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LONDON – Trade and oil considerations played a big part in the decision to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer agreement between Britain and Libya, a senior British official said in an interview published Saturday. Justice Secretary Jack Straw said trade, particularly a deal for oil company BP …

NEW DELHI – A large chimney under construction at a power plant in central India collapsed, killing at least 20 people and injuring five others, police said. As many as 100 workers were feared trapped under the rubble. The 250-foot chimney came crashing down Wednesday in the plant’s cafeteria, where …

It’s tempting to sum up Montréal simply as a French city that doesn’t require a transcontinental flight. But this cultural soul of Francophone Canada, while it does capture the joie de vivre of Paris, conveys very much its own vibe. Montréal is an amalgam of old-world style and modish fashion …

With President Obama staking his future on passing universal health care reform, the end game has begun. On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office put forth that Obamacare would cost $940 billion over 10 years, but would actually bring down deficit spending over the same period of time because health care …

Some things have to be seen to be believed. Others have to be believed before they can be seen. Sometimes the most interesting and useful inventions don’t come from the minds of scientists, but from the minds of fiction writers who create entire universes, as well as the things that …

It’s a topic not usually discussed publicly, but doctors are saying the problem is more widespread than you would think: Fathers suffering from postpartum depression. It’s supposed to be a happy time for a new father – the birth of a child – but suddenly a screaming baby and sleepless …

Stories where Americans or people in the media — or mainly people in Washington — just aren’t using their head: What Vote? We begin in California. I know: surprise, surprise. You might not believe this story. It’s even too crazy for California, but here we go. They’re trying to close …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Color Bind Prominent African-Americans and officials in the administration of the first black president are trying to rein in what some are calling the racial rants of New York Democratic Governor David Paterson. Friday in the New York Daily News, the governor …

Director’sDonations |Spidey’sLines|Penn on the Town Anti-‘F9/11’ Doc Director Gave Kerry Money The director of a new feel-good documentary called “America’s Heart & Soul” that’s been embraced by some right-wingers as the anti-“Fahrenheit 9/11” has a secret for his new supporters. He’s only made two contributions in the last decade to …

I’ve just about had it with the partisan talk when it comes to our national security. Liberal pundits and people of like mind were upset last week because an announcement from Pakistan that a key Al Qaeda figure was captured came during theDemocratic National Convention (search), somecalling itconveniently timedto helpRepublicans …