In controversial move, Bush vetoes child health insurance act; what's he thinking? State Dept. to offer "an alternative source to mainstream media" and blog it up. Social creativity, retroactive pessimism among the coping mechanisms psychologists recommend for Mets fans. Anniversary of Ghandi's birth celebrated
Piecing together the events of Sept. 16, when a firefight erupted between Iraqis and Blackwater agents. Clinton outpacing Obama in fundraising; Within the past month, at least one Clinton has appeared on television virtually every day. Fascinating analysis of political speeches, and the word clouds they produced. Fictional dirty bombs
U.N. envoy meets once with military head of Burmese junta, twice with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. In other Asian encounters, North and South Korean leaders meet in Pyongyang for summit. Pakistan drops corruption charges against former PM Bhutto; is she ready to join Musharraf's team?
Hersh on the administration's plans for Iran, and the world's shared anxiety about what Bush can do. Hersh on Bush: "The president has accepted ethnic cleansing, whether he's talking about it or not." New group Freedom's Watch, the neoconservative'
Czech citizens conflicted over being friendly with the U.S., letting it install a missile defense system Russia vehemently opposes. Newest twist in Russian politics is Putin as prime minister, not president. Concurrent Technologies and Commonwealth Research Institute now hiring military men for "no-work" jobs. Navy struggles
Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 15 at a police checkpoint in Pakistan--authorities are trying to figure out if it was a man or woman. Iraqi government says number of civilians killed in bombings and shootings has "plunged." U.S. maintains top spot in supplying weapons to the
I've never understood the appeal of "soft partition" to anyone other than dedicated pro-Kurdish activists. Maliki calls Biden's separation proposal a "catastrophe." Further frightening news about Biden's bru-ha-ha, though both leftie pols and hawk-y politik-ers
With 56 shots fired so far in 2007, Blackwater's rate of shooting is twice as high as other security companies in Iraq. First cholera death hits Baghdad; World Health Organization suggests 30,000 Iraqis may be infected. Senate backs Biden's plan to separate Iraq into three
Verizon briefly refuses to let abortion rights group text customers, hopes we'll never speak of it again. Is Tania Head's Sept. 11 survival story too good to be true? Nike said it is the first time it has designed a shoe for a specific race or
Up to eight people killed in Myanmar, many more beaten and arrested as security forces raid monasteries. Op: If China won't change its policies toward Burma on its own, it must be pressured to do so. Dinner with Ahmadinejad: The movie 300 was a "complete distortion of
