The Philippines were ready. For days before the war began, the guns had been manned and the planes had stood alert
World Battlefronts: The Philippines Stand
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Science: Score One for the Bible
So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat
Medical Records Go Digital
The complex field of health-care information may soon be a little more streamlined. On Tuesday, Chicago-based electronic medical records provider Allscripts announced it has agreed to merge with British rival Misys PLC in a cash-and-stocks deal worth more than $1 billion
Gay Marriage: The Coming Clash of Civil and Religious Liberties
What does the historic vote on same-sex marriage in New York mean for the rest of the country? Will it play a role if and when the U.S.
Court Blocks Kansas Law Shutting Down Abortion Clinics
Kansas’ efforts to shut down two abortion providers will have to wait as a federal judge temporarily blocked the state Friday from imposing tough new licensing restrictions.
Science: Handwriting As Character
Graphology , long in the same U.S. doghouse with such pseudosciences as astrology, palmistry, phrenology may not be so phony as scientists have thought it.
Roman Catholics: The Unlikely Cardinal
From the pulpit where he stood one day last week, Richard James Cardinal Cushing, 68, looked down not at the familiar Irish faces of his own Boston congregation but rather into the docile and questioning gaze of brown Peruvian eyes. The occasion was the blessing of a new brick-and-concrete Roman Catholic church in a slum suburb of Lima.
Anti-Gaddafi Forces Distrustful of Western Reporters
As the push to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi has stalled, journalists have increasingly borne the brunt of the frustrations of Libya’s rebels. Although the foreign press was eagerly welcomed just months ago, reporters in rebel-controlled areas have recently been harassed and intimidated.
Diplomacy: The Party Line
Above the clink of crystal goblets and the beat of a twist tune wafted shreds and snippets of conversation. “Looks like Pierre made a party on the way.” “No, darling, these models don't have a thing on underneath
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ayman al-Zawahiri, a cerebral Egyptian surgeon who joined his first jihadist cell at age 15, is as much the force behind al-Qaeda as his more famous friend Osama bin Laden. When the two first met in Pakistan in 1986, al-Zawahiri made a powerful impression on the younger, inexperienced Saudi millionaire