New York Post World / By Joby Warrick In 2008, a secret State Department cable warned of a growing chemical weapons threat from a Middle Eastern country whose autocratic leader had a long history of stirring up trouble in the region. The leader, no… more »

Reuters By Catherine Bremer PARIS | Mon May 2, 2011 9:04am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - Euphoria over the killing of September 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was tempered in the West Monday by fears of retaliation, and world leaders and security expe… more »

Fears Of Our Fathers: An Intangible Presidency   Latest article details the continuing onslaught against our constitutional liberties in a way that few have recognized from Obama. We also ask the question "what is up with the Republicans?" And then we… more »

AFP By Jailan Zayan CAIRO — Egypt's first exercise in democracy in decades was hailed as a success on Monday, but the result of a key referendum has raised fears in some quarters that Islamists will hijack looming elections. Egyptians on Saturday v… more »

  HO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, after a second explosion yesterday, which was followed later by a third    UK Independent By Andrew Buncombe in SendaiJapan battled to save a nuclear power station from… more »