As Manmohan Singh heads for Washington, expectations must be tempered

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 22, 2009

WASHINGTON: The kerfuffle over theremarks on China’s role in South Asia has been papered over. Themisunderstanding over US denial of access to the Rana-Gilani duo to Indianinvestigators has been smoothed out. And loose ends of the nuclear deal andmilitary supplies ...Read More

Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

Categories: World| Nov 22, 2009

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani government has some advice the Obama administration may not want to hear as it contemplates sending additional U.S. troops to neighboring Afghanistan: Negotiate with Taliban leaders and restrain India. Pakistan embraces U.S. efforts to stabilize the region ...Read More

Fierce debate raging over new cancer test guidelines

Categories: Health| Nov 21, 2009

Fierce debate raging over new cancer test guidelines President Obama's vision for making health care in America more effective and efficient collided for the first time last week with the realities and peculiarities of the nation's health-care system. As the Senate moved toward its first floor vote on the ...Read More

Fort Hood shooting splits America over Islamic terror motive

Categories: Most Viewed, Politics, Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 21, 2009

As US Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan faces his first court hearing in a San Antonio hospital, America is split over a fundamental question: Is Hasan an Islamic terrorist? Maj. Hasan, who allegedly killed 13 and wounded dozens during a Nov. ...Read More

Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts

Categories: Politics, Top Stories| Nov 21, 2009

WASHINGTON -The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system ...Read More

Electric-car maker Tesla said to be planning stock offering

Categories: Business| Nov 20, 2009

Will investors get charged up over a stock offering by California electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc.? The answer to that question may be coming soon. The company plans to file for an initial public stock offering in the near future, Reuters ...Read More

Prison holds promise for job-strapped town

Categories: U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

CHICAGO -- On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison, all but vacant, that could become the new Guantanamo. In the Midwestern autumn, the rural surroundings could hardly seem more different from Cuba, or the fight ...Read More

4 Reasons Holder Failed to Convince Me on Terror Trials

Categories: Top Stories, U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

In his recent appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder had the opportunity to outline clearly the Obama administration’s approach to the vexing legal issues surrounding the war against terrorists. More importantly, he had the chance to ...Read More

White House Cites a Republican's Support

Categories: U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

White House Cites a Republican's Support The White House is once again distributing a statement from a Republican in support of health care reform. On the eve of a crucial Senate vote on whether to proceed with its health bill, the Obama administration on Friday distributed the ...Read More

Giuliani back in spotlight _ but what's the show?

Categories: Politics, U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

NEW YORK - Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national ...Read More