US & WORLD


Mladic's war crimes trial delayed for evidence review

2012-05-18 15:02:46

At the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, prosecutors described in detail the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.


World leaders to discuss euro crisis at G-8 summit

2012-05-18 14:59:04

Top world leaders will gather today at Camp David as they confront renewed financial tensions in Europe.


Senators call Facebook co-founder Saverin a tax dodger

2012-05-18 13:40:36

Two senators on Thursday denounced Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin as a tax dodger for renouncing his U.S. citizenship.


Facebook prepares itself for buttoned-up Wall Street

Facebook prepares itself for buttoned-up Wall Street

2012-05-18 13:20:22

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pictured during a November visit to CMU, has ruffled Wall Street feathers with his signature casual attire.


Bosnian Serb's Trial Focuses on Massacre, Then Faces a Delay

2012-05-18 13:07:18

THE HAGUE -- On the second day of the genocide trial of the former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, prosecutors described in cl


I.A.E.A. Director General to Visit Tehran

2012-05-18 13:07:06

The United Nations nuclear monitoring agency said on Friday that its leader would travel to Iran on Sunday for a meeting with the country's


U.S. Envoy to Israel Says Nation Is Ready on Iran

2012-05-18 13:06:54

JERUSALEM -- The American ambassador to Israel said this week that not only was America willing to use military force to stop Iran from deve


Cataloging Wounds of War to Help Heal Them

2012-05-18 13:06:42

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- To those unfamiliar with a battlefield's bleak routine, Col. Michael D. Wirt's database could be read like a catalog o


On Religion - Since the Opening Curtain, a Debate: Is Willy Loman Jewish?

2012-05-18 13:06:31

A Yiddish play with the title "Toyt fun a Salesman" opened at the Parkway Theater in Brooklyn early in 1951. As most of the audience recogni


New Details Are Released in Shooting of Trayvon Martin

2012-05-18 13:06:20

When police officers arrived on the scene of the shooting of Trayvon Martin on the rainy night of Feb. 26, they tried frantically to revive


Greek-Americans Struggle With Response to Fiscal Crisis

2012-05-18 13:06:09

WASHINGTON -- As Greece's turmoil deepened, Alex Batistatos fumed. In phone calls from Athens, his 83-year-old grandmother told him how her


Prosecution Rests Case Against Philadelphia Monsignor Accused of Abuse Cover-Up

2012-05-18 13:05:58

PHILADELPHIA -- After seven weeks of testimony, prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first senior Ro


Cuban president's daughter gets U.S. visa

2012-05-18 00:22:39

Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York.


Greece prepares to dissolve Parliament

2012-05-18 00:22:28

Greece swore in 300 legislators Thursday for just one day before it dissolves Parliament and calls new elections.


World briefs: 5/18/12

2012-05-18 00:13:50

The U.S. plans to give Israel the extra $70 million that Jerusalem asked for this year for short-range missile defense, officials said.


Romney, super-PAC reject ads linking Obama to Rev. Wright

2012-05-18 00:12:44

Mitt Romney said Thursday that he rejected the proposal presented to a GOP super-PAC.


National briefs: 5/18/12

2012-05-18 00:11:47

The House rejected an amendment that would have ended combat operations in Afghanistan after more than a decade of war.


Ellwood City soldier Sabo receives posthumous Medal of Honor

Ellwood City soldier Sabo receives posthumous Medal of Honor

2012-05-17 13:47:05

Army Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. of Ellwood City was recognized for an act of wartime heroism that took his life at age 22.


Canadian Police Violated Laws in G-20 Sweep, Inquiry Finds

2012-05-17 13:06:17

OTTAWA -- Police officers "ignored basic rights," jailed people illegally, used excessive force and escalated violence at protests surroundi


Tracking Hidden Frenchman in China's Political Drama

2012-05-17 13:06:05

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Throughout the drama this spring revolving around the dismissal of the ambitious Chinese official Bo Xilai and the i


Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.

2012-05-17 13:05:43

WASHINGTON -- After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a ma


G.O.P. 'Super PAC' Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama

2012-05-17 13:05:32

WASHINGTON -- A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the mo


James Abdnor, Former South Dakota Senator, Dies at 89

2012-05-17 13:05:20

James Abdnor, a South Dakota Republican farmer who liked to say that he got off his tractor and went to Washington, where he served four ter


On Stump, Romney Is Fond of Bill Clinton and Obama Praises Reagan

2012-05-17 13:05:09

WASHINGTON -- It says something about American politics that it has come to this: For the record, Bill Clinton does not actually support Mit


Edwards' bare-bones defense wraps up case at fraud trial

2012-05-17 00:40:00

John Edwards' team wrapped up their defense Wednesday without calling the ex-presidential candidate, his mistress or his daughter.


National briefs: Slain bride's groom sought

2012-05-17 00:39:38

Police found Estrella Carrera stabbed to death in her bathtub, still clad in the silver sequined cocktail dress she wore after her wedding.


World briefs: Russian police break up protest

2012-05-17 00:39:26

Russian police arrested about 20 protesters on Wednesday night at a central Moscow square where demonstrators had moved.


War crimes trial of Bosnian Serb military leader begins

2012-05-17 00:39:13

Ratko Mladic confronted the accusations against him at the opening of his war crimes trial Wednesday with contemptuous gestures.


U.S. agents 'supporting' Hondurans in drug firefights

2012-05-17 00:38:59

A commando-style squad of Drug Enforcement Administration agents accompanied Honduran counternarcotics police during two firefights.


Greece schedules new elections amid fears of a run on its banks

2012-05-17 00:38:49

With Greece's future in the euro increasingly in doubt, this troubled nation cobbled together an emergency government.


FBI opens inquiry into JPMorgan Chase

2012-05-16 15:12:44

Investors and federal investigators turned up the heat on JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday.


Pakistan seeks $1 million per day to allow Afghan war supply route

2012-05-16 15:02:31

The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under an agreement to reopen a key route.


South Korea: Myanmar Pledges To Stop Buying North's Weapons

2012-05-16 13:06:17

South Korea has received assurances from Myanmar that it will no longer buy weapons from North Korea, an aide to President Lee Myung-bak sai


As Trained Afghans Turn Enemy, a U.S.-Led Imperative Is in Peril

2012-05-16 13:06:06

COMBAT OUTPOST SANGESAR, Afghanistan -- A burst of gunfire snapped First Sgt. Joseph Hissong awake. Then came another, and another, all with


U.N. Team Sees Clash Between Syrian Protesters and Soldiers

2012-05-16 13:05:55

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A convoy of unarmed United Nations monitors got caught up in a violent confrontation between protesters and Syrian govern


A Chinese Composer Sounds Off About Music and Politics

2012-05-16 13:05:44

BEIJING -- Ye Xiaogang, artistic director of the Beijing Modern Music Festival and one of China's leading contemporary composers, is a quick


Dam Project Threatens a Way of Life in Peru

2012-05-16 13:05:33

BOCA SANIBENI, Peru -- Along the murky waters of the Ene River, in a remote jungle valley on the verdant eastern slopes of the Andes, the rh


Russian Authorities Press Crackdown on Anti-Putin Protests

2012-05-16 13:05:22

MOSCOW -- The Russian authorities pressed their crackdown on antigovernment protesters on the streets, and in Parliament, on Wednesday as an


16 Retired Chinese Aides Call for 2 Top Officials to Quit

2012-05-16 13:05:11

BEIJING -- In a rare sign of open opposition against two of China's most powerful leaders, a group of retired Communist Party members have c


First Lady Without a Portfolio (or a Ring) Seeks Her Own Path

2012-05-16 13:05:00

PARIS -- Valérie Trierweiler faces an uncommon predicament.


Fatal Bomb Attack in Bogotá

2012-05-16 13:04:49

AYACUCHO, Peru -- At least two people were killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack on Tuesday in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, th


Bosnian Serb Leader Faces War Crimes Charges

2012-05-16 13:04:39

THE HAGUE -- Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander, went on trial here on Wednesday facing a catalog of charges of war cr


U.S. and Pakistan Say Deal to Open NATO Supply Lines Is Imminent

2012-05-16 13:04:28

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- American and Pakistani officials said Tuesday that a deal appeared imminent to reopen Afghan supply lines through Pak


Mayor Told to Testify in Lottery Suit in the Capital

2012-05-16 13:03:53

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has ordered Mayor Vincent C. Gray to answer questions about the firing of the city's top contracting officer,


Florida Woman Kills 4 Children and Then Herself, Police Say

2012-05-16 13:03:40

A Florida woman killed her four children at the family's home in Port St. John, Fla., on Tuesday before killing herself, the authoritie


Gay Prosecutor Is Denied Virginia Judgeship Despite Bipartisan Support

2012-05-16 13:03:26

Virginia's Republican-controlled House rejected the judicial nomination of a gay Richmond prosecutor early Tuesday morning, plunging the cri


Defense Rests Without Edwards Taking the Stand

2012-05-16 13:03:13

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The defense in John Edwards's federal corruption trial rested on Wednesday morning without calling Mr. Edwards, his


Rupert Murdoch's trusted aide Rebekah Brooks charged in U.K. hacking case

2012-05-16 09:20:11

One of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenants and five people close to her were charged Tuesday with conspiring to hide evidence.


U.S. helps direct Yemen raid on militants

2012-05-16 00:26:42

Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday against al-Qaida militants' strongholds.


French president sworn in; Greeks need new election

2012-05-16 00:23:39

The financially besieged European Union embarked on an uncertain path, with a new president in France and a call for new elections in Greece


National briefs: 5/16/12

2012-05-16 00:22:57

A Florida mother fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday.


Boehner flexing muscle on debt issue

2012-05-16 00:22:34

The capital braced Tuesday for a replay of last summer's tense battle over the burgeoning national debt.


Advocacy groups dealt court setback

2012-05-16 00:21:38

Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars in the 2012 campaign are now faced with the prospect of having to reveal the donors.


World briefs: 5/16/12

2012-05-16 00:14:24

European Union naval forces in attack helicopters on Tuesday conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia.


JPMorgan dealings ignored red flags?

2012-05-15 14:40:28

In the years leading up to JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading loss, risk managers and some senior investment bankers raised concerns.


President of France to Open New Term by Getting to Know a Neighbor Better

2012-05-15 13:05:57

PARIS -- It is a measure of the importance to France of the relationship with Germany that François Hollande, after taking office on


Bo Xilai Scandal Not Affecting China's Political Calendar

2012-05-15 13:05:47

BEIJING -- Despite a spectacular political scandal and swirling rumors of high-level infighting, signs are that China's once-in-a-decade lea


Iran Sees Success in Stalling on Nuclear Issue

2012-05-15 13:05:36

TEHRAN -- As Iran starts a critical round of talks over its nuclear program, its negotiating team may be less interested in reaching a compr


In Marriage, the Unseen Bottom Line

2012-05-15 13:05:25

LONDON -- When Rachel revealed that her husband was happy for her to buy shoes with their joint credit card, two questions popped into my he


Iran Executes Accused Israeli Spy

2012-05-15 13:05:14

LONDON -- Iran said on Tuesday that it had executed a man accused of being an Israeli intelligence agent responsible for the assassination o


Syrians Defy Leaders to Aid Those in Need

2012-05-15 13:05:03

DAMASCUS, Syria -- For 48 hours, the two Damascus residents struggled to reach the besieged city of Homs by car, trying to deliver boxes of


Key Murdoch Aide to Be Prosecuted in Hacking Case

2012-05-15 13:04:53

LONDON -- Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, f


Crime Boss's Tomb Is Exhumed for Clues in Missing Girl's Case

2012-05-15 13:04:41

ROME -- Since 1983, when 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanished on a street here on her way home from a music lesson, investigators have stru


Beyond the Sandbags and Steel, 12 Lanes to Another Afghanistan

2012-05-15 13:04:29

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Behind the black door in downtown Kabul is a place unlike any other in this city, even in the whole country.


European Forces Strike Pirate Base in Somalia

2012-05-15 13:04:19

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The European Union, which had vowed to take a tougher stand against the scourge of Somali piracy, took the fight to the pi


Rapper Faces Death Threats in Iran Over Song

2012-05-15 13:04:06

Correction Appended


Hollande Assumes the Presidency in France

2012-05-15 13:03:55

PARIS -- In a dignified ceremony in a red and gold hall in the Élysée Palace, François Hollande, 57, was inaugurated Tu


Greek Coalition Talks Fail, Forcing New Election

2012-05-15 13:03:45

ATHENS -- Greek political leaders said Tuesday that they had failed to find consensus to form a government, pushing the rudderless country t


Judge Blocks Testimony for Edwards on Finance Law

2012-05-15 13:03:33

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- In a setback for the defense, the judge in John Edwards's corruption trial on Monday barred the testimony of a former fe


Band in Fatal Hazing to Stay Off Field

2012-05-15 13:03:23

MIAMI -- Florida A&M University's celebrated band, the Marching 100, will remain on suspension until the university can put in place str


Deadliest Danger Isn't at the Rig but on the Road

2012-05-15 13:03:12

After working 17 hours straight at a natural gas well in Ohio, Timothy Roth and three other crew members climbed into their company truck ar


A Ticket, 3 Taser Jolts and, Perhaps, a Trip to the Supreme Court

2012-05-15 13:03:00

WASHINGTON -- There have been many hundreds of varied rulings in the lower courts on when the use of Taser stun guns by the police amounts t


49 found beheaded in Mexico

2012-05-15 00:27:45

Authorities struggled Monday to identify 49 bodies without heads, hands or feet to gain clues into the latest in a series of massacres.


Foreign minister suggests Pakistan reopen Afghan border for NATO supplies

2012-05-15 00:27:34

Pakistan's foreign minister suggested Monday that the country should reopen its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies.


Colleges rethinking the way to do business

2012-05-15 00:27:23

Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee says that public colleges and universities need to devise a new business model to pay for the costs.


23 Syrian soldiers reported killed by rebels in Rastan

2012-05-15 00:27:11

Nearly two dozen Syrian government soldiers were killed in clashes with the opposition over control of the rebel-held city of Rastan.


Greece political crisis becoming a war of wills

2012-05-15 00:22:29

Greece's deepening political crisis is fast turning into a war of wills in which Europe's economy potentially hangs in the balance.


Paul campaign shifts state-level party conventions for delegates

2012-05-15 00:21:27

Rep. Ron Paul made clear that the last act of his presidential bid would be as unorthodox as all the rest of it.


National briefs: 5/15/12

2012-05-15 00:19:20

California's sputtering economic recovery is putting a heavier-than-expected drag on state tax revenue.


1,600 Palestinian prisoners agree to end hunger strike

2012-05-15 00:17:34

Israeli and Palestinian officials announced that more than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners had agreed to end a nearly monthlong hunger strike.


World briefs: 5/15/12

2012-05-15 00:15:18

An Agni Air passenger plane carrying Indian and Danish tourists crashed into a hill near a mountain airport in Nepal on Monday.


Local Afghan police fall short, study finds

2012-05-15 00:12:37

A U.S.-backed program to recruit police in rural Afghanistan has failed to significantly stem the insurgency.


'Fight for seat at head of table,' Obama tells women

2012-05-15 00:05:59

President Barack Obama urged young women Monday to strive for leadership positions and become politically involved.


More employers providing benefits for domestic partners

2012-05-15 00:04:26

President Barack Obama's stand last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers' decisions on benefits.


The Next Page / Back in the U.S.S.R.: the satires of Mikhail Bulgakov

The Next Page / Back in the U.S.S.R.: the satires of Mikhail Bulgakov

2012-05-14 13:29:40

The great Russian writer first became famous for making wicked fun of Soviet foibles in the 1920s. He's still fresh as a daisy.


Exploring the Role of Mobile Technology as a Health Care Helper

2012-05-14 13:06:49

Two decades ago, a woman having a difficult birth in a Ugandan village would have had few options to get life-saving treatment if there was


Drug Surge Clouds Myanmar Reform Effort

2012-05-14 13:06:37

MAE SAI, THAILAND -- The news coming out of Myanmar these days is of hope and reconciliation as the country moves from military dictatorship


Blast in Afghan Market Kills 9

2012-05-14 13:06:26

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Nine civilians were killed on Monday when a bomb exploded in a crowded bazaar in northern Afghanistan, Afghan official


Hands-On Medical Education in Rwanda

2012-05-14 13:06:15

The success of Rwanda in providing health care to its poor has drawn the attention of the international community and has inspired a new pro


Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in 80 Spanish Cities

2012-05-14 13:06:04

MADRID -- Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets during the weekend to protest austerity budget cuts and commemorate the anniver


Deal to End Hunger Strike Awaits Palestinian Prisoners' Approval

2012-05-14 13:05:29

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials said Monday that an Egyptian-brokered deal with Israel to end a hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian


In Rebuke to Merkel's Party, Social Democrats Win German Vote

2012-05-14 13:05:18

BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's party suffered a stinging defeat in elections in Germany's most populous state on Sunday, one likely to


Ex-Leader's Detention Tests Mongolia's Budding Democracy

2012-05-14 13:05:07

BEIJING -- Mongolia's previous president has spent more than a week on a hunger strike, protesting a detention that he says is aimed at prev


15 Die in Nepal Plane Crash

2012-05-14 13:04:55

KATMANDU, Nepal -- An Agni Air plane carrying Indian and Danish tourists crashed into a hill near a mountain airport in Nepal on Monday, kil


In Germany, Divide on Left Is Transparent

2012-05-14 13:04:44

BERLIN -- It is an enduring image of Angela Merkel: her cellphone held tightly in her hands, just above her lap, sending text messages at im


'Pursuit of Terrorists Is Irreversible,' Yemen's President Says

2012-05-14 13:04:33

President Obama's counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, met with Yemen's president, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, on Sunday, a day after a s


Police Find 49 Bodies by a Highway in Mexico

2012-05-14 13:04:21

MEXICO CITY -- Forty-nine mutilated bodies were found dumped along a highway on Sunday near Monterrey, Mexico's third-largest city, accordin


A Dozen Writers Put Down Their Pens to Prove the Might of a March

2012-05-14 13:04:10

MOSCOW -- There were no opposition leaders at the head of the vast column of people that peacefully wound its way through central Moscow on


China's Obsession With Stability Can Come at the Cost of Laws

2012-05-14 13:03:59

LINYI, China -- China's central government says that the activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng is a free man, and has promised him an investigatio


So Eager for Grandchildren, They're Paying the Egg-Freezing Clinic

2012-05-14 13:03:48

At the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, a popular destination for women hoping to preserve their fertility by freezing their eggs,


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