Zambia took out the loan in the 1970s, mainly to pay for farming equipment Zambia is to pay $15.5m (£7.7m) to a British Virgin Isles-registered firm to settle a case at London's High Court. Donegal International - described by critics as a "vulture fund"...

he following is an excerpt from With God On Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military by Michael L. Weinstein and Davin Seay (Thomas Dunne, 2007). Despite the church-state scandals that have plagued the US military in recent...

[photos attached to article by your pal harvey, george tenet at left] Ex-CIA chief says Cheney, others pushed to invade The Associated Press Updated: 8:31 a.m. ET April 27, 2007 WASHINGTON - Former CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new book that Vice...

By MARCUS KABEL BENTONVILLE, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been recruiting former military and government intelligence officers for a branch of its global security office aimed at identifying threats to the world's largest retailer, including from "suspect...

HAS THE STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS STALLED? Or can John McCain regain momentum and win the White House in 2008? We ask the senator about the “surge”; his new best buddy, George W. Bush; and some very un-maverick-like shifts in his positions At 70 years old,...

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Wed Apr 25, 6:20 PM ET TOKYO - Japan's abhorrent practice of enslaving women to provide sex for its troops in World War II has a little-known sequel: After its surrender — with tacit approval from the U.S. occupation...

By VOA News 26 April 2007 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addresses the media in Oslo, Norway, 26 Apr 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is suggesting she will defy a congressional subpoena to testify about the Bush administration's reasons...

By Mark John an David Brunnstrom OSLO (Reuters) - A row between the United States and Russia over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in eastern Europe escalated on Thursday when President Vladimir Putin declared a moratorium on a key European arms treaty....

Olbermann: Rudy Giuliani exploiting fear for power and personal gain SPECIAL COMMENT Countdown Updated: 9:32 p.m. ET April 25, 2007 A special comment about Rudolph Giuliani’s remarks at a Lincoln Day dinner in New Hampshire: Since some indeterminable...

o state that controversy and Michael Moore go hand and hand is to utter the obvious, and Moore's latest film Sicko will clearly be no exception. Sicko, which will be premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May, is a comic broadside against the state...