Science Aug 22 Environmental Movement Finds New Supporters Among Evangelicals With gas prices and global warming playing an ever-increasing role in the national discourse, some evangelical churches have begun to focus their faith in a new direction -- on environmentalism.
Nation Aug 22 Iraq, U.S. Move Closer to Troop Pullout Date Iraqi and U.S. officials came closer to a long-term security deal Thursday by agreeing to a withdrawal of American forces by the end of 2011, though other sticking points remained such as immunity for U.S. troops in Iraq.
Science Aug 22 90 Years Later, 1918 Flu Lives on in Antibodies, Research Ninety years after the 1918 flu pandemic claimed the last of its approximately 50 million victims, antibodies to the virus live on in people exposed to it as children -- and the pandemic itself is still inspiring research and debate…
Nation Aug 22 Some Russian Troops Seen Pulling out of Georgia Russian troops began leaving several cities in Georgia on Friday, the day that Russia's president had said a pullback would be complete, but elsewhere they were still manning checkpoints and controlling traffic.
Nation Aug 21 Rice: U.S., Iraq Close on Timetable Agreement Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations has been difficult.
World Aug 21 Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Kills at Least 59 Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside an arms factory near Pakistan's capital of Islamabad on Thursday, killing at least 59 people, as workers were leaving at the end of their shift.
World Aug 20 Twin Bombings in Algeria Kill 11, Injure 31 Twin car bombings in the Algerian town of Bouira on Wednesday killed 11 people and wounded 31 others, state-run media and witnesses said.
Science Aug 20 Countries Map Arctic Boundaries to Build Cases for Resource Rights As a scramble builds to establish rights over the valuable natural resources hidden under the Arctic sea floor, U.S. researchers embarked from Barrow, Alaska, in mid-August on a three-week mission to map regions of the vast underwater landscape.
Nation Aug 20 U.S., Poland Sign Missile Defense Agreement Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland. The agreement infuriated Russia, which warned of possibly attacking the former Soviet satellite.
Nation Aug 19 Coordinated Insurgent Attack Near Kabul Kills 10 French Soldiers A group of French paratroopers was ambushed by a group of 100 Taliban-linked insurgents outside Kabul late Monday, killing 10 soldiers and wounding 21 others as a wave of attacks against foreign forces continues to rock Afghanistan.