Four years ago, while working as a senior adviser in NATO's Brussels, Belgium, headquarters, I got an up-close look at the way al-Qaida's best minds see Western elections. On March 11, 2004, Spain was rocked by perhaps the bloodiest terrorist attack in Europe since World War II, as bombs ripped apart commuter trains in Madrid, leaving nearly 2,000 Spaniards dead or injured - three days before the country went to the polls. ...more

September 7, 2008

Russia showed the first signs of drawing down some of its troops in Georgia on Tuesday, but its forces bound and blindfolded 21 Georgian soldiers at the Black Sea port of Poti, displaying them along with five seized American Humvees. ...more

August 20, 2008

Brewer InBev turned up the heat in its hostile, $46 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch, announcing Monday that it will attempt to remove the company's entire board. ...more

July 8, 2008

Nuance Galleries, 804 S. Dale Mabry Highway, features the art of H.M. Saffer II through June. ...more

June 18, 2008

World customs authorities on Tuesday called on the United States to repeal or scale back a new law that will require foreign ports to screen all containers before they are shipped to the United States. ...more

June 11, 2008

The U.S. and European Union should reconsider a shift to biofuels that has helped increase food prices worldwide by turning agricultural land over to energy crops, American economist Jeffrey Sachs said Monday. ...more

May 6, 2008

The United States and the European Union's biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation Monday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members that are strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia. ...more

February 19, 2008

Russia tried to block Kosovo's independence during a closed-door emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, saying it is deeply concerned about the safety of Serbs living in the territory. ...more

February 18, 2008

Belgian authorities detained 14 people Friday whom they described as Islamic extremists planning to use explosives to free a supporter of al-Qaida who is imprisoned for plotting an attack on a Belgian air base. The authorities said raids in 15 locations, mostly in Brussels, had turned up explosives and arms. ...more

December 23, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday the United States would continue along a two-track strategy to deal with Iran, pressing for new sanctions and demanding Tehran come clean about its nuclear program while offering talks to sweeten the deal. But Russia ignored her calls to punish Iran. ...more

December 9, 2007