Israel’s Housing Ministry has funneled nearly $6.5 million to illegal settlement construction in the West Bank in the past three years, more than half of it to outposts Israel pledged to remove, the state comptroller said Wednesday.

Four years into an embattled Bush administration, Colin Powell is hard at work at something he’s never had to worry about before: salvaging his legacy.

George W Bush is to appear on Arab TV channels on Wednesday in an attempt to regain trust after US forces were caught in an abuse scandal.

Yay, more California fires!