Will The Real Al Qaeda No. 3 Please Stand Up?
(CNSNews.com) - The reported killing of a senior al Qaeda operative in Pakistan on Dec. 1 has sparked debate among terrorism experts over the true identity of the target -- and the accuracy of numerical rankings that the Pentagon and White House have attached to other captured or killed terrorists. Some say the rankings represent public relations run amok, while others say they prove that the U.S. continues to rely on faulty Pakistani intelligence...

Bush’s Efforts in Iraq Succeeding, Israeli Analysts Say
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – Democracy is slowly taking hold in Iraq and the insurgency is losing its Sunni support-base in Iraq, analysts here said on Friday. They spoke after some 11 million of Iraq’s 15 million registered voters cast ballots on Thursday for a 275-seat parliament, the largest voter turnout of the three elections held this year...

'Landmark' Embryonic Stem Cell Claims Unraveling
(CNSNews.com) – The world’s biggest “breakthrough” in embryonic stem cell research is in doubt after South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk, having already admitted unethical research practices, reportedly confessed to faking key parts of his data...

Pro-Union Protesters Arrested at Florida Wal-Mart
(CNSNews.com) – A group that wants to unionize Wal-Mart is accusing a Florida Wal-Mart of “racial profiling.” It happened after two protesters were arrested at a store in North Lauderdale for allegedly shoving store managers...

Russia Blasts Iranian Remarks on Holocaust, Israel
Moscow (CNSNews.com) – Russia spoke out Thursday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s remarks denying the Holocaust, which came as an embarrassment for Moscow given its deepening ties with Tehran...

Call to Condemn Communist Crimes Upsets Party Faithful
(CNSNews.com) – A leading European human rights watchdog will next month consider a proposal calling for the crimes of communism to be condemned internationally and investigated more thoroughly. The proposal’s supporters argue that communism has never been internationally repudiated to the same degree as Nazism was after World War II...