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T he shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist , who is, by now, probably half beaten to death for the " crime " of paying back in very small measure George W. Bush for his crimes against the Iraqi people, is a folk

I must admit that, like most progressives and antiwar activists in the coalition that played a crucial role in the victory of President-elect Barack Obama, I have been greatly disappointed with his national security team (NST). Gone are all the

TEHRAN - As Barack Obama's national security team assesses the challenge of Iran's role in the Middle East, it confronts a paradox: Iran is seen as having ambitions of regional hegemony, but it lacks the military power normally associated with

S GELLATLY, of Kirkcaldy, on the need for an officer corps in the police

YesIAIN VALENTINE, Head of Animals and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

BACK in August, Russian troops moved into Georgia. Observers dispute who fired first, but there was a little-noticed dimension of the conflict that will have big repercussions

DAWN ROBERTSON Partner in law firm Murray Beith Murray, based in Edinburgh

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HONESTY is not always the best policy. Over-protected children, look away now. A supply teacher in England was sacked last week after telling eight-year-old pupils that Santa

HOW far can interest rates fall? The answer, in fact, is not zero. It is perfectly possible to engineer negative interest rates; i.e. a tax on keeping cash. This happens anywa

A planned EU ban on certain insecticides deemed dangerous to human health poses greater risks, write FRANKLIN CUDJOE and ERIN WILDERMUTH

SLOWLY but surely, the credit crunch is biting into some of the biggest names in the business. The sports world might not have been the most obvious victim of the global econo

The Status of Forces Agreement seemed to be set in concrete. As of June 30, 2009, all U.S. combat forces were supposed to be out of Iraq's cities. On Saturday, however, General Ray Odierno, who now is the top commander

Mitchell Wade, former defense contractor who pled guilty to giving former Congressman Duke Cunningham $1.8 million in bribes, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, 3 years probation after release, 100 hours of community service, and a $250,400 fine.

Atrios: I find the whole unfolding Caroline Kennedy saga to be rather depressing. Not just that she's being considered (in the press if not elsewhere), but that she's running a public campaign which involves reaching out to elites. The whole

Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s aspirations to be a U.S. Senator took a serious hit last week when he was identified as "Senate Candidate #5" in the criminal complaint again Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Jackson had claimed he didn't know

Last Wednesday, the world learned that Norm Coleman was under FBI investigation as a result of lawsuits alleging that a wealthy donor had been steering money to the Coleman family -- specifically Norm's wife Laurie. Now, Norm and Laurie have

As the canvassing board convenes today in Minnesota to work through the the hundreds of challenged ballots in the still-undecided Senate contest between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, it's Norm Coleman's lawyers who are taking center stage. On the juicy

Just last week, in urging his Senate colleagues to "promptly consider and confirm" Eric Holder as Attorney General, Patrick Leahy said: ...Karl Rove has appeared on the Today Show and signaled that Republicans ought to go after Mr. Holder. Right-wing