The Commissioner of Budi County, Oreste Lopara, said in a press statement that a group of the heavy armed Toposa tribesmen, estimated at one battalion in a military formation, attacked Lauro Payam (24 miles South of Kapoeta) on May 4, and killed 54 people, five men and 49 women and children, wounding 11: three babies, four women and four men and abducted one infant. The Commissioner of Budi County, Oreste Lopara, said in a press statement that a group of the heavy armed Toposa tribesmen,...

When his plan was announced in March, it set off controversy in Washington and stirred anxiety over Houston's role as a global energy capital. Tall and fair, with an accent hinting at his Wisconsin roots, he answered questions -- often cautiously and diplomatically -- about several topics, including the company's Iraq dealings and its hiring plans in 2007. Second in size only to Schlumberger, Halliburton's oil-field-services business performs a variety of tasks for oil and natural gas...

For members of the media we now have another case to study where sensitivity and accuracy in reporting need to blend with the public's right to know what is going on in their own backyard. But, to leave that issue there is to avoid examining the long history of study, court decisions and environmental issues that have set the stage for building that treatment facility just behind a concrete railroad bridge from our town's most visited social venue for dining and entertainment. But, to...

The members of the squad recently finished a photo shoot at a resort in the Dominican Republic in which fans were invited along as part of a pathetic package deal. Is this a football team or a Vegas casino?Of course, none of this would be possible unless legions of young women weren't ready, willing, and able to sign up. Smith puts all of life's heartaches to music, but does so in such a sublimely heroic way that the emo scars he sings about become badges of courage not despair. I have as...

Later, Benedict prayed to the saint for help in restoring the church's eroding influence in Latin America's largest nation, where the number of Catholics has dropped sharply in recent decades while born-again Protestant congregations have added millions of faithful to their ranks. Brazil and the rest of Latin America face dangerously high rates of drug abuse and traffickers must "reflect on the grave harm they are inflicting on countless young people and on adults from every level of...