An Unexpected Collision Over Detainees  —  President Bush and Congressional Republicans spent the last 10 days laying the foundation for a titanic pre-election struggle over national security, and now they have one.  But the fight playing out this week on Capitol Hill is not what they had in mind.

Pope's speech stirs Muslim anger  —  Muslim religious leaders have accused Pope Benedict XVI of quoting anti-Islamic remarks during a speech at a German university this week.  —  Questioning the concept of holy war, he quoted a 14th-Century Christian emperor who said Muhammad had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things.

Ney to plead to criminal charge  —  Bob Ney, R-Ohio discusses his bid for re-election, during a campaign rally at the Tuscarawas County GOP headquarters in Dover, Ohio.  Ney has agreed with the Justice Department to plead guilty to at least one criminal charge.

Report: Italian Writer Oriana Fallaci Dies  —  ROME — Veteran journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci, a former war correspondent best known for her abrasive interviews and provocative stances, has died, Italian news reports said Friday.  She was 76.  —  Fallaci, who had been diagnosed …

Who The Terror Apologists Support  —  Some of you may be familiar with a group called the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.  This is a group that describes itself as the "Muslim NAACP."  Some of its leaders stood by President Bush and Colin Powell as those men spoke …

The Tehran Calculus  —  In his televised Sept. 11 address, President Bush said that we must not "leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons."  There's only one such current candidate: Iran.

Americans for Prosperity Hails House Passage of Earmark Reform, Calls on Senate to Approve Similar Reforms  —  WASHINGTON - The free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity today hailed U.S. House passage of legislation that will end the often-anonymous nature of pork-barrel earmarks …

MIND GAMES  —  Like many people who have accumulated some savings, I invest in the stock market.  Most of my retirement money is invested in mutual funds, but now and again I also buy individual stocks.  My holdings include the oil company Royal Dutch Shell, the drug company GlaxoSmithKline …

Attacks on Yemen oil plants kill 5  —  SAN`A, Yemen - Suicide bombers tried to strike two oil facilities in Yemen with explosives-packed cars, but authorities foiled the attacks and four bombers and a security guard were killed, the government said Friday.  —  The attempts came ahead …

Al-Qaida joins Algerians against France  —  PARIS - Al-Qaida has for the first time announced a union with an Algerian insurgent group that has designated France as an enemy, saying they will act together against French and American interests.  —  Current and former French officials specializing …

US outraged as Pakistan frees Taliban fighters  —  Pakistan's credibility as a leading ally in the war on terrorism was called into question last night when it emerged that President Pervez Musharraf's government had authorised the release from jail of thousands of Taliban fighters caught fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan.