BY CHARLES C. HAYNES Good riddance to the aughts, naughts or ohs. By whatever name, the first decade of the 21st century has been devastating for religious liberty in much of the world. According to a study released this month by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, nearly 70 percent of the world's 6.8 billion people now live in countries with high restrictions on religious beliefs and practices. ...more

January 6, 2010

CAIRO (AP) — A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her and five brothers under house arrest for eight years, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported Wednesday. ...more

December 23, 2009

A few weeks back, during the celebration of the "discovery" of the new world by Christopher Columbus, there was a lot of controversial comments made about what he discovered and what kind of man he really was. And it was said that there were teachers who were telling their young charges the truth about the man whose accomplishment we recognize each October. ...more

November 7, 2009

A former University of Tampa student accused of trying to sneak a large knife onto a commercial flight has pleaded guilty to entering an airport area in violation of security requirements. ...more

October 13, 2009

On his first trip to the Middle East, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's message this week will be similar to the one he delivered to Chinese officials a month ago: your investments in the United States are safe. ...more

July 13, 2009

From spring-loaded high heels to a watch that shoots pepper spray, there was no shortage of ideas at the world's largest inventors' convention Wednesday despite a global economic downturn and fewer potential customers. ...more

April 2, 2009

Before her wedding last year, Huda Batterjee went abroad to buy her bridal lingerie - she just couldn't bear the humiliation of discussing her most intimate apparel with a man. She had little choice: there are almost no saleswomen in Saudi Arabia. Now a group of Saudi women - sick of having to deal with male sales staff when buying bras or panties, not to mention frilly negligees or thongs - have launched a campaign this week to boycott lingerie stores until they employ women. ...more

March 25, 2009

The newspaper has been the informational conduit in our lives since the beginning of the United States of America. In our nation's infancy, the newspaper was small - as small as one side of one page, but what a colossal impact such a small print space had on the development and preservation of this nation. ...more

March 25, 2009

Never let it be said that America isn't a country of remarkable openness. You can go directly from effectively working for the Saudis and Chinese to the country's top intelligence analyst. Only in the land of opportunity. ...more

March 11, 2009

OPEC on Wednesday agreed to slash 2.2 million barrels from its daily production - its single largest cut ever - while bloc outsiders Russia and Azerbaijan announced their own cutbacks of hundreds of thousands of barrels from the market. ...more

December 18, 2008