Taming the Lion of Herat
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On this third anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on American soil, a bold action by the leader of the transitional government of Afghanistan indicates the hard decisions that are still to be taken before victory can be announced in the war against
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Bangladeshâs military-backed government is trying to oust two of the nationâs most prominent politicians. Theyâre not going quietly.
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Test your knowledge of the epic Mughal-e-Azam.
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Once, the Thakur of Mandawa lorded it over the merchants of his parched Silk Road region. Today, the heir to that title needs a little help from those merchants-turned-moguls
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WANA (South Waziristan): As the crusade against al-Qaeda militants got stepped-up in the tribal belt of Pakistan to put in cage Abdullah Mehsud, the ringleader of Chinese engineersâ captivity, dozens of families left their mountainous abode near the
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As the men bumped away from camp in the four-wheel-drive pickup, over rutted dirt roads and through tiny streams, the sun revealed open plains around them, dotted with scrawny oak trees. Paul Tyjewski, Paul Royce and their guide, Kal Katzer, began glimpsing exotic wildlife gathering under the trees, using the cover of daybreak to feed before predators arose. Only, in this instance, the animals' instincts had failed them, since the predators were wide-eyed, eager and getting ever closer with their 7mm Remingtons. In one area, skittish kudu, African antelopes with twisting horns rising two feet out of their skulls, hopped from tree to tree. Nearby, aoudads -- massive versions of sheep from the Barbary rocks of North Africa, with horns curving out and back from their skulls -- playfully butted heads. Katzer pointed out ibex, exotic goats with thick, scaly horns.
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Eastern Europe's lions in winter have rediscovered their roar. When Ukraine descended into postelection chaos this week, the most stirring pleas for a peaceful resolution came not from Washington but from Warsaw and Prague.
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âPakistan is inherently unstable. Dealing with them is like playing with matches in a forest.â - Larry Pressler. That statement from Larry Pressler, made during his recent visit to India, coincided with
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GABORONE, Botswana  - When Uttum Corea arrived in  Africa from Sri Lanka he was puzzled by the widely held notion  that African elephants could not be tamed.
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AHMEDABAD, India  - Forest guards in western India  are using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing, goats  bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards that have  wandered into human settlements, officials said on Monday.
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BAMIAN, Afghanistan -- The pair of majestic Buddha cliff-carvings are still disfigured, vandalized three years ago by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. But little by little, what remains of the ancient treasures is being restored, with iron rods shoring up their niches and concrete being pumped into cracks across the crumbling stone.
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- In the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, where his $100 million empire is based, inquiries about Haji Bashir Noorzai elicit an anxious frown, a shrug or the vague explanation that he left years ago.
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â¢ Cricket-Herath strikes as Pakistan face massive defeat October 24, 2004 07:51:54 FAISALABAD, Pakistan, Oct 24  - Sri Lanka&#39;s left-arm spinner Rangana Herath took two wickets in two balls to leave Pakistan facing a huge defeat at lunch on the
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When jaguars kill cattle, ranchers retaliate. Now conservationists are  trying for a truce that could save the Americasâ biggest cat.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia is a perilous place to be an Abyssinian lion - so perilous that an Italian aid group brought two orphaned cubs to  the Italian Embassy, where the wife of a diplomat has been caring for them  inside a fenced garden.
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Planet Earth captures a pride of lions stalking an elephant in Botswana. Learn what went into creating this killer scene. By Sonia Zjawinski from Wired magazine.
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High valuations can sink a chieftain's reign.