Just scuttle forward and go for it.

If Assad decides to scuttle the presidential election in order to strengthen Syria s hold in Beirut, then the party will go along. But a political vacuum in Lebanon only makes violence more likely, which Hezbollah doesn t want.

Biologist Robert Full shares slo mo video of some captivating critters. Take a closer look at the spiny legs that allow cockroaches to scuttle across mesh and the nanobristle packed feet that let geckos to run straight up walls.

The Americans are happy that India s pesky left, reduced to a paltry 24 seats, has been all but eliminated from national government. India s Communists had tried to topple the Congress led government last year in an attempt to scuttle the nuclear deal brokered by the United States, and had vowed to upend it.

Colombia s blemished human rights record is affecting its government s international standing and providing ammunition for those who wish to sabotage the FTA. For example, protectionist Democrats in the US Congress have been able to insulate themselves from charges of opposing free trade if they scuttle Colombia s FTA, because they will most likely ratify the deals for Panama and Peru.