President Obama said Sunday that his administration remains prepared to order strikes against "high-value" targets within Pakistan.
Obama: U.S. prepared to pursue targets in Pakistan
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Spanish judge accuses Bush officials over torture
A senior Spanish judge has ordered prosecutors to investigate whether key Bush aides should be charged with crimes over the Guantanamo Bay detention center, a lawyer said Sunday. Investigating magistrate Baltasar Garzon has passed a 98-page complaint to prosecutors that accuses former Attorney General Alberto R.
Red River levels dropping barely; Residents remain on alert
While the Red River level appeared to be dropping early Sunday, Fargo, North Dakota, officials said they were still holding their collective breath. “In past flooding, you have to understand, we’ve had times in which people thought it crested and then it came back and went up,” Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney said. “And our temperature is changing, so we will be reluctant to announce a crest until we truly feel there’s been a crest.” City Manager Pat Sawyerville added, “We cannot think that we’ve passed some milestone here.” Above-freezing temperatures, followed by heavy rains this week, caused the Red River and its tributaries to swell, sending Fargo into emergency preparation mode
Afghan president praises Obama’s new war plan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday praised U.S. President Barack Obama’s new plan for the war in Afghanistan. “He has our full support,” Karzai told a news conference
Three Mile Island at 30: Nuclear Power’s Squandered Potential
If the Three Mile Island atomic reactor near Harrisburg hadn’t melted down 30 years ago this Saturday…well, there probably would have been an accident somewhere else. The entire U.S
Without Bush ‘millstone,’ GOP can mount comeback, leader says
Despite crushing defeats in the last two elections, Senate Republicans have new "energy and enthusiasm" for winning back the majority, according to their leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
UK ready to send more troops to Afghanistan
Britain is prepared to send more troops to Afghanistan, the head of the British Army said in an interview published Friday.
Obama: Safety of world at stake in Afghanistan
President Obama — saying "the terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks are in Pakistan and Afghanistan" — announced a new strategy Friday to confront the growing threat in Afghanistan and now Pakistan.
That Was Then … and This Is Now
Don’t pretend we didn’t see this coming for a long, long time. In the early 1980s, around the time Ronald Reagan became President and Wall Street’s great modern bull market began, we started gambling and thinking magically.
Israel’s New Coalition Won’t Make Obama’s Job Easier
“Unsustainable.” That was President Barack Obama’s blunt assessment on Tuesday night of the current state of affairs between Israel and the Palestinians.