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India’s top security official offered his resignation, as the government struggled under growing accusations of security failures following the Mumbai attacks that left at least 174 people dead.

This seaside city of 18 million has bounced back from wrenching tragedy before, but after the most brazen terrorist attack in India’s history, the people of Mumbai are worried.

Mumbai’s timeline of terror begins when two young walk through the main railway station.  Death squads working in pairs attack landmark after landmark  over the next three days.

Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of more than 200,000 donors to his foundation to help clear the way for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become secretary of state.

So far, Obama appears to be going out of his way to reassure military chiefs that he will do nothing rash and will seek their advice, even while making clear that he may not always take it.

Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be his secretary of state on Monday.

President Bush promised to cooperate with Barack Obama on a smooth transition. But that hasn’t stopped his administration from trying  to push through new regulations.

At least 51 anti-government protesters are wounded in several explosions, raising fears of widening confrontations in a standoff that has strangled Thailand’s economy.

The vacation is over for tens of thousands of tourists in Thailand. But they can’t go home.

Last year, oaks in metropolitan Washington produced a bumper crop of acorns, and squirrels and other urban wildlife produced an abundance of young. This year, experts said, many will starve.