Sheikh Tarek Saleh, a Brooklyn cleric The Rand Corporation reports that of nearly 30 homegrown terror plots uncovered in the United States since the September 11 attacks, ten surfaced in 2009, making it a record year for homegrown terror plots. But m...
Paralympic medals are displayed at the unveiling of Olympic and Paralympic medals at Olympic Village in Vancouver, 15 Feb 2010 The teams of athletes gathered in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics have trained and honed their skills to win medals. But...
USA Luge slider Tony Benshoof The death of Georgian Olympic Luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili while practicing at the Whistler Sliding Center north of Vancouver, Canada, highlights the dangers of the sport of Luge. Such deadly incidents are a rare occ...
Snowboard cross athlete Pierre Vaultier of France walks next to hay bales covered partially with snow at Cypress Mountain, 15 Feb. 2010 Thousands of fans who thought they would get to witness a Winter Olympics event got bad news because of the bad we...
Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro (R) and President Laurent Gbagbo (L), 15 September 2009 (file photo) Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro is expected to announce a new government this week, and Ivorian opposition leaders continue to call for t...
Somalis and local journalists carry the body of Moqtar Mohamed Hirab for burial in Mogadishu on 07 Jun 2009. Masked gunmen killed the director of one of Somalia's largest broadcasters on Sunday, a witness and media official said Related Links The Com...
Sustained armed clashes between rebel groups and Sudanese forces have re-emerged in Sudan's western region of Darfur as another round of peace talks appear to be going nowhere. The international peacekeeping mission there says more than 14,000 civili...
A visitor looks at a collage of pictures of N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il and N. Korean soldiers near the border between the two Koreas, Paju, South Korea, 15 Feb 2010 Synchronized swimming displays, candy for children, and thousands of flower bouquet...
New South Wales Supreme Court judge Justice Anthony Whealy in Parramatta Court, west of Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (file) Five men convicted of a terrorist conspiracy in Australia's biggest city, Sydney, have been given jail sentenc...
A Somali government soldier looks at car exploded by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu, 15 Feb 2010 Somali rebel group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a failed suicide bombing attempt against the defense minister for the Western-backed Mogadishu...
Goodluck Jonathan says his primary focus is driving down double-digit inflation, boosting electricity supplies, and getting the 2010 budget through parliament. Scott Stearns | Abuja 15 February 2010 Nigeria's new acting president and commander in chi...
Zeev Raz is proud of how he led an Israeli air force squadron of F-16 bombers to destroy a nuclear facility near Baghdad. The retired Israeli air force pilot remembers it was a surprisingly easy job with little resistance from the Iraqis. When we app...
US Marines take cover in a poppy field as Taliban fighters fire on them in the town of Marjaha in Afghanistan's Helmand province, 15 Feb 2010 Top military commanders in Afghanistan say a major anti-Taliban offensive in the southern Helmand Province i...
Assorted military guns are on display at India's defense show in New Delhi, 15 Feb 2010 India is expected to spend $100 billion in the next decade on its military. The South Asian nation is believed to be the world's largest buyer of weaponry, and th...
Members of the National Students Union of India protest against recent attacks on Indian students in Australia, in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he assured Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a...
