Twenty-four people were killed, including 14 US military personnel, when a huge explosion tore apart a US army dining hall.
Two French journalists were released by their captors in Iraq asfter 124 days as hostages. "no ransom had been demanded and none was paid".
The Bush administration moved to
block the assets of two Saudi men accused of providing support to Osama
bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network, Adel Batterjee and Saad al-Faqih. Meanwhile, Bahrain defends its free trade agreement with the United States. And while the Saudi's don't like it, the reality is that most members of the GCC are privately negotiating trade deals with the US.
Iran claims it has arrested more than 10 "nuclear spies" among them are Mossad and CIA operatives. Meanwhile, the Sudan claims that Israel and Germany are aiding the "rebels" in Darfur and Save the Children packs its bags.
Secretary General Kofi Annan admitted that the UN oil-for-food scandal had "cast a shadow" over the United Nations.
Who are Saddam's lawyers?
Is bin Laden less dangerous than he was?
The Thai government offered photographic evidence of Thai Islamic militant training grounds in Malaysia, days after Malaysia’s prime minister strongly denied the claims.
The NAACP comes to Bush, meanwhile Congress balks at implementing the 9-11 commissions recommendations to correct lawmakers' "dysfunctional" oversight of the C.I.A., other spy agencies. Goose? Meet gander.
Groups such as Code Pink plan on peacefully protesting President Bush’s economic agenda, the legitimacy of his election and the war in Iraq.
Newfoundland legalizes same-sex marriage, while in New Jersey nearly 2,700 couples have registered as domestic partners in the first five months of a law that gives added rights and benefits to same-sex couples.
The Mars probe buggy got the equivelent of a car wash; but how did it happen?
A man has escaped from a Swedish jail after switching clothes with his identical twin brother.
High stakes table tennis in Las Vegas
Survey reveals that Britons increase their alcohol consumption during the Christmas holidays more than any other nationality surveyed
"I suppose it's no surprise that the next big thing in cell phones is to turn them into sex toys"
Tom Wolfe awarded the Bad Sex award by the Literary Review last month for his novel I Am Charlotte Simmons