The New York Times

The U.S. government had been secretly sheltering Nazi war criminals for several years and has clashed with other nations over their fate, a 600-page report, which the Department of Justice has tried to keep hidden from the public, reveals.

Wikileaks, the website that was responsible for leaking thousands of documents related to U.S. diplomacy, should be classified as a terrorist organization, according to U.S. Representative Peter King, CNet News reported.

The Pentagon on Sunday condemned the latest publication of hundreds of thousands of sensitive classified documents by WikiLeaks and unveiled various measures to stop future disclosures of secret files.

The much-awaited release of 2.8 million documents by whistleblower website Wikileaks contains 251,287 cables and 8,000 diplomatic directives which are classifed secret and not 'top Secret' says a leak that briefly appeared on German newspaper website Der Spiegel, according to WLcentral.org which is tracking the Wikileaks news.

Wikileaks is all set to release the promised documents which are classified as Secret, if not 'Top Secret', said an early leak by German newspaper Der Spiegel, that was withdrawn later.

The U.S. Department of State is working overtime sending messages to ally capitals warning the impending release of classified documents by WikiLeaks could harm relations in what is seen as a pre-emptive move of unprecedented scale to neutralize the impact of the unveiling of embarrassing and compromising details about the inner workings of the government apparatus.

Germany's argument for a policy to make private investors pick up part of the bill for any future bailouts won support from France as more European countries seem to require financial aid.

The United States is considering abandoning the 8-year-old color coded terror alert system amid criticism from U.S. lawmakers and public protests, according to media reports.

Web pioneer Google, which effectively weaned people off newspapers and everything that was 'old guard', has surprisingly come back to the print medium. The tech giant has been publishing newspaper advertisements on Google Chrome as well as its newly launched Web guidebook.

The nation that once gloated over its ability to feed the entire world is seeing an explosion of poverty: The number of people surviving on food stamps is rising as biting unemployment refuses to abate, personal incomes have been falling while the debt bubble is inflating with each passing day and, in a more startling representation of the grim reality, tent cities are mushrooming as more and more people are pushed out of their ‘underwater’ homes.

Amid fresh reports of nuclear activity in North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, will meet South Korean authorities on Monday. Both sides are to discuss on resuming the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the North.

Sarah Palin, who announced her intent to run for the Presidential bid on Wednesday, seems to be reaching out to the American public in a rather tidy way. Her latest stint on reality TV, coupled with an unfaltering media management, could come along in her pursuit to the White House.

The Obama administration is to present a transition plan for Afghanistan at the upcoming NATO summit in Lisbon. A gradual reduction of troops is to begin in July next year and all combat operations will end in 2014 as scheduled. The plan is also expected to suggest stepping up the efforts to build up the Afghan security forces.