Jose Padilla Sentenced To 17 Years
He was originally accused of plotting to detonate a dirty bomb. The president declared him an 'enemy combatant' in June 2002 with a stroke of a pen. He was held without
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Lindsay Lohan is Going to See Dead People: She'll be working two half days in a morgue, as part of her punishment for drunk driving.
Bobby Fischer Dead at 64: Goodbye,
Chaos Is On The March
So this is how democracy dies - in two fragile democracies.
In Kenya, the rioting and violence related to the nation's contested election was taken to a new level when a mob
2007 UN Human Development Index: Africa Remains The Forgotten Continent; Climate Change Now Clearly Visible Worldwide
The 2007 UN Human Development Index has been released today. You can read a summary and download it here.
The Human Development Index calculates algorithms that factor-in life expectancy, literacy rate, school
One Of The Last Taboo Arguments: Human Overpopulation Is Bad For Planet Earth
One can write a book about this subject. But given the recent attention to Alan Weisman's book The World Without Us, it is time for this blog to add its two