Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Coalition Routs Taliban in Southern Afghanistan
By CARLOTTA GALL
A buildup of American and Afghan forces, along with use of a highly accurate mobile rocket, seem to have forced many insurgents to flee strongholds in Kandahar Province.

Battle Lines Forming in Clash Over Foreclosures
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and ANDREW MARTIN
Courts are expected to be flooded with cases as homeowners fight lenders trying to foreclose without proper mortgage records.

Efforts to Prosecute Blackwater Are Collapsing
By JAMES RISEN
Nearly four years after the investigations into the Blackwater Worldwide personnel accused of murder in Iraq and Afghanistan began, the cases are falling apart.