World News & Opinion
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
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Gordon Brown’s U.S. speechwriters
Did the British prime minister really need ex-Clinton speechwriters to polish his address to Congress?
Can Obama help Iran protesters?
What's at stake for the U.S. as Iranians demand change despite a brutal crackdown
Italy’s CIA crackdown
Why would U.S. ally Italy convict 22 CIA operatives for nabbing a Muslim cleric off the streets of Milan?
Climate change: Time to eat Fido?
A startling new book claims that pet dogs are more harmful to the environment than SUVs—should we listen?
How green is your pet?
A new book translates the environmental impact of Americans’ beloved dogs, cats, and fish into cold hard numbers
Afghanistan's aborted runoff
What Abdullah Abdullah's withdrawal from a Nov. 7 runoff does to Hamid Karzai's legitimacy
Tony Blair, president of Europe?
As the European Union moves toward an EU-wide presidency, Blair is an early, controversial, frontrunner.
The end of Scientology?
Fined for fraud in France, embarrassed on 'Nightline', and dumped by a Hollywood director—what’s next for Scientology?
Matthew Hoh: Leaving Afghanistan
A war hero and foreign service officer resigned, saying Afghanistan is unwinnable. Should we listen?
What the Iraq bombings mean
Are devastating, synchronized car bombings a sign that Iraqi forces can't keep citizens safe?
Iran: Hope for a nuclear deal?
The significance of a proposal to get enriched uranium out of Iran
The Vatican’s Anglican lure
What the pope gets by welcoming disgruntled Anglicans, including married priests, into the Catholic Church
Afghan re-vote: Credibility at last?
What Hamid Karzai's agreement to submit to a runoff does for the image of the Kabul government
Afghanistan: Should Obama wait?
Hamid Karzai agrees to a run-off, removing an obstacle to Obama's decision on sending more troops
Iran’s nuclear poker game
Who has the better hand in Iranian nuclear-fuel swap talks between the U.S. and Iran?
Hamid Karzai's election setback
What the Afghan president's resistance to a runoff means for his country, and for President Obama
The baby stroller train video
Does the clip showing a 6-month-old getting run over by a subway train, and surviving, prove that miracles happen?
Moscow's ban on snow
Mayor Yir Luzhkov plans to to use military jets to blast clouds so they'll drop their snow elsewhere.
Pakistan’s escalating Taliban war
Does a series of audacious attacks mean the Taliban and other militants could seize the nuclear-armed state?
Why the Nobel judges love Obama
Is it really so surprising that the president won the Nobel Peace Prize?
