Topic: Los Angeles Times

What book reviewers are saying this week

Somali pirates seize Turkish ore freighter

Five other attacks were foiled this week, authorities say. But a unified international response could be difficult.

McCain makes his closing arguments

Behind in the polls and in key swing states, he throws everything he can at Obama.

In strikes on US in Afghanistan, Taliban reveals new potency

Two attacks on American forces come as allies Pakistan and Afghanistan are calling for dialog with the Taliban.

Syrian ire follows apparent US raid across Iraq's border

Damascus lashed out at Washington over charges that American forces killed at least eight civilians when US helicopters were on a mission to shut down insurgent 'rat lines.'

UN climate chief says media not getting it

Speaking at a gathering of US environmental journalists last week, the chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that the news media has not done enough to communicate the severity of global warming.

With Prop. 7, California argues its energy future

The ballot initiative would mandate more renewables. So why are many environmentalists against it?

US federal court orders Chinese Muslims in Guantánamo released

The Bush administration hopes to block the judge's order to free the 17 Uighurs, who were detained in Pakistan almost seven years ago.

US, Britain, and UN weigh options amid rising violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Prospect of Afghan-Taliban peace talks gains currency

Study reports bad news for world's mammals

At least one-quarter of the world's known mammal species are at risk of becoming extinct, and about half are declining in population, a global survey released Monday morning has found.

American Lightning

A riveting look at the 1910 bombing of the offices of the anti-union, anti-socialist L.A. Times.

Sarah Palin - still not ready for prime time

A boom in canning for backyard vegetable gardens

Gardeners preserve their bountiful produce for winter meals.

Pakistan fires on U.S. helicopters

Sunday's incident inflames debate over whether Pakistan's new president can develop an effective counterinsurgency strategy.

The debates: high stakes, sound bites and zingers

U.S. airstrikes test alliance with Pakistan

Militants are targeted by drones to keep them from entering Afghanistan.

Sarah Palin backs away from climate denial

In an interview with ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson Thursday, Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said that climate change can be at least partly attributed to human activity, an apparent reversal from statements published just weeks ago.

Russian bombers arrive in Venezuela for joint maneuvers

Officials in Moscow deny any link between the conflict in Georgia and the Caribbean exercises.

Study: white rooftops could curb climate change

If the world's 100 biggest cities were whiten the roofs of all of their buildings and use more reflective pavement, the global cooling effect would be huge, a new study has concluded.

Pentagon recommends holding US troops levels in Iraq steady until February

Proposed February troop reduction would coincide with increase in troops sent to Afghanistan.

New York court indicts Pakistani scientist seized in Afghanistan

Aafia Siddiqui, who went missing in Pakistan for five years before her arrest, is accused of trying to kill US Army and FBI officers.

Ecuador constitution would grant inalienable rights to nature

Ecuador's proposed constitution includes an article that grants nature the right to 'exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution.'

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U.S. marines shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan

The redeployment of only 1,500 troops raises concerns that Taliban offensives in Afghanistan are over-extending US forces.

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