The strange journey of a centuries-old carpet
Only a few people in the North Carolina auction room paid much attention when bidding started on Lot 57, described sparingly in the catalog as an 18th Century Turkish carpet...
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For buyers, high prices and fears of fakery
Competition among dealers, museum curators and collectors has driven prices for the best Oriental carpets to six and seven figures. "At the very top, supply is very limited, prices are...
Report: Iran panel deceiving inspectors
Senior Iranian officials are overseeing efforts to conceal key elements of the country's nuclear program from international inspectors, according to Western diplomats and an intelligence report. If the cover-up is...
Pakistan releases 2 nuclear scientists
Two retired Pakistani scientists suspected of passing nuclear secrets to Osama bin Laden have been released and declared innocent, a family member said Sunday. Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, a former official...
CIA chief planning next phase of war
CIA Director George Tenet, on a weekend visit here, sought tactical assistance for an assault on a mountain base in eastern Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden is suspected of hiding,...
Officials seek full report on prison uprising
Pakistan's government expressed concern Monday over the deaths of foreign Taliban prisoners in an uprising at a mud-walled fort near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif. President Pervez Musharraf...
3,000 Taliban, Al Qaeda fighters cross into Pakistan
Addressing a subject of growing concern, Pakistani intelligence officials estimated on Sunday that 3,000 or more Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters have slipped over the border into Pakistan's tribal areas...
Turkey to send troops to aid fight
Turkey said Thursday that it would deploy 90 Special Forces troops to Afghanistan, making it the first Muslim nation to join the U.S.-led attacks on the Taliban and Osama bin...
U.S. raises nuclear security worries
American military and intelligence officials have talked with the Pakistani government about concerns over the security of its nuclear weapons stockpile and the country's two nuclear plants, two Pakistani officials...
FBI CALLED IN ON IRAN DEAL PROBE
The FBI on Tuesday entered the investigation into the Reagan administration`s role in the shipment of U.S. weapons to Iran and the diversion of up to $30 million to buy...