When Army investigators tried to interrogate Staff Sgt. Calvin R. Gibbs in May about the suspected murders of three Afghan civilians, he declined to answer questions. But as he was being fingerprinted, Gibbs lifted up his pant leg to reveal a tattoo.
War crime - Warfare and Conflict - Staff Sgt Calvin Gibbs - Afghanistan - Murder
29/09/2010 04:39 PM
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, once dubbed "the most popular politician on Earth" by President Obama, cannot seek reelection in this country of 200 million.
Dilma Rousseff - Brazil - Election Day - Mark Shuttleworth - Fernando Henrique Cardoso
29/09/2010 12:53 PM
LONDON - Fears that Europe could see another Greek-like debt crisis unfold in Ireland or Portugal escalated Tuesday, with investors selling off their bonds and analysts warning that both nations might be heading into critical periods that could trigger bids for bailouts.
Portugal - Greece - Ireland - Travel and Tourism - Government
28/09/2010 09:28 PM
A sharply escalated campaign of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan is aimed in part at al-Qaeda units suspected of planning terrorist attacks on targets in Europe, a threat that U.S. officials described as "credible but not specific" enough to allow authorities to anticipate precisely where or when a ...
al-Qaeda - Pakistan - Warfare and Conflict - Afghanistan - War on Terrorism
29/09/2010 04:06 AM
A key member of the team behind the WikiLeaks Web site has said he is leaving the group, dealing another blow to an organization that only months ago was basking in the global spotlight after a series of high-profile disclosures of classified documents and videos that the U.S. military had sought to
Wikileaks - Julian Assange - War in Afghanistan (2001–present) - Der Spiegel - Sweden
28/09/2010 11:47 PM
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday lamented the slaying of a provincial official and renewed his appeal to insurgents to reconcile with the government, weeping openly when he said that he worries that his son might not be able to grow up in Afghanistan.
Hamid Karzai - Afghanistan - United States - Politics of Afghanistan - Warfare and Conflict
28/09/2010 11:42 PM
MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stepped out of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's shadow long enough on Tuesday to fire Moscow's larger-than-life mayor, rattling a political establishment that until now has accepted Putin as the nation's undisputed authority.
Moscow - Russia - President of Russia - Dmitry Medvedev - Politics
28/09/2010 11:56 PM
Top Defense Department officials told Congress Tuesday that Pentagon overspending must be curtailed in order to maintain the current size and strength of the armed forces.
Pentagon - September 11 2001 - Terrorism - Incidents - Warfare and Conflict
28/09/2010 10:18 PM
The third of three articles adapted from "Obama's Wars" by Bob Woodward.
Pakistan - United States - Afghanistan - President - Asia
29/09/2010 04:03 AM
LONDON - Ed Miliband, 40, laughed off suggestions that he is a left-wing "Red Ed" while outlining a party platform stressing working-class rights Tuesday in his first major speech as head of Britain's opposition Labor Party.
Politics - David Miliband - Gordon Brown - Parties - Ed Miliband
28/09/2010 08:03 PM
PARIS - The French government introduced tough new immigration legislation Tuesday that would make it easier to expel illegal residents and strip recently naturalized citizens of their French passports.
Illegal immigration - Immigration - Anti-Immigration - Law - Nicolas Sarkozy
28/09/2010 02:34 PM
