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 …

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 …

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?

Iraqi Doctor Admits to Killings  —  BAGHDAD, March 26 — A doctor in the northern city of Kirkuk has admitted to killing at least 35 Iraqi police officers and Army soldiers by giving them lethal injections, reopening their wounds and engaging in other deadly acts as they were being treated in Kirkuk Hospital …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

'Marriage Is for White People'  —  I grew up in a time when two-parent families were still the norm, in both black and white America.  Then, as an adult, I saw divorce become more commonplace, then almost a rite of passage.  Today it would appear that many — particularly in the black community …

America, the Global Target  —  Hoping to lower tensions between the Muslim world and the West, British Prime Minister Tony Blair maintained the other day that the world confronts "a clash about civilization," not "a clash between civilizations."  But the overriding lesson of events since Sept. 11 …

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 …

Testing Presidential Waters as Race at Home Heats Up  —  CULPEPER, Va., March 21 — George Allen makes little secret that he is bored with life in the Senate.  —  "I made more decisions in half a day as governor than you can make in a whole week in the Senate," Senator Allen said earlier …