Afghanistan: Soviet failures echo for US
Control of roads and rural areas vexes coalition effort.
Mark Sappenfield
Tough Job: Truck driver Mohammed Yunus says security across Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically in the past year.
Nervous Russia stomps dissent
Economic angst is prompting more rallies Sunday. How will the Kremlin react?
'Viability' is key to the White House bailout of the auto industry
If there's one key word in the White House's announcement of a $17.4 billion rescue package for Detroit automakers, it may be 'viable.'
Mugabe claims power-sharing partners trying to oust him
Zimbabwe's peace process is near collapse, amid accusations of guerrilla training camps and abductions of opposition party members.
Forget Depp: Somali pirates risk all for riches, women
In cash-strapped, hungry Somalia, the pirate life may be risky, but payoffs are huge.
New target for Mexico's drug cartels: schools
A note left on a school wall in the town of Ciudad Juarez last month threatened to harm kindergartners. The note was suspected to be left by drug traffickers.
Free expression grows in China (just don't talk politics)
Chinese intellectuals like Prof. Hu Xingdou relish their widening freedom to publish their opinions. But many topics remain taboo, and offenders are still subject to "reeducation through labor."
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