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Pakistan floods continue devastation
Two weeks into the crisis, slow-moving floods continue to devastate vast swaths of Pakistan. Yet the floods – which already haveclaimed some 1,500 lives – has failed to yield the global aid response...
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“Ground-Zero mosque” debate
President Obama says he has no regrets about insisting that any religious group has the right to build a house of worship wherever it is legally approved, like the Islamic center planned for a site two...
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U.S. combate troops leave Iraq
Aiming at a September 1st goal of leaving only 50,000 troops in the country, the last U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq — leaving some 56,000 U.S. non-combat troops still there. International...
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U.S. urges Mideast peace talks
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president to resume peace talks which have been on hold for two years. She said direct negotiations will begin...
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Carter to free American in N.Korea
Former President Jimmy Carter is on another humanitarian mission, this time to free an American — 30-year-old Bostonian Aijalon Mahli Gomes (r.) — arrested in North Korea in January for illegally...
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Mortgage industry fees considered
A consensus reportedly is emerging within the Obama administration that some type of government guarantee will be needed to keep the struggling mortgage market humming. Even before dealing with the...
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“Katrina on steroids”
With one-fifth of Pakistan under water (greater than the size of England), more than 1,500 dead, and 6 million homeless, torrential rains continue to haunt the southeast Asian nation and threaten both...
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Social Security: “Fiscal child abuse”
The 2010 election season is under way and, as usual, the fate of the federal Social Security system is part of the political debate. College of Arts and Sciences economics Professor Laurence...
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Stem-cell ruling hits BU researchers
The Obama administration is appealing a federal court ruling that challenged the legality of the president’s rules governing human embryonic stem cell research. Until a decision is made, however,...
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Karzai aide linked to CIA
The New York Times reports that a key aid to Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency payroll and has been for years. The aide, Mohammed Zia Salehi, is the chief of...
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