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KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 23) — An Afghan human rights group said Saturday that at least 78 people were killed in a joint Afghan-U.S. coalition military operation in western Afghanistan. Read more
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A team of private investigators working behind the scenes to find Madeleine McCann has been axed after being paid £500,000 from publicly donated funds. Read more
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his Democratic running mate today before a cheering crowd of thousands, hailing him as a “leader who is ready to step in and be president.” Read more
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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This column was published nearly 21 years ago, on Sept. 18, 1987, when the Joe Biden plagiarism scandal was raging. In light of today’s selection of Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate I thought readers might find it interesting: Read more
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Perhaps the UK goverment believs the US and Georgian intelegence 100%? Maybe UK govermnet learnt nothing about the Irag and the intellegence they got and gave to the parliament and the people? What does the UK has to do with this conflict? Of course we are the allies so we must [...]
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BBC One controller Jay Hunt has cautioned that the channel must be careful to maintain mass appeal across all age groups and not be perceived as being too old-fashioned. Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Hunt noted that the average BBC One viewer is 52 years old and that a mass appeal public service [...]
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The U.S. military has released a cameraman for Associated Press Television News without charges after detaining him for nearly three months. Read more
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A day after launching a probe into whether China’s gymnasts are underage, Olympic officials said yesterday “there’s no question” they were eligible to compete at the Beijing Games. Read more
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Obama-Bayh bumperstickers being printed? This just in from our friends Edward Epstein and Josh Rogin at Congressional Quarterly: LENEXA, Kan. — After weeks of speculation and days of intense rumors, the answer to who Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would name as his running mate may have come down to a bumper sticker printed in [...]
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There are at least two types, among others, who closely monitor economic trends. One is represented by Chicken Little and his perennially urgent motto, “The sky is falling in.” The other is represented by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, whose motto, in keeping with the stubborn outlook of the Bush gang with regard to just [...]
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Western European news organizations are providing unprecedented coverage of the U.S. presidential campaign, and as Election Day nears, correspondents are making a new effort to balance their coverage between Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). Read more
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BEIJING — Sam Maron came to China posing as a tourist excited about his first trip to the country. With his point-and-shoot camera and monotone T-shirts, he blended into the crowds of other foreigners in town for the Olympic Games. Read more
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CAIRO, Aug. 22 — Fresh from prodding Libya into ending a quarter-century of hostility toward the United States, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi‘s most influential son, announced this week that he planned to “disappear” from public life for a time. Read more
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The controversy over a best-selling author’s account of forgery and deception in the White House deepened yesterday with a new CIA denial that it helped the Bush administration produce phony documents suggesting past links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 — U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have agreed to the withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces from the country by the end of 2011, and Iraqi officials said they are “very close” to resolving the remaining issues blocking a final accord that governs the future American military presence here. Read more
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HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition forces killed 76 Afghan civilians in western Afghanistan on Friday, most of them children, the Interior Ministry said. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama prolonged the suspense over his vice presidential pick on Friday, saying he had chosen an independent voice who could be an effective governing partner — but not announcing the name. Read more
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Russia says it has fulfilled a pledge to withdraw its combat troops from Georgia in line with a ceasefire deal. Read more