Palestinians’ expectations for Obama are mixed 17 hr ago | Add a comment JERUSALEM — Palestinians hold mixed expectations that Barack Obama will be able to bring them a state of their own, though both moderates and hard-liners greeted his election with optimistic...

The year 2025: Oil, dollar out; Russia, Islam in Yesterday | Comments 14 WASHINGTON -- Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar could further decline in importance during the next two...

IN BRIEF: Judge releases five Algerians Yesterday Judge releases five Algerians WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth. U.S....

Libya fulfills payments for ’88 plane bombing Yesterday Nearly two decades after the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the families of the 180 Americans aboard the plane said Thursday they had received compensation from Libya for...

IN BRIEF: Terrorist group reacts to Obama with racism Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 1 AL-QAIDA Terrorist group reacts to Obama with racism CAIRO, Egypt — The No. 2 in al-Qaida slurred Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term in a new Web message Wednesday. The...

Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message Wed, Nov 19, 2008 CAIRO,Egypt -- Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri insulted Barack Obama in the terror group's first reaction to his election, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a...

October wholesale prices plunge record 2.8 percent Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON -- U.S. wholesale prices plunged a record amount in October as energy prices fell by the largest amount in 22 years. The Labor Department says wholesale prices dropped by 2.8 percent...

Iraq's Cabinet approves security pact with US Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday approved a security pact with the United States that will allow American forces to stay in Iraq for three years after their U.N. mandate expires at the end...

U.S. DEATHS in Iraq Sat, Nov 15, 2008 The U.S. Defense Department has announced that these American service personnel died in Iraq: →Army Spc. Armando A. De La Paz, 21, of Riverside, Calif., died Thursday in Baghdad, of injuries...

Soldier who was born in Oklahoma dies in Afghanistan Sat, Nov 15, 2008 DENVER (AP) - A Colorado soldier who was born in Oklahoma has died after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. The Defense Department said today that 38-year-old Spc. Jonnie Stiles of...

Rockets from Gaza Strip strike deep into Israel Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Comments 1 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas militants bombarded a major southern Israeli city with rocket fire Friday, unleashing their most powerful weapons yet in a week of tit-for-tat fighting that...

IN BRIEF: Al-Qaida claims deadly attack Sat, Nov 15, 2008 Al-Qaida claims deadly attack CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen has claimed responsibility for the September bombing outside the U.S. Embassy there, the SITE Intelligence Group...

Noise tests Va. Tech reaction Thu, Nov 13, 2008 BLACKSBURG, Va. — An exploding cartridge from a nail gun was the source of gunshot-like sounds that prompted a lockdown of a residence hall on Virginia Tech’s campus Thursday,...

Farm violence not impossible Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 2 There are a couple of reasons the threat of agriculture-related terrorism may increase over time, a livestock economist says. Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State University said we have not seen...

Lab sought to counter bioterrorism in Oklahoma Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment State Health Department officials said they want to build a $40 million lab separate from the department’s headquarters to better protect the public from bioterrorism testing. The current...

Ramping up: Domestic terrorism not limited to right Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 31 Terrorists come in all political stripes, but the right-wing variety gets the most attention — deservedly so, because it’s the most deadly. Nevertheless, no discussion of terrorism is...

Domestic terrorism activities grow after vote, expert says Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 41 An uprising in white supremacist activities in the state appears to be inspired by the recent presidential election, an expert on domestic terrorism said Wednesday. Lt. Gary Thornberry, an Oklahoma...

Afghanistan: Can president-elect jump-start ‘good’ war? Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Comments 1 Aides to President-elect Barack Obama say he’s considering new approaches to the war in Afghanistan, where the Taliban and al-Qaida have been on the rise. The Washington Post reports Obama is...

Attack raises questions about security Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Add a comment UPDATES Blasts kill at least 31 BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck a crowd rushing to help schoolgirls trapped in a bus by an earlier bombing Monday, killing at least 31 people — the...

IN BRIEF: Russian leader, Obama talk Sun, Nov 9, 2008 | Add a comment Russian leader, Obama talk CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke Saturday on the phone, and the two leaders "expressed the determination to...