State Department investigators offered Blackwater USA security guards immunity during an inquiry into last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad - a potentially serious investigative misstep that could complicate efforts to prosecute the company's employees involved in the episode, government officials said Monday. ...more

October 30, 2007

Singing and dancing despite exhaustion, the last of 3,200 miners trapped deep underground for more than a day emerged safely Thursday night, delivering a happy ending but raising questions about the safety of South Africa's important gold mines. ...more

October 5, 2007

Abandoned trailer homes. Long grass. Broken windows. Strange candles burning in the night in what should otherwise be empty homes. ...more

September 20, 2007