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...

This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

Rudy Guede guilty of Meredith Kercher murder

The murder of British student Meredith Kercher, a case that has generated huge media attention in botht the UK and Italy, has now seen the accused man sentenced to 30 years in prison. Kercher's American roomate will now likely stand trial for the muder as well. It is thought...

Desperate pervert Gary Glitter heading back to UK

"His decision ends a two-day farce that began when he was released from a Vietnamese prison after serving his sentence for child abuse. The 64-year-old has been twice refused entry into Thailand and once turned away from Hong Kong after flying out from Vietnam. But Thai...

Global warning: Melting ice threatens Arctic foxes

Some more wildlife animals are on the brink of extinction because of  global warming. "Polar bears may not be the only Arctic wildlife threatened by global warming. Scientists have discovered that Arctic foxes also struggle as the ice disappears because they rely on the...