A Palestinian gunman burst into a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem and shot eight teenage students to death.

Venezuela has massed thousands of troops on its border with Colombia, threatening invasion and war.

Vladimir Putin is stepping down from the Russian presidency but continues his strategic work of nailing the Soviet Union back together.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates this week announced the Chinese have upped their defense spending by a whopping 18%—and that’s just the 18% the Chinese have chosen to reveal to us.

OPEC refused President Bush’s request to increase oil production to help bring down the $106 per barrel cost.

It’s 3am and the red phone rings in the White House.

Whom do you want picking up that phone?

The answer is self-evident.

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