Where once had been a boring grassy slope, De Forest put in hedge-lined terraces that march the viewer to the house above It’s impossible to resist. Many experts think the U.S.-India agreement is likely to convince nonnuclear nations that they can proceed with bomb-building programs in the face of international disapproval, and eventually win back [...]

The underlying effect of this otherworldly parade of biology is the undeniable interconnectedness of it all.The griot blends myth and fable to stress the bond among all the elements of the universe while simultaneously unraveling a very simple physics mystery. Is this a story, exactly? Call it an exploration and imagining, in scenes and fragments, [...]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Suspected Taliban rebels fatally shot a district judge in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after militants killed a local administrator in the same area.Two attackers on motorcycles shot the unidentified judge while he was walking to work in Kandahar province’s Panjwayi district, said district Chief Niaz Mohammed.No arrests have been [...]