Afghan Court Drops Case Against Christian  —  KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence and he will be released soon, officials said.  —  The announcement came as U.S.-backed President …

CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Are Media Turning Against War in Iraq?  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): Souring on the war.  As President Bush goes toe to toe with White House reporters, are news organizations turning against the war in Iraq?

Supreme Court: Detainees' Rights-Scalia Speaks His Mind  —  Scalia at the New England School of Law on March 15  —  April 3, 2006 issue - The Supreme Court this week will hear arguments in a big case: whether to allow the Bush administration to try Guantánamo detainees …

Harris puts her faith in religion … As Katherine Harris' rocky Senate campaign takes an increasingly evangelical Christian bent, her remaining top campaign staffers are preparing to jump ship.  —  Colleagues say Harris' closest confidante lately appears to be spiritual adviser Dale Burroughs …

Size of L.A. March Surprises Authorities  —  LOS ANGELES - Thousands of immigration advocates marched through downtown Los Angeles in one of the largest demonstrations for any cause in recent U.S. history.  —  More than 500,000 protesters — demanding that Congress abandon attempts …

The Democrats' plan for midtern elections  —  If the elections were held today, top strategists of both parties say privately, the Republicans would probably lose the 15 seats they need to keep control of the House of Representatives and could come within a seat or two of losing the Senate

Putin accused of plagiarising his PhD thesis  —  THE career of President Vladimir Putin of Russia was built at least in part on a lie, according to US researchers.  A new study of an economics  —  thesis written by Putin in the mid-1990s has revealed that large chunks of it were copied from an American text.

The Post and the Whole Picture in Iraq  —  When the Iraq war started, more than 700 reporters were "embedded," traveling with U.S. troops in the field.  Embedding brought a newfound respect between reporters and soldiers.  Members of the media and the military hoped that this would bring …

The Forgotten War In Central Asia Continues  —  More fighting in Talibanistan, and Helmand province, Afghanistan  —  Miranshah by air.  —  The current fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan are not isolated events, but intricately linked to the rise of the Taliban in Pakistan's lawless tribal belts.

Saddam planned to deploy 'camels of mass destruction'  —  Saddam Hussein planned to use "camels of mass destruction" as weapons to defend Iraq, loading them with bombs and directing them towards invading forces.  —  The animals were part of a plan to arm and equip foreign insurgents drawn …

Jews in France Feel Sting as Anti-Semitism Surges Among Children of Immigrants  —  SARCELLES, France — In working-class Parisian suburbs like this one, heavily populated by North African immigrants, the word "Jew" is now a standard epithet.  It appears in graffiti on middle school walls …

30 Beheaded Bodies Found; Iraqi Death Squads Blamed  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 26 — The bodies of 30 beheaded men were found on a main highway near Baquba this evening, providing more evidence that the death squads in Iraq are becoming out of control.  —  Interior Ministry officials …

'Guest Workers' Won't Work  —  A Path to Permanent Citizenship Would Benefit Everyone  —  The conventional wisdom is all but unanimous, so much so that even those who hold the opposing view pay homage to it.  Sure, some people dispute even the notion that we need foreign workers to keep the U.S. economy growing.

A Poverty of the Mind  —  SEVERAL recent studies have garnered wide attention for reconfirming the tragic disconnection of millions of black youths from the American mainstream.  But they also highlighted another crisis: the failure of social scientists to adequately explain the problem …

Minutemen Attacked at Indiana Protest  —  ***UPDATE is here***  —  I didn't know things had turned violent until I was almost bowled over into the street in front of oncoming traffic.  I looked down to see Rick Biesada, head of The Chicago Minuteman Project, lying at my feet, blood trickling down his forehead.

The New York Times Magazine has a story on Michael Steele's candidacy to replace Paul Sarbanes as senator from Maryland.  The title tells you the tone of the piece. … There is that whole marveling tone as if the author is observing a circus performer and just can't figure the whole act out.