One effect of the U.S. attorneys' firings: "Targeted for political reasons" may be popularized as a courtroom defense. Top general in Iraq says surge results won't be sufficient by September, check back in a few years. Targeting al Qaeda in Afghanistan, U.S. airstrikes
Seventy-one-year-old Klansman convicted in 1964 kidnappings; British sleeper terrorists get 15 years to life. Not content with federal efforts, states speed laws through congresses, tackle illegal immigration on their own terms. Ban lifted for a one-time ivory sale--some conservationists applaud, others worry. A visit from
Hamas seizes Gaza control, potentially dooming the Palestinian vision of a unified Gaza and West Bank. Abbas tries to dissolve the Palestinian government--Hamas says he no longer has the authority. Hamas announces amnesty for all senior Fatah leaders. This summer in France, Count Rochambeau will hold a festival honoring
Executing opponents in the street, occupying half of Fatah's security compounds, Hamas may soon control Gaza. Beyond a few retribution attacks, Iraq remains calm after Wednesday's bombing of a Shiite shrine. Iran's parliament votes in favor of executing porno actors. Non-Middle East foreign
Hamas's demonstration of broad control in Gaza "a problem" for Israel; "madness is going on," says Abbas. Pentagon reports rise in violence in Iraq post-surge. Accident dries Rome's fountains; see ancient Rome in three dimensions. Report details hot nodes in human
Internal U.N. report says U.S. has sidelined the organization's role in the Middle East, everything else going to Hell. "If they were not used in Micronesia, they were definitely not used in the spirit of the way this was written." Boats earmarked for faith-
Iraq shrine attacked in a repeat of a 2006 bombing that many say sparked a wave of sectarian violence. Bush stops by Capitol Hill to press palms with senators, demo his new immigration bill that includes this handy-dandy crevice tool. "If somebody on Guam wanted to meet Carmen
Factional fighting in Palestine increases as Prime Minister's home and President's office both struck by grenades. Mudslides plus shoddy construction blamed for deaths of over 100 Bangladeshis yesterday. North Carolina State Bar to bring ethics charges against prosecutor in Duke lacrosse case. Just two weeks before
Federal appeals court says the president can't declare civilians "enemy combatants," can't hold them indefinitely. Sudan flatly denies genocide, threatens to deny the world Coca-Cola. When breakthroughs appear just in time to stall stem-cell bills, how much politiking is behind their publication?
Chinese police discover cheaters with wireless transmitter shoes during national college entrance exams. In Mexico, union organizers risk their lives to protect migrant workers from unscrupulous recruiters. "Daryl was a slow reader. He was lazy, and he came to school stoned. But until he committed this murder, no one
