Reuters
Thursday, November 24, 2005
NAIROBI, Nov. 23 — Increased naval military maneuvers and submarine sonars in the world’s oceans are threatening dolphins, whales and porpoises that depend on sound to survive, a United Nations report said …

By BRENT STAPLES
Published: November 21, 2005
The United States will become a second-rate economic power unless it can match the educational performance of its rivals abroad and get more of its students to achieve at the …

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: November 24, 2005
A day after the disclosure of a new Vatican directive that deters most gay men from joining the priesthood, some priests say they are shocked by one easily overlooked clause. …

By DAVID S. CLOUD
Published: November 24, 2005
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 – The Pentagon is planning to make modest troop reductions after next month’s elections in Iraq and, if security conditions improve, could begin reductions next summer …

By Marilynn Marchione
Associated Press
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Children who are overweight face more than future health problems. They appear to have broken bones and joint problems more often during childhood than kids of normal weight, research …

By Anthony Faiola
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, November 23, 2005

TOKYO, Nov. 22 — The governing Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday released a draft revision of Japan’s pacifist constitution that for the first time since World War II would recognize the country’s armed forces as a fully functioning military.

TOKYO, Nov. 22 — The governing Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday released a draft revision of Japan’s pacifist constitution that for the first time since World War II would recognize the country’s armed forces as a fully functioning military.

By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: November 22, 2005
CHERKESSK, Russia – Security officials here in Karachayevo-Cherkessia, a restive republic on Russia’s mountainous southern border, have a secret list of people who are kept under scrutiny.
Those on …

By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Iran began converting a new batch of uranium at a key nuclear facility yesterday, rejecting international pleas to suspend such work and dismissing a new offer — …

By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Sorry, couch potatoes — the verdict is in: People who exercise regularly really do live longer.
In fact, people who get a good workout almost daily can …

Start Air University Graduate Course today. It is an 18 month program, hope to finish it in 8-12. Will make a schedule tomorrow on start compiling notes.

Washington Post Editorial
EDUCATORS ARE still mulling over the results of national standardized test scores released last month, which showed an unusually clear national trend: While there have been some slight improvements in elementary and …

Too many people are living in the dark when it comes to financial matters, and their futures are bleaker than they realize. The annual Retirement Confidence Survey offers some depressing — and surprising — statistics.
By …

By SCOTT SHANE
Published: November 8, 2005
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 – In an apparent slip, a top American intelligence official has revealed at a public conference what has long been secret: the amount of money the United …

The White House announced last week that it would reinstate the Davis-Bacon Act, the law that guarantees that construction workers on federally financed projects be paid at least the minimum prevailing wage. In an executive …

White House Counsel to Give ‘Refresher’ Course
By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 5, 2005; Page A02
President Bush has ordered White House staff to attend mandatory briefings beginning next week on ethical behavior and the …

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan concluded Nov. 3 with celebrations marking the holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Many believe that Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, constitutes a greater terrorist threat than other …

Indonesian police continue to search for suspects involved in the gruesome deaths of three schoolgirls whose beheaded bodies were found near the town of Poso in Sulawesi province Oct. 29. The attackers, armed with machetes, …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday made his second attempt to fill four Cabinet positions, after some of his initial nominations were overwhelmingly rejected by the Majlis for lacking relevant experience. Intriguingly, he seems set …

By AFSHIN MOLAVI
Published: November 3, 2005
Washington
WHEN Iran’s new president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called last week for Israel to be “wiped off the map,” he raised fears not only abroad but also at home, particularly among Iran’s …

This is really funny… I keep telling my son to do the same. Never thought that it could result in this.