An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES -- less than a week after the paper published an essay written by Obama, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The paper's decision to refuse McCain's direct rebuttal to Obama's 'My Plan for Iraq' has ignited ...

In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Barack Obama's 16 timeframe for a withdrawal from Iraq is the right one. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supports US presidential candidate Barack Obama's plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months. When asked in ...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki tried to step back from comments in which he appeared to support Senator Barack Obama's plan for troop withdrawal.

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This could be one of those unexpected events that forever changes the way the world perceives an issue. Iraq's Prime Minister agrees with Obama, and there's no wiggle room or fudge factor. This puts John McCain in an extremely precarious spot: ...

A German magazine quoted Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as saying that he backed a proposal by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months.

Dear press corps, Please recognize that this is completely fucking wrong . Kate Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going after militias. ...

In a posting to the APS forum, editor Jeffrey Marque explains,"There is a considerable presence within the scientific community of people who do not agree with the IPCC conclusion that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are very probably likely to be primarily responsible for global warming that has occurred ...

The old question about Obama: Who is he? The question now: Who does he think he is?

SPIEGEL spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki about his approval of Barack Obama's withdrawal plans and what he hopes from US President Bush in his last months in office. An Iraqi policeman stands at attention during a training program graduation ceremony on Thursday. Has everything been smoothed ...

Iranians pass a US flag with a sign reading 'Death to America' as they attend a rally in Tehran, in 2004. The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section - a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. US interests in the country at present ...

Today on CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Afghanistan, told the paparazzi-pursued correspondent Lara Logan that "the objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President. ...

Angelica Hernandez (left) and her mother, Gloria Nunez, struggle to make ends meet on a very limited budget. She says a car accident 17 years ago left her depressed and disabled, incapable of getting a job. The rising cost of food means their money gets them about a third fewer bags of groceries - $100 ...

A string of erroneous word choices is helping opponents make his 71 years a matter of age, not experience.

John McCain said this today in Rochester, New Hampshire: This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. ...

In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki expressed support for Obama's troop withdrawal plans. Despite a half-hearted retraction, the comments have stirred up the US presidential campaign. And late on Saturday, Maliki tried to distance himself from the statements, saying his comments ...

By Dan Eggen The statement by an aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki calling his remarks in Der Spiegel "misinterpreted and mistranslated" followed a call to the prime minister's office from U. ...

After the proposal for a summer gas tax holiday tanked following concerns about job losses, lawmakers are quietly talking about raising fuel taxes.

Evan Van Zelfden in Los Angeles warns, watch out World of Warcraft. "We've got two of the most compelling MMOs in the industry in development," said Riccitiello. The first title, based on the Warhammer property, will launch soon. Evan Van Zelfden in Los Angeles warns, watch out World of Warcraft. In ...

Today on Good Morning America, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) refused to call the situation in Afghanistan "precarious and urgent," but admitted that "We have a lot of work to do." He warned of a "very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border . ...

I'm tired of waiting - I want a dead simple and dirt cheap touch screen web tablet to surf the web. Nothing fancy like the Dell latitude XT , which costs $2,500. Just a Macbook Air-thin touch screen machine that runs Firefox and possibly Skype on top of a Linux kernel. It doesn't exist today, and as far as we can tell no one is creating one. So let's design it, build a few and then open source the specs so anyone can create them. Here's the basic idea: The machine is as thin as possible, runs low end hardware and has a single button for powering it on and off, headphone jacks, a built in camera for video, low end speakers, and a microphone.

Barack Obama's huge foreign policy team is on the spot this week as the senator plans his overseas trip.

When Barack Obama heads overseas this summer, he will be followed by star political reporters and the anchors of the three network evening news shows.

"His domestic politics require him to be for us getting out," said a senior McCain campaign official, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "The military says 'conditions based' and Maliki said 'conditions based' yesterday in the joint statement with Bush. ...

In a sign that senior Democratic officials remain deeply concerned that post-primary bitterness could imperil Barack Obama's chances, two top Democratic officials have emailed a sharply-worded letter to major donors and other leading Dems confessing "fatigue and irritation" at those withholding full ...

The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the validity of global warming science. ...

The move is a significant step toward vanquishing the local video store and keeping couch potatoes planted firmly in front of their televisions and computers.

Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck are expecting another baby, Garner’s former Alias co-star Victor Garber confirms to Usmagazine. "Yes, she is," Garber - who officiated the couple's 2005 wedding - told Us when asked if recent speculation was true that the couple is expecting. Jennifer Garner ...

Barack Obama stopped on a high-profile foreign trip in a country that is increasingly the focus of his clash with John McCain.

John McCain made ANOTHER geography gaffe this morning on Good Morning America while trying to debunk Barack Obama's trip to Iraq. Just last week, McCain repeatedly reffered to Czechoslovakia , a country that hasn't existed since 1993. ...

BATMAN star Christian Bale was freed tonight on bail after he was quizzed by cops over assault

Shoddy work by private contractors is causing more deaths and injuries on U.S. military bases in Iraq than previously acknowledged, according to documents.

***UPDATED BELOW*** During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made a stone cold error on a subject about which he claims expert knowledge: the "surge" strategy in Iraq. In an interview with anchor Katie Couric, the Arizona Republican said, inaccurately, that the surge strategy was responsible ...

I am the rocket scientist who wrote the carbon accounting model (FullCAM) that measures Australia's compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, in the land use change and forestry sector. I've been following the global warming debate closely for years. But since 1999 new evidence has seriously weakened the case ...

Were voters forced to actually focus on John McCain's response to our economic crisis, the prospect of his ascension to the Oval Office could set off panic.

Women in the workplace are being afflicted by the same troubles as men. And they are responding as men have, by dropping out or disappearing for a while.

An Outrageous Attempt by the Bush Administration to Undermine Women's Rights

One of John McCain' s fellow POW's in Vietnam defended the war in Iraq, saying, "The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us.'' In a phone call with reporters arranged by Republican Party of Florida, Colonel Bud Day added: ...