The unrelenting violence and chaos of Iraq have taken their toll on the people there, according to a new study of Iraqi public opinion. The study, based on two surveys of over 2,300 Iraqis in 2004 and 2006, found increased feelings of powerlessness, insecurity, xenophobia, and pessimism, along with a striking level of distrust of U.S. intentions. At the same time, the surveys found a surprising rise in support for secular politics and nationalism, even as sectarian militias may be pulling the country toward all-out civil war. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the project was done by Profs. Mansoor Moaddel of Eastern Michigan University and Ronald Inglehart and Mark Tessler of the University of Michigan.
White House strategists are disappointed that the arrest of alleged terrorist plotters in the United Kingdom hasn't increased President Bush's job-approval ratings very much.
The newly enacted Pension Protection Act of 2006 amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to establish new minimum funding standards for single and multiemployer defined-benefit pension plans.
AP - If the stunning confession in JonBenet Ramsey's slaying has made the decade-old case any easier to solve, prosecutors aren't saying. And it may have made it more puzzling.
AP - A federal judge decision's to strike down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program was the first ruling over its legality, but surely not the last.
AP - The Lebanese army reached the country's southern border with Israel for the first time Friday, sending a sole jeep on patrol through this village, where Israeli forces pulled out of in 2000, ending an 18-year occupation.
The arrest of John Mark Karr in connection with the 10-year murder mystery of who killed JonBenet Ramsey produced a stunning admission. But the suspect's words only raised more questions about what really happened to the child beauty queen.
Lebanese troops have begun deploying south of the Litani River as part of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants, wire services reported Thursday.