House panel demands answers for alleged overbilling in Afghanistan
Investigators probing $750 million in excessive food charges by U.S. contractor dating back to 2005.
U.S. uses Yemeni Web sites to counter al-Qaeda propagda
State Department team posted rival ads on sites, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday.
Little progress in Iran nuclear talks
A new package of proposals put forward by Western powers was criticized by Iran as inadequate and unbalanced.
Nuclear weapons just don’t make sense
Nuclear weapons are terror weapons, and basically unusable.That’s one reason why no rational strategy has ever been developed to justify them. Events in the past 10 days make my case.
Senate panel votes to extend FISA provision
The measure allows the government to monitor e-mail and phone calls in the United States in an effort to prevent terrorist attacks.
Preparing for battle
The U.S. trains troops from other African nations as peacekeepers to combat al-Qaeda militants in Somalia.
Mixed reactions at Ground Zero
Special Reports
Faces of the Fallen
Portraits of U.S. service members who have died in Operation Enduring Freedom and in Iraq.
Elsewhere in World
Asia / Pacific
- At 73, oldest woman to climb Everest says reaching summit finally made her feel old
- Adoring crowds celebrate Thai king as he makes 1st trip outside Bangkok in almost 3 years
- Landslide in Indonesia kills 6 illegal gold miners, leaves 6 others missing in West Java
- French president reaffirms troop pullout, says 'time for Afghan sovereignty has come'
Africa
- Minority teen killed by South Sudan army; military vows to continue disarmament campaign
- Kenyan rights officials accuse police for the forced disappearances of third terror suspect
- Giant new telescope to be built in South Africa and Australia
- African Union, Somali forces capture militant-held town on outskirts of Mogadishu
National Security
- Timeline of raid in Somalia
- Senate panel wraps up $631 billion defense bill for next year, meets Obama budget request
- Lawmakers criticize Pentagon, contractor for billion-dollar billing dispute over food services
- House panel demands answers for alleged overbilling in Afghanistan
- Little progress in Iran nuclear talks
