's crime family on the rise. World's biggest gun owners: Americans, Yemenis, and Finns. Yes,
In Pakistan, police barricade Bhutto in her home, lock down planned rally site. Bhutto attempts to break through police barrier in her bulletproof car. "You would think you couldn't have this type of control in the digital age. But it's there, massively. In-country confusion
Online outpouring of protests in Pakistan; India's response to Pakistan's woes could fit neatly on a business card. Leading Egyptian democracy activist suggests Mubarak has a death squad on the loose. Answers, ideas in response to the question: Is the World Bank really necessary? Another question:
