JERUSALEM - The likelihood of a large-scale Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip has crept closer as more rockets continue to land in southern Israel and another Israeli was killed by a mortar shell, further hardening attitudes among senior ministers against a...
After months of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate for the presidency of the most...
Updated at 12:22 a.m. EDT, June 10, 2008At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 49 more were injured during the latest violence. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, a mass grave may have been found in Diyala province, but conflicting reports indicate it may have...
Well, it looks like giving China some face will have little to no impact on the way things are done in this country. If anything, it will give the Party the confidence to continue harassing parents, journalists, and dissidents of all kinds in the name of social...
Give China Some Face It is interesting that the author talked about "the world" throughout the article. It really should be "the West" instead. I'd say it's typical for a Westerner to consider himself representing the world. The West does not represent the world. It...
Updated at 12:40 a.m. EDT, June 9, 2008A suicide bomber killed a U.S. soldier and wounded 18 more Americans in northern Iraq. Anoother U.S. soldier was killed during a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad yesterday. At least 28 people were killed and 58 were injured across...
Updated at 11:50 p.m. EDT, June 7, 2008A series of small bombings left casualties across Baghdad today, while a mass grave was found just south of the capital. At least 22 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 39 more were wounded in violence across the country. No...
President George W. Bush and Democratic and Republican luminaries broke ground recently at the future gleaming home of the United States Institute of Peace on the National Mall. After absorbing the speeches and, on the same day, the rather partisan Senate Intelligence...
The Senate Intelligence [sic] Committee has finally deemed it safe to release its report on "whether public Statements and reports and testimony regarding Iraq by US Government officials made between the Gulf War period and the commencement of Operation Iraqi...
It's time for another pop quiz on America's favorite region of the world – the Middle East. Let's get started with the subject of nuclear weapons. Which country in the Middle East actually possesses nuclear weapons? Israel. Which country in the Middle East...
