McCain Sharply Criticizes Bush's Policies as 'Abuse of Power'

"In his most forceful effort yet to distance himself from President Bush, John McCain slammed the current administration's policies and chastised Bush for increasing the debt burden for future generations, failing to fund expanding Medicare and abusing executive powers. In...

Eritrea: Isaias Afwerki on the Path to Chaos

"It is now official: the ruling regime has spilled Eritrean blood fighting all our neighbors: Yemen, Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti. In every case, the hot-headed and impulsive actions of the ruling regime harmed the interest of Eritrea and diminished its reputation. And in...

Australian Food Critics Told to Hold Their Tongues

The critic's job is made clear by her description, or so one would think. Australian food critics are now being told, however, that their  words can be construed as "defamation", a ruling that will no doubt reverberate throughout the industry."THE High Court left a bad...

Invasion Update: Ethiopia Advances on Somali Islamists’ Last City

Does this sound familiar? I'm sure we all believe that the invading army du jour will pack up and leave once Mission is Accomplished..."A phalanx of Ethiopian tanks and armored personnel carriers chugged toward the last city occupied by Somalia’s diminished Islamist...

Diminished violence in Baghdad holding (AP)

" By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer 27 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - The five-day trend toward diminished violence in the Iraqi capital was holding Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, as a curfew kept vehicles off the streets through the middle of the day. The quiet in...