Highlights
 
Suicide Strike Targets Pakistani Army, Killing 27    Iran Sentences American Journalist to 8 Years    How Obama Excused Torture    No Impunity for Torturers, Groups Urge    'Israelis Prepared for Violations' in Gaza    CIA Director Asked to Preserve Secret Prisons     A Kinder, Gentler Iran Policy?    More Mideast Doors Closing Than Opening    Gaza Changed Everything, But Its People Still Suffer    Conyers, Sanchez, Paul: Obama Torture Decision Wrong    Quick US Apologies Seen as New Tactic in Afghanistan    At Least Five Killed in Mortar Attacks on Baghdad Shi'ite Districts    US: Two-State Solution Is Only Solution    CIA Memos Could Bring More Disclosures    US Threatens to Invade Eritrea    Ex-CIA Chiefs Slowed 'Torture Memos' Release    Scenario for 2009 Israeli Strike on Iran    Year-Old Liberal Israeli Lobby Has Quickly Made Its Mark    Is Iran's New Drone Really an Israeli Aircraft?    British Intelligence Prosecution Fear Over US Torture Memos    Tortured Posturing on Harsh Interrogation Techniques    Israel Stands Ready to Bomb Iran    Russia Declares 'Mission Accomplished' in Chechnya    Aid With Strings Useless, Gilani Tells US    Spain: No Torture Probe of US Officials    Expedience and the Torture Amnesty    Navies Ask: What Do You Do With a Captured Pirate?    Shadowy Group Threatens to Kill Gays in Iraq    Regime Change: Promise and Peril    Iraq Says Attacks Will Not Derail US Withdrawal    Report Shows Torture Is Widespread in Iraq    Radical Pakistani Cleric, Out on Bail, Calls for Revolution    Sri Lanka Rebels Again Urge Truce Against Onslaught    Obama's Nuclear Challenge    US Experts: Pakistan on Course to Become Islamist State    The West's Hysterical Reaction to North Korea    The Significance of Obama's Decision to Release the Torture Memos    Iraqi Officials Contradict Each Other on Suicide Bombing    
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News
Updated April 18, 2009 - 11:27 PM EDT
US Threatens to Invade Eritrea
 
  Eritrea: A Country Dominated by Its Past
Israel Stands Ready to Bomb Iran
 
  A Kinder, Gentler Iran Policy?
  Iran Sentences American Journalist to 8 Years
No Immunity for Torturers, Groups Urge
 
  Interrogation Memos Bring Fresh Outrage
  Spain: No Torture Probe of US Officials
  British Intelligence Prosecution Fear Over US Torture Memos
Report Shows Torture Is Widespread in Iraq
 
  At Least 5 Killed in Mortar Attacks on Baghdad Shi’ite Districts
  Shadowy Group Threatens to Kill Gays in Iraq
  Iraq Says Attacks Will Not Derail US Withdrawal
Obama Envoy: Two-States Is the Only Solution
 
  More Mideast Doors Closing Than Opening
  Year-Old Liberal Israeli Lobby Has Quickly Made Its Mark
Suicide Bomber Kills 27 at Pakistani Checkpoint
Quick US Apologies Seen as New Tactic in Afghanistan
Viewpoints
The Significance of Obama's Decision to Release the Torture Memos  by Glenn Greenwald
Scenario for 2009 Israeli Strike on Iran  by Gordon Prather
The West's Hysterical Reaction to North Korea  by Scott Ritter
Expedience and the Torture Amnesty  by David Bromwich
Regime Change: Promise and Peril
by Stephen Kinzer
Obama's Nuclear Challenge
by Jonathan Schell

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Frontline
Human Rights Watch: Eritrea Becoming 'a Giant Prison'
Veterans a Focus of FBI Extremist Probe
2 Wounded GIs Die Mysteriously at Brooke Army Medical Center
CIA Director Asked to Preserve Secret Prisons
Conyers, Sanchez, Paul: Obama Torture Decision Wrong
Obama Urges 'Equal' Ties in Hemisphere
Navies Ask: What Do You Do With a Captured Pirate?
Clinton Scores Points by Admitting Past US Errors
 
Iraq
Iraqi Sunnis Turn to Politics and Renew Strength
Iraqi Officials Contradict Each Other on Suicide Bombing Toll
Kurds, Arabs Maneuver Ahead of UN Report on Northern Iraq
Iraq MPs to Try Again to Elect New Speaker
Iraqis Schooled Through War Celebrate Graduation
Friday: 1 US Marine, 8 Iraqis Killed; 19 Iraqis Wounded
Torturing Justice
CIA Memos Could Bring More Disclosures
Divisions Arose on Rough Tactics for Qaeda Figure
Alleged al-Qaeda Member: CIA Used Me to Test Brutal Torture Techniques
Ex-CIA Chiefs Slowed 'Torture Memos' Release
Former CIA Director Decries Memo Release
Amnesty International Says Obama Is 'Condoning Torture'
UC Professor's Memo OKd Harsh CIA Methods
'War on Terror'
British Spy Agency Searches for 'Q'
Canadian Accused of Trying to Export Nuke Parts
The War at Home
Dyncorp Facing State Dept Probe
US Court: Ex-Israeli Cabinet Member Cannot Be Sued
US Military
Lightweight Armor Is Slow to Reach Troops
Army Shifts Another Unit From Iraq to Afghanistan
Govt Union Battles West Point Over Privatization of 300 Jobs
Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care
Pentagon to Review GD's Amphibious Tank Program
Iran
Iran to Respond Soon to Powers' Talks Offer
Is Iran's New Drone Really an Israeli Aircraft?
Gates Cool to Iran Proposal to Train Afghan Police
Ahmadinejad: We Favor Talks With West
Palestine/Israel
'Israelis Prepared for Violations' in Gaza
Gaza Changed Everything, But Its People Still Suffer
Settler Council: Peace Talks With Palestinians Perpetuate Terror
Palestinians Ask Obama Envoy to Pressure Israel
Activists Paint Graffiti Letter on West Bank Wall
US: Arab Peace Plan as Part of Palestinian State Push
A Campus Divided by Hamas and Fatah
Knife-Wielding Palestinian Killed in West Bank Settlement: Israelis
UN Racism Conference
UN Anti-Racism Conference Could Spark High Tension
Diplomats Reach Agreement on Text for UN Racism Conference: Won't Mention Israel
Zimbabwe
Reports: Tsvangirai Death Crash May Have Been Planned
US Lifts Travel Warning for Zimbabwe
Mugabe Makes New Push to End Zimbabwe Sanctions
Somalia
South Korean Navy Repels Somali Pirate Attack: Military
Somali Islamic Courts Say al-Shabab Is Behind Assassinations
 
Afghanistan
Norwegian Soldier Among 10 Killed in Afghan Violence
Three Killed in Attack Targeting Afghan Minister
Dozens Feared Killed in Afghanistan Quake
Pakistan
Aid With Strings Useless, Gilani Tells US
Radical Pakistani Cleric, Out on Bail, Calls for Revolution
US Experts: Pakistan on Course to Become Islamist State
US: Pakistan Must Show 'Greater Willingness' Against Terror
Donors Pledge Over $5 Billion for Wobbly Pakistan
Holbrooke Says More Aid Needed for Struggling Pakistan
Opposition Figure Calls for Mid-Term Polls in Balochistan
Pakistani Political Leaders Cower From 'Shoe-Cide' Attacks
India
Mumbai Attacks Suspect Alleges Torture, Retracts Confession
Pakistani Army Officer Trained Mumbai Terrorists, Prosecution Says
Pak 'Terror Culture' Cited in Mumbai Attacks Trial

Indian Nuclear Firms Told to Keep Options Open
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Rebels Again Urge Truce Against Onslaught
Tamil Rebels Say UN Tacitly Backing Sri Lanka Govt
UN in Effort to Broker Safe Passage for Children in Sri Lanka War Zone
UK Court Convicts Tamil in New Blow for Rebels
India Asks Sri Lanka to Extend Truce, Save Tamils
North Korea
Regional Powers Aim to Rein in North Korea
US Nuclear Experts in North Korea Head to China
American Journalists Could Be Bargaining Chips for North Korea
Thailand
Thailand Extends State of Emergency
Thailand's Yellow-Shirt Leader Survives Assassination Attempt
Asia
Philippine Police Rescue Red Cross Worker
Japan FM Nakasone Seeks China Nuke Cuts
Turkey
Turkey Arrests 8 in an Investigation Into a Military Coup Plot
Russia/Chechnya/Georgia
Russia Declares 'Mission Accomplished' in Chechnya
Russia Gambles Control by Ending Chechen Curbs
Russian President Slams NATO Exercises in Georgia
Europe
Serbian President Visits Kosovo
Shunned Belarus Handed Summit Invitation From EU
Cuba
US, Cuba Advance Thaw in Relations
Obama Calls for Thaw in US Relations With Cuba
Cuba Ready to Put 'Everything' on Table in US Talks
Mexico
Mexican Press: Obama Made Good Impression, but Few Promises
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
4/17/2009
These United States: Too Big to Fail?

Ivan Eland
4/18/2009
Tortured Posturing on Harsh Interrogation Techniques

Charles V. Peņa
4/15/2009
More Einsteinian North Korea Policy

Philip Giraldi
4/14/2009
Truth and Reconciliation

Alan Bock
4/13/2009
Empire Nearing Its End?

Edouard Husson
4/10/2009
Dollar Hegemony and the Economics of Unilateralism

Nebojsa Malic
4/09/2009
Wrong Again

David R. Henderson
3/31/2009
To Reduce Violence,
End the Drug War

Ran HaCohen
2/18/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'

Praful Bidwai
1/19/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan
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