DAMAK, NEPAL - Suspecting Maoist infiltration in their ranks, security forces have tightened restrictions and surveillance on the 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, making it difficult for them to find work, even as geopolitical intrigues are impeding their return...
Ripples From the Schlesinger Report
First: The "Who." Initially seven, then 28, were charged or under investigation. Now at least two more may be charged and as many as 53 have been implicated. An additional five have been singled out by name as bearing responsibility. More may eventually be charged or...
‘War on Terror’ Hits Michigan Town
CHICAGO - Ibrahim Parlak's customers and friends know him as the gentle, hard-working Kurdish immigrant from Turkey who runs Café Gulistan in the placid lakeside town of Harbert, Michigan. Before he was incarcerated by U.S. authorities and threatened with...
Is America Finally Coming Home?
At the close of his address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars a week ago, President Bush announced a redeployment of 70,000 U.S. troops and 100,000 family members and civilian employees from overseas bases. Some of the troops may go to East Europe or Central Asia, but,...