Our ancestors saw much merit in beating the bushes in order to flush them for hunters.  It made a lot of sense to them.  Could there be even greater merit for us today if we stop beating around this Bush,.. FULL STORY...

The Realpolitik of U.S. Foreign Policy

Defense Secretary Gates said that serial numbers and other markings found on bomb fragments constituted “pretty good” evidence that Iran was providing weapon technology and material to Iraqi insurgents. FULL STORY...

Faced with growing public opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq, the Bush administration has been desperately trying to divert attention to Iran. Washington has gone so far as to make a series of dubious and unfounded charges... FULL STORY...

Three car bombs have exploded in mainly Shia areas of Baghdad, killing at least 67 people and injuring more than 120 despite a huge military offensive by US and Iraqi troops.

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The US senate has refused to consider a resolution denouncing George Bush's Iraq troop increase that the House of Representatives passed the day before.

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Abu Dhabi is to build a $350m solar power plant, the first of its kind in the Gulf, according to an investor in the project.

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A US marine has been sentenced to eight years in prison as part of an ongoing case over the kidnap and murder of an Iraqi man.

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As the plight of Iraqi refugees scattered in the Middle East receives increasing international attention, authorities in Amman said they would conduct a survey of Iraqis in the kingdom, including legal and illegal residents.

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Offers of help by New Zealand and Greenpeace to tow a stricken whaling ship out of Antractic waters have been rejected by Japan.

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Indian police have found remains of unborn and newly-born babies buried behind a Christian missionary hospital in Madhya Pradesh, according to Indian officials.