Thousands Rally Against Georgia’s Once Popular President

Last year, Mr. Saakashvili and Parliament amended the Constitution to extend the Parliament’s term to next fall — officially, to align Parliament with the presidential election cycle — an act that the opposition said will make the legislature illegitimate when the term it was elected to expires in the spring.

How Iraq’s Elections Set Back Democracy

Saddam Hussein was a Sunni strongman from the north who crushed anyone opposed to him, but reserved some of his most vicious punishments for the Shiite Arabs and Kurds, two groups in Iraq that have long sought a significant measure of power or independence.In... (more...)

Texas Proceeding With Plan to Auction Nature Preserve

As a Comanche moon rose one night last week over the West Texas border town of Terlingua, the Christmas Mountains Association convened over Mexican food in the Longhorn Ranch Motel. “Proceed as if we’re not going out of business,” said Tom Alex,... (more...)

Justice Nominee Gets 2 Key Votes From Democrats

Mr. Schumer said Mr. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, had “pledged to enforce such a law and repeated his willingness to leave office rather than participate in a violation of the law.” Initially welcomed by Democrats and Republicans... (more...)

As Japan Ages, Prisons Adapt to Going Gray

Grasping some pink checkered fabric, No. 303 unhurriedly started making a pair of knit slippers. Some seats away, No. 335 gently threaded gray envelopes with white string. Up front, No. 229 was gluing together corrugated cardboard pads, and his stack... (more...)

Igor Moiseyev, 101, Choreographer, Dies

Grasping some pink checkered fabric, No. 303 unhurriedly started making a pair of knit slippers. Some seats away, No. 335 gently threaded gray envelopes with white string. Up front, No. 229 was gluing together corrugated cardboard pads, and his stack... (more...)