Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

Travel Alert in Mexico Violence Along The U.S.-Mexico Border has escalated

"The State Department has reissued a travel for Mexico until Oct. 15. The travel alert was set to expire on today, but was extended Monday afternoon due to security "situations" in Mexico. "The Travel Alert for...

'Freak of nature' may have fueled Lewis County floods

"CHEHALIS, Wash. - The heavy rains fell everywhere. Federal experts say a freak of nature may be to blame. They emphasize they're still investigating, but they say they're zeroing in on a small but high-intensity...

Terrorism Reaches Out: It's Not Mr. Roger's Neighborhood Anymore

"Although bombings, civilian slaughter and barbaric beheadings in Pakistan may seem a long way away from U.S. and European communities, the tentacles of terrorism are poisonous and long. Linked to a common body of radical Muslim religious beliefs, fueled by hatred of the West...

Idiocy at the LA Times

Josh Marshall is too modest to say it but I will:  His site is one of the most informative news sources on the web (and beyond).  His piece today shows a brutal example of how arrogant centrally planned media can be.  I have taken the rare step of including his...

Johnson Plans Challenge to London Mayor Livingstone

"Boris Johnson, one of Britain's best- known Conservative lawmakers, plans to challenge incumbent Ken Livingstone in the 2008 London mayoral election. ``The opportunity is too great, and the prize too wonderful to miss; and that prize is the chance to represent London and...

New Anti-Terrorism Caucus Formed in U.S. House

"Today at a press conference in the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Representative Sue Myrick (R-NC), along with Representatives Bud Cramer (D-AL), Kay Granger (R-TX), and Ben Chandler (D-KY) formally announced they have formed a new bipartisan Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus. Myrick,...

Can Money and Celebrity Test the Influence of Oil Companies?

"Oil tax fight becomes costliest Calif. initiative campaign as producer, oil companies ante up. In any other year, a $60 million opposition campaign fueled by a deep-pockets industry would almost certainly spell doom for a California ballot initiative. But the infusion of $40...

Can African Dust Storms Prevent Hurricanes?

"Westward swirling clouds of dust from the Sahara Desert might be putting a damper on Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, a new study suggests."

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