Jaber Elbaneh is one of the world's most-wanted terrorism suspects. In 2003, theU.S. government indicted him, posted a $5 million reward for hiscapture and distributed posters bearing photos of him around the globe.None of it worked. Elbaneh remains at large,
Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush's request to immediatelypump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enoughdemand to increase production. The Saudis said they would increase production if customersdemanded it, said Steven Hadley, Bush's national security
The global food crisis has arrived at Safia Aliâ ™s hut.She cannot afford rice or wheat or powdered milk anymore.At the same time, a drought has decimated her familyâ ™s herd ofgoats, turning their sole livelihood into a pile of
A psychologist who helps lead the post-traumatic stress disorderprogram at a medical facility for veterans in Texas told staff membersto refrain from diagnosing PTSD because so many veterans were seekinggovernment disability payments for the condition."Given that we are having more
Britain's £800 million ($1.6 billion) international project to help the poorest countriesin the world adapt to climate change was under fire last night after itemerged that almost all the money offered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown will have tobe repaid
The Pentagon is moving forward with plans to build a new, 40-acredetention complex on the main American military base in Afghanistan,said officials, in a stark acknowledgment that the United States islikely to continue to hold prisoners overseas for years to
Is Barack Obama naïve enough to think that an extremist ideological organization like Hezbollah can be mollified with a less corrupt patronage system and some electoral reform?
Though most Muslims reject Islamism and its propaganda, anti-Semitic messages from satellite channels like the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa are helping to bring a message of hate and intolerance to Europe. The effects of such hate preaching can already be felt in
In a pan-European operation, police in France, Germany and the Netherlands have detained 10 men they suspect of financing a terror group in Uzbekistan. Some of the men are thought to have acted as couriers funneling cash to the jihadists.
It's time for the Ypulse monthly roundup of what's inside next month's issues of the big teen mags.This month's Teen Vogue has an Olympic spin with athletic profiles, all-American fashion spreads, and a red-white-and-blue cover starring [super] Heroes' Hayden Panettiere.
THE shine is starting to wear off the Scottish Parliament, it was confirmed yesterday. The coating on oak poles on a canopy over the public entrance is now nearing the end of
As oil prices hit new highs over $127 a barrel, the Energy Department says it has not signed a six-month contract for deliveries to the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the world's largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil. The
This technology will also be viable for use in the production of jet fuel for commercial jets. UOP is developing a range of biofuels technologies in addition to jet fuel and has already commercialized the UOP/Eni EcofiningTM Process to produce
The 2008 list comprises 12 petroleum and coal products manufacturers, 10 from the computers and other electronics sector and nine from the primary metals segment. Several of these companies are new since last year's list. Perhaps the most recognizable newcomer
The Fairfield, Conn.-based company is considering a sale, spin-off or strategic partnership to focus on "faster-growth" opportunities, said Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt in a statement. The move is part of a company trend that began in 2003 to sell
SOMEONE called Ashlee Simpson is getting married this weekend to someone called Pete Wentz. The 23-year-old is one of the new crowd of "Siblebrities" breeding with the
