A global warming meltdown

The dispute among scientists over the threat of climate change heightens with a new conspiracy theory: Skeptics say hacked e-mails by those urging behavioral changes reveal an effort to withhold scientific information.

American geologist held 2 years in China

President Obama's trip sheds light on unusual case of businessman's arrest on suspicion of stealing secrets.

A battle plan to fight corruption in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that the United States could start holding Afghanistan's government accountable for corruption by withholding money for projects.

This story revolves around a finger

A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

Sentence request for US woman in Italy murder case

Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.

Iraqi lawmakers seek to end election crisis

Iraq's parliament is discussing ways to end a dispute over an election law after a vice president vetoed the bill, throwing national polls slated for January into question.