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Bush's Comments In Israel Fuel Anger
May 16, 2008JERUSALEM, May 15 -- On an emotional visit to mark Israel's 60th anniversary, President Bush on Thursday compared people seeking talks with Iran and radical Islamic groups to the Nazis' appeasers, provoking a political storm at home and accusations that he was politicizing the celebration.
Hopes for Calm in Battered Indian City
May 16, 2008JAIPUR, India, May 15 -- With a dawn-to-dusk curfew stopping everything but funerals a day after seven bombs exploded in this ancient walled city, police and community leaders were hopeful they could prevent an outbreak of communal violence between the local Hindu majority and Muslim minority.
How Defense Research Is Making Troops More Effective in Wartime
May 16, 2008When Army patrol leaders in Iraq prepare to go out on missions in Baghdad, their last stop at headquarters is a computerized map on which they outline the area where they will operate. Then they watch as icons emerge, showing, in grim detail, the lurking dangers.
Judge Plans To Review Opinion on CIA Tactics
May 16, 2008 A federal judge in New York intends next week to review one of the Bush administration's most controversial legal opinions related to detainee interrogations, to decide if it has appropriately been withheld from public view.
Justice System For Detainees Is Moving At a Crawl
May 16, 2008GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- At the end of a tattered, sunbaked runway dotted with large green tents here is a building aptly called the Expeditionary Legal Complex Courtroom, surrounded by coils of concertina wire, where the most notorious alleged terrorists in U.S. custody are supposed to face charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Deal Struck on Pakistan Judges
May 16, 2008ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 2 -- The coalition government of Pakistan has agreed to reinstate the country's chief justice and 60 other judges deposed last year under a controversial order by President Pervez Musharraf, a move that could threaten Musharraf's tenuous grip on political power.
Military Stressing Veterans' Counseling
May 16, 2008Applicants for government security clearances will no longer have to declare whether they sought mental health counseling after serving in combat zones, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced yesterday.
Alleged Driver for Bin Laden Boycotts Military Hearing
May 16, 2008 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 30 -- Salim Ahmed Hamdan carried out his threat Wednesday morning to boycott military commission hearings here, opting to sleep in his prison cell while lawyers debated legal motions ahead of his scheduled trial in late May.
Alleged Driver for Bin Laden Boycotts Military Hearing
May 16, 2008GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 30 -- Salim Ahmed Hamdan carried out his threat Wednesday morning to boycott military commission hearings here, opting to sleep in his prison cell while lawyers debated legal motions ahead of his scheduled trial in late May.
President Repeats First-Term Answers to Rising Gas Prices
May 16, 2008Soaring gasoline prices spilled over into Washington and the presidential race yesterday, as Congress moved toward a showdown with President Bush over legislation aimed at forcing oil companies to help ease the burden on consumers.
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