VP Cheney on Torture: Ends Justifies the Means

With less than 2 weeks to go before the elections, you would think the administration would stear clear of any controversial comments. Not so Vice President Cheney:

A new row over torture is raging in Washington, after Vice President Dick Cheney said it would be an easy decision to dunk terror suspects in water if doing so would save lives.

The White House denied Cheney had endorsed the controversial interrogation technique of simulated drowning, or "water boarding," after rights groups complained his remarks were tantamount to backing torture.

Is North Korea going to explode another bomb?:

South Korea's military is observing movements at a site in North Korea where the communist country is believed to have conducted its first nuclear test, indicating possible preparations for another test, Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.