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The .S. secretary of state and defense secretary met with Russian ministers Friday to assure them that Russia's security is not threatened by the U.S. plan to expand its missile defense system to Europe by installing missiles in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic.

Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have been sparring all week about who's tougher on taxes and spending. Independent observers say both men are pretty tough, even if their records are not quite as pure as their campaign boasts would suggest.

Simmering conflicts about immigration, integration and Islam in Europe have flared into a debate about whether a big, new mosque should be built in Cologne, Germany. But another large, new mosque an hour's drive away faces little opposition.

The San Diego city council has voted in closed session to file suit against developer Doug Manchester. The suit seeks reimbursement for the costs of lawsuits filed against the Navy Broadway Complex on

When the House Foreign Relations Committee approved a measure that would officially declare the deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in the early 19th century genocide, it revived a political debate.

A House committee has voted to condemn the killing of more than 1 million Armenians in Turkey in World War I, explicitly calling the event "genocide." The Turkish government opposes the resolution — as does the Bush administration, which warns that relations with a key ally could be damaged.

A House committee votes to condemn the killing of 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey in World War I as an act of genocide. But the government of Turkey opposes the resolution — as does the Bush administration, which warns that relations with a key ally could be damaged.

The opposition movement in Iran includes students, women, exiles, and others. Ray Takeyh of the Council on Foreign Relations describes the Iranian government's "quarantine" strategy for curtailing opposition in the country rather than a sledgehammer strategy.

Lin is no stranger to San Diego. He attended UCSD and had his independent feature debut,

Israel reportedly briefed the Bush administration on the target inside Syria — which Israel hit with an air strike in September — that it believed was part of a budding nuclear program aided by North Korea. The New York Times reports that the matter split the White House.