Wolfowitz begins to negotiate his World Bank leave-taking, though he is adamant about departing with a clean record. Source close to Justice inquiry says Gonzales had 14 more attorneys walking the plank. With over two million war widows in Afghanistan, Kabul is the "widows' capital of the
Government-financed study finds sarin nerve gas exposure may have caused lasting brain deficits in many Gulf War soldiers. Anti-war Senators fail to cut funds. Military says it's holding people "directly linked" to the presumably captured soldiers; as usual, scores of deaths reported in Iraq.
Latest wave of Baghdad violence kills 41 Iraqis; 37 separate missions launched to rescue kidnapped American soldiers. Martin Luther King's oldest daughter--an actor and an activist--is dead at age 51. Now Wolfowitz is getting really peeved. Research physicists set out to create shank-proof toothbrushes for
In 2004 Alberto Gonzales visited the then-ill, disoriented Ashcroft's hospital bedside to coerce him into renewing the illegal wiretapping program. Op: That Mr. Gonzales is now in charge of the department he tried to steamroll may be most disturbing of all. Gonzales can't stop chugging,
Suicide bomber kills himself and 25 others in Pakistani restaurant with anti-Taliban ties. (See the Washington Post's slideshow.) At least 13 killed by Hamas-Fatah fighting in Gaza. Rev. Jerry Falwell dead at 73 from heart attack. U.S.-Iranian dual-national director of the Woodrow Wilson
IAEA says Iran has begun enriching uranium on a much bigger scale than before. For a last hurrah, Blair would like to convince Bush to join an international pact to fight global warming. Bush calls for cuts in vehicle emissions; critics want reductions, not stalling. Say what you will about
Russia's rhetorical hostility towards America is reaching levels unseen since the Cold War ended. Sec. of State's Moscow visit comes at a good time. DaimlerChrysler back to plain old Daimler and Chrysler. Mr. Clinton peeps out from backstage. Texans argue over Bush's contribution to
In Pakistan, Musharraf's suspension of a top justice sets off protests this weekend, during which 39 were killed. Infighting between U.S. departments in Iraq--U.S. diplomats brand defense deputy a Stalinist. Lawsuit alleges Giuliani rushed Ground Zero cleanup in spite of workers' best health interests.
Over one million gather for canonization of Brazil's first homegrown saint. A complete account of Friar Galvao's paper pills and bilocationism. Foreign Policy repeats its Terrorism Index six months on, and experts still agree we're daft, deaf, and in great danger. Thank you, medical
Many Americans migrating to wildfire-prone Western areas. Fire forces evacuation of residents and tourists from South Catalina Island. Today's long read: China's "Comfortable Housing Program," or forced resettlement of 250,000 Tibetans (see slideshow). Reformist parties in Serbia agree to build coalition government.
