As is common practice on risky projects, demolition work at ground zero is being carried out by a shell corporation. Pakistani Supreme Court allows former PM, exiled in 2000, to return to the homeland. White House takes Office of Administration off list of bodies covered by Freedom of Information Act,
In veterans speech, Bush connects Iraq to Vietnam--this time we can win it, see? More and more of the electricity grid in Iraq is being seized by armed militias. Pre-treating posttraumatic stress. Texas executes its 400th inmate since reinstating capital punishment in 1982. Wives and their wrongfully convicted
Blackhawk helicopter crash in Iraq kills 14 American soldiers. Congress forces CIA to release document analyzing pre-Sept. 11 intelligence weaknesses; ACLU forces White House to release political protest action plans. Everyone except Mother Earth wins when Brazil resettles urban homeless to virgin rain forest. Russia can't get
Bush finds fewer words of praise for Maliki and the Iraqi government as the surge evaluation approaches. Over 100 foreign-policy experts surveyed for a look at the current state of terrorism. Iran releases Wilson Center's Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. Pdf: Details on the roadblocks and corridors (with map)
Michigan pushes presidential primary up to January 15, causing New Hampshire and Iowa to leapfrog theirs to next Tuesday. Sex researchers draw battle lines around work of J. Michael Baily, advocate of an alternate transgender theory. "The fact that those who do not serve in the military can become
Next year Congress will earmark $6.7 billion to combat global warming--some worry it may turn into "green pork." Citing recent smoking ban, bad weather, analysts say U.K. cigarette sales fell by seven percent last month. See also: In Hindsight: Smoke Signals. Putting the fun back
Over objections of human rights groups, Israel returns Sudanese refugees to Egypt. Video: Ambassadors from failed states on statehood, failing, failed statehood. Bush's bid to spread democracy and end tyranny worldwide might not be implemented by end of fiscal year. Also: Researchers conclude increase in disease diagnoses might
Stability of the Kurdistan region threatened by Iranian forces. Gaza's main power plant shuts down after the EU halted financing of fuel deliveries. Today's big read: How border violence is overflowing and bringing havoc into Southwestern cities. Illuminating details on Iowa's non-illuminating straw
After one day of deliberation, jury convicts Jose Padilla on terror charges. Poll shows most Americans are already distrustful of the Army's next Iraq assessment. Led by a general with a history of failures, the State Department's embassy construction unit is in hot water. Former South
Earthquake death toll continues to climb in Peru, nearing 500; workers are on a frantic search for survivors. Was Giuliani, as he asserts, at ground zero "as often, if not more" than recovery workers? Records show him there for 29 hours; responders logged 12 hours a day. (graph
