Quiet revolution hangs by a thread
World |
January 21, 2007
EACH morning, the policewoman puts on her uniform, goes to her
precinct office, sits behind a bare desk. Read more
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Kosovo looms over vote in Serbia
World |
January 21, 2007
Once the most powerful of the former Yugoslav republics and a kingdom
that reached from the Adriatic to the Aegean, Serbia is about to lose
the only vestige of its days of glory: Kosovo. Read more
Vienna is skirting this issue
World |
January 11, 2007
The posters around Vienna’s neo-Gothic town hall set tongues wagging:
In place of the traditional “Construction Work Ahead” symbol showing
a man in pants and helmet, they depicted a ponytailed woman wearing
rugged-looking boots and a skirt, and hefting a shovel. Read more
Lethal Blast Near Embassy Stokes Afghan Security Fears
World |
September 9, 2006
A suicide bomb attack Friday on a convoy of American Humvees near the
fortified U.S. Embassy, which took about 16 lives, including two
soldiers’, has raised fears here about a growing ability of
anti-government extremists to strike with apparent impunity, even in
the capital. Read more
Out of the Dark and Into the Limelight
World |
September 8, 2006
The abduction and eight-year captivity of Natascha Kampusch is the
story of a nightmare that finally ended – and a willpower that continues. Read more
U.N. Nuclear Agency Faults Iran
World |
September 1, 2006
Iran has continued to enrich uranium in defiance of a United Nations
deadline to halt such work and has offered minimal cooperation with
inspectors trying to assess whether its program is for peaceful
purposes, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog reported Thursday. Read more
Iran Declares Another Nuclear Advance
World |
August 27, 2006
Iran announced Saturday it had reached another milestone in its
nuclear program, appearing eager to create an air of inevitability to
its acquisition of atomic technology in the face of a U.N. deadline
this week to temporarily halt its uranium enrichment operations. Read more
Teen Who Fled Captor Recalls 8-Year Ordeal
World |
August 26, 2006
Natascha Kampusch is a sad, withdrawn-looking young woman, a lifetime
apart from the ruddy-cheeked 10-year-old she was when she disappeared
eight years ago. Read more
No Simple Answer From the Iranians
World |
August 23, 2006
Iran offered to enter “serious negotiations” over its nuclear program
Tuesday, but appeared to reject the key U.N. Security Council demand
that it suspend its uranium enrichment program. Read more
Flight Fees Take Off on Threat
Business |
August 19, 2006
For business travelers, security measures that followed the exposure
of an alleged plot to destroy airplanes over the Atlantic ushered in
a painful scenario: flights without readily available bottled water,
no duty-free gifts for friends and associates and grueling journeys
without a John Grisham novel from the airport bookstore. Read more
