CAIRO – Egypt’s ruling military escalated its tone against pro-democracy activists Wednesday, warning of an attempt to “topple the state,” as government media said a plot had been uncovered to use upcoming protests to throw the country into a civil war. The statements stepped up a campaign by the military that has seemed intended to […]

MOSCOW Spacecraft carrying three en route to space station A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Dutchman to the International Space Station blasted off flawlessly from Russia’s launch facility in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Mission commander Oleg Kononenko and his colleagues, American Don Pettit and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, are to […]

After closing arguments today, the Army analyst will await a court-martial decision over the breach.

BAGHDAD – A political crisis unfolding in Iraq intensified Wednesday when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demanded that Kurdish officials hand over the country’s Sunni vice president to face criminal charges and threatened to purge the fragile coalition government of lawmakers who refuse to work with him. Maliki, a Shiite, also said he would release what […]

Researchers find honesty occurs more in video conferencing or talking than in written messages.