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A secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-rangeballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has beenuncovered by new satellite photographs.The imagery has pinpointed the facility from where the Iranianslaunched their Kavoshgar 1 "research rocket" on February 4,
A roadside bomb killed an American soldier in Baghdad on Saturday,capping the bloodiest week for U.S. troops in Iraq this year. Clashespersisted in Shiite areas, even as the biggest Shiite militia sought torein in its fighters.At least 13 Shiite militants
Polygamist sect members who were moved to a Texas compound fromtheir longtime homes along the Utah-Arizona line were hand-picked fortheir fierce loyalty to leader Warren Jeffs, and that allegiance may bea stumbling block for law enforcement, authorities say.Jeffs, the imprisoned
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ended his Beijing visit with a warning to the two global giantsof the coal trade, Australia and China, to do more to address climatechange or face "alarming" water shortages.At a Beijing coal-fired power plant, which
Helicopter-borne French troops swooped in on Somali pirates Fridayafter they freed 30 hostages from a yacht, seizing six of the hijackersand recovering sacks of money - apparently ransom paid by the ship'sowners.The pirates had boarded the 288-foot French luxury yacht
Stolen and sensitive U.S. military equipment, including fighterjet parts wanted by Iran and nuclear biological protective gear,has been available to the highest bidder on popular internet salessites, according to congressional investigators.Using undercover identities, investigators purchased a dozendefense-related items on the
Eight people havebeen killed and 50 others wounded in an explosion in the southernIranian city of Shiraz, state television has reported. The explosion onSaturday was caused by "a powerful bomb at Shiraz's Mosque of theMartyrs after evening prayers," a report
The Bush administration said Friday that it plans to start using thenation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon,rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea's legalauthority.Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department will activate his department's new
Last month, two attorneys revealed their client, Andrew Wilson, had admitted to a murder for which another man was sent to prison. But they were bound by attorney-client privilege until Wilson died, which happened recently. Now the wrongfully convicted man
In order to ensure the value of the classroom experience," the University of Chicago Law School has removed Internet access in most classrooms, the school announced Friday.
A lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Labor claims that a Chicago-based investment firm caused more than $25 million in losses for five pension funds by using the money for, among other things, the operation of a strip club.
