The French novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet (born 1922) achieved fame for his innovative techniques in writing fiction. Influential in avant-garde Paris intellectual circles, his controversial critical theories regarding the concept of the modern novel were...

Born in Brest, in Brittany, on 18 August 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet, the most influential French writer of his generation, is the son of Gaston Robbe-Grillet, owner of a small manufacturing business (himself the son of a school-teacher) and of Yvonne Canu...

The U.S. is dismantling unneeded nuclear warheads at a faster pace than forecast as it substantially reduces its atomic arsenal under terms of an arms control treaty with Russia, government officials said Sunday.The Bush administration planned to announce Monday that it has taken apart three...

Prime Minister Tony Blair told lawmakers Wednesday that it was essential for Britain to replace its four nuclear-armed submarines to meet possible future threats from rogue regimes and state-sponsored terrorists.Blair was expected to win approval of the replacement program, which he estimates will cost $40...

Gov. Dave Freudenthal said at his inauguration Tuesday for a second term that the state needed to look to the future. Freudenthal said investments in transportation, health care, telecommunications and other infrastructure necessary for economic development that appear expensive today would pay dividends in the...

Resting atop the Trident II missile, the W88 warhead is among the mainstays of the country's submarine-based nuclear arsenal. For years, however, testing the warhead's components to ensure the weapon produces the intended blast instead of a fizzle has been complicated by a lack of...