New at TMN: "People We Like," a weekly photo of people and places from around the world. Uneasiness and insecurity, officials say, are contributing to a rise in U.S. citizenship applications. In Iraq, 161 service members were naturalized as American citizens on Wednesday. Budget cuts, White House
Recently declassified documents reveal Mitterrand's support of the Hutus in the months leading up to the Rwandan genocide. Confirmed: France loves McDonalds. Hoping to compete with Al Jazeera, Iran launches a 24-hour, English-language news channel. China tightens laws to restrict organ transplant tourism. Egypt's
Libby walks, Bush talks, Democrats balk. Gates seeks to rally bipartisan support for end of troop surge, beginning of withdrawal from Iraq. Bush signs law requiring federal buildings to lower flags when states do. Beverly Sills, beloved Brooklyn soprano, dies at 78. Looking to Britain for hints, U.S. intelligence
Ever cautious, U.S. claims Iran was behind January attacks in Iraq. Hamas arrests individuals involved in kidnapping of BBC reporter. Hong Kong celebrates 10 years since its return to China, reflects on the state of "democracy." Croatian rock star brings back Nazi couture and lots of awkward
Two more suspects arrested in British car bomb attempts. British government claims bombers had ties to al Qaeda, excepting their ineptitude. Op: If it's summer in the U.K., there are terrorists about. Obama becomes the first Democrat to raise more than $30 million in a quarter during
Supreme Court agrees to hear Guantanamo cases in surprising reversal of a February decision. Review panel finds only convicted suspect in 1988's Lockerbie bombing may not be guilty after all. Protesting a possible Murdoch buy-out, Wall Street Journal reporters stage half-day walk-out. (In their own
Police disable car bomb found in central London; incident bore all the "hallmarks" of a failed suicide bomb attempt. Egyptian billionaire suspected of spying for Israel found dead--where else, if a spy--in London. Supreme Court bans use of students' race to maintain public schools'
Bush invokes executive privilege and refuses to hand over wiretapping files subpoenaed by the Judiciary Committees. The grisly latest from Iraq, including 20 decapitated bodies. U.S. plans withdrawal of 30,000 troops--from Europe. Hamas goes marginally underground in the West Bank. Brother of a British suicide bomber finally
White House subpoenaed on wiretapping, and perhaps finally we'll see a showdown. Op: A conservative's case for impeaching Dick Cheney. Blair to work on economics, not peace in the Middle East--because Condoleeza's got that wrapped up. Iranians revolt against new gas-rationing plan.
New U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown (snidely) answers readers' questions. Thirteen years of Tony Blair cartoons explained. Catching up with P.S. 36's kindergarten class of 1995. Clinton criticized by Giuliani for response to 1993 World Trade Center bombing. U.N. predicts radical growth in urban
