My Blog My WordPress Blog

WASHINGTON – Meetings at the White House and Capitol Hill highlight a visit by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, a leftist who is nonetheless widely admired here as a pro-democracy stalwart. After a luncheon meeting with President Bush on Thursday, Bachelet planned to make the rounds of Capitol Hill for discussions …

WASHINGTON – Everyone has known New Orleans is a sinking city. Now new research suggests parts of the city are sinking even faster than many scientists imagined — more than an inch a year. That may explain some of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina and it raises more worries …

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban do not pose a long-term threat to Afghanistan‘s stability, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday. Karzai spoke after the release of an audio recording purportedly of fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar saying the Afghan government did not have the wisdom to solve the nation’s crisis. A …