Alleged Canadian terror plot has worldwide links  —  TORONTO - A Canadian counter-terrorism investigation that led to the arrests of 17 people accused of plotting bombings in Ontario is linked to probes in a half-dozen countries, the National Post has learned.

Hillary and Bill: A Relationship Too Political to Be Ignored  —  COMPLAINTS about the May 23 Page 1 article on Hillary and Bill Clinton add up to one of the most uniformly negative and partisan reader reactions to a Times article during the past year.  Most decried as tabloid journalism …

In Haditha Killings, Details Came Slowly  —  Official Version Is at Odds With Evidence  —  At 5 p.m. Nov. 19, near the end of one of the most violent days the Marine Corps had experienced in the Upper Euphrates Valley, a call went out for trucks to collect the bodies of 24 Iraqi civilians.

Events at Haditha don't change need for victory  —  Here are a couple of observations from two parents of American heroes fallen in Iraq.  The first is from Cindy Sheehan, the mother of Army Spec.  Casey Sheehan, a brave man who enlisted in 2000, re-upped for a second tour and died in 2005 …

What Happens When There Is No Plan B?  —  The conservative politics of the Bush administration forced me to have an abortion I didn't want.  Well, not literally, but let me explain.  —  I am a 42-year-old happily married mother of two elementary-schoolers.

Terror cell 'was planning nerve gas attack on capital'  —  Your view: should police be allowed to shoot terror suspects?  —  Terrorists were planning a chemical attack in London similar to the outrage on the Tokyo underground, according to police and the security services.

Invoking Secrets Privilege Becomes a More Popular Legal Tactic by U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, June 3 — Facing a wave of litigation challenging its eavesdropping at home and its handling of terror suspects abroad, the Bush administration is increasingly turning to a legal tactic that swiftly torpedoes most lawsuits …

Was the 2004 election stolen?  —  Well, was it?  There are, to be sure, several major blogs that follow rigged voting machines and purged voter rolls much closer than I do, but the issue is of particular significance this week because Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a thorough report …

British brigade of Islamists join Al-Qaeda foreign legion in Iraq  —  UP TO 150 Islamic radicals have travelled from Britain to Iraq to join up with a "British brigade" that has been established by Al-Qaeda leaders to fight coalition forces.  —  Senior security sources say leaders …

Rice Key to Reversal on Iran  —  Expected Failure of International Effort Led to U.S. Turnaround  —  At the end of March, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Europe and had unusual, one-on-one conversations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

N.Y., D.C. shortchanged on terror funding?  —  More cities sharing fewer antiterror dollars as feds retool funding criteria … NEW YORK - Officials in New York and Washington, the two cities targeted in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, were anything but happy after learning that Homeland Security …

Estate tax debate a chance for Democrats to pounce  —  NEXT WEEK, the Republican leadership in the US Senate will attempt to ram through a permanent repeal of the estate tax.  A companion bill has already passed the House.  —  Under the Bush administration, the estate tax has been cut …