From Russia Without Love: Kremlin Calls Mr. White a U.S. Agent

Who is Michael Lee White? blog/comment links lost passport 2005? China ? " GUANGZHOU, China -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said he suspects that U.S. agents provoked last month's brief war in Georgia. The Kremlin's Exhibit A? Russian soldiers say they found a...

US troops abandon Afghan outpost

Militants have started brekaing through defences and into the temporary base in an outpost after US troops abandoned it. American foces have said that the outpost had been temporary and that "regular patrols" in the area would be maintained. " American troops...

NASA rolls out new shuttle launch schedule

"NASA unveiled a new launch schedule today that calls for eight shuttle missions in 2009 and 2010 and 10 overall before the nation's three-orbiter fleet is retired.The last of the missions now is slated to launch May 31, 2010 -- which would leave enough time to launch an...

Another Female Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraqi Province, Killing 15 Near Courthouse

Another female suicide bomber has struck in Iraq, this time killing 15 people."The latest in a wave of female suicide bombers killed 15 people and wounded more than 40 others on Sunday near a heavily fortified courthouse and government outpost in central Baquba, Iraqi...

Discovery Astronauts Begin First Spacewalk of Mission

Although they've become "routine," a spacewalk is anything but. The training and preparations for becoming a spacewalker are arduous. The work is always risky. There's no such thing as just "dinging" your thumb while doing construction work outside a space shuttle or the...

Failure to see jihad for what it is by Diana West - Washington Times Editoria...

"Someday, when the war in Iraq has become a historical episode, we will tally up the lessons learned-if, that is, we ever learn any. Here are two worth mastering because failing to do so probably means we will no longer exist. Lesson 1. Nation-building in a war zone is...

Iraq returns to its Persian heritage: Its newly ascendant Shiites no longer h...

"NAJAF, IRAQ — Persian script laces and flows across the walls of Najaf's seminaries. Shiite Muslim religious scholars in the ancient city's turquoise-tiled edifices bury their noses in Koranic texts illustrated with Persian calligraphy, in scenes that evoke Mesopotamia's...

Getting rattled on 'the Rock'

" Alcatraz Island, Calif. — EACH day at sundown, when the last tour boat departs this desolate, wind-swept outpost, one lonesome soul is left behind. He's the night watchman of Alcatraz. Guided by the beam of his flashlight, Gregory Johnson inches down the gloomy infirmary...

America's Broken-Down Army - Time Magazine Cover Story

"For most Americans, the Iraq war is both distant and never ending. For Private Matthew Zeimer, it was neither. Shortly after midnight on Feb. 2, Zeimer had his first taste of combat as he scrambled to the roof of the 3rd Infantry Division's Combat Outpost Grant in central...

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...