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Highlights
 
What Did Nancy Know?    Rights Groups Slam Bid to Suppress Abuse Pics    Israel Expanding 'Beautifully' In Jerusalem    Pope's 'Pilgrimage' Mired in Politics    Civilians Flee South Waziristan Ahead of Planned Offensive    Pakistan Pounds Swat, Over One Million Refugees Registered    Obama Mulls 'Indefinite Detention' Without Trial for Detainees    Panetta's 'Secret Mission' to Stop Israeli Attack on Iran    Democrats Grow Uneasy Over Obama's Hawkish Policies    McCain Backs Obama on Blocking Abuse Photos    Experts Say Obama May Need to Classify Photos    Villagers in Afghanistan Describe Chaos of US Strikes    House Passes War Funds as 60 Congressmembers Dissent    Speaker's Accusations Raise Detainee Debate to New Level    Pakistan's Displacement Camps: a Study in Contrasts    Obama to Revive Terror Tribunals    Senator Says CIA Admitted Making Up Dates of Torture Briefings    Boucher: US Not Planning to Capture Pakistani Nukes    US, Israeli Missile Shields Vie as Allies Eye Iran    A Look at the War Funding Request Passed by House    Terrorism-Linked Charity Finds New Life Amid Pakistan Refugee Crisis    Russia Offers to Revive European Arms-Control Deal    McChrystal's Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight    Clinic Was No Safe Haven for Troops in Iraq    Lieberman Seeks Prison for Arabs Who Observe Nakba    Out of Range    Twenty Years After the Fall    Govt Says Rebels Using Phosphorus Bombs to Halt Sri Lankan Attack    Obama's Latest Effort to Conceal Evidence of Bush Era Crimes    Will They Hate Us for the Secret Photographs?    The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney    60-Year-Old Is Oldest Army Soldier Killed in Iraq    The Writing on the Wall for Obama's 'Af-Pak' Vietnam    Israel Probing Whether Troops Forced Gaza Man to Drink Urine    Saving Israel From Itself    
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News
Updated May 15, 2009 - 11:11 AM EDT
Obama to Revive Terror Tribunals
 
  Obama Mulls Indefinite Detention of Suspects
  Senator Says CIA Admitted Making Up Dates of Torture Briefings
  McCain Backs Obama on Blocking Abuse Photos
  Rights Groups Slam Bid to Suppress Abuse Pics
Dems Grow Uneasy Over Obama's Hawkish Policy
 
  House Passes War Funds as 60 Congressmembers Dissent
  House Demands Plan for Closing Guantánamo
Panetta's Mission to Stop Israel Bombing Iran
 
  US, Israeli Missile Shields Vie as Allies Eye Iran
Pakistan Pounds Taliban Bastions, 834,000 Flee
 
  People Leave South Waziristan Ahead of Planned Offensive
  Boucher: US Not Planning to Capture Pakistani Nukes
Afghan Villagers Describe Chaos of US Strikes
Viewpoints
Obama's Latest Effort to Conceal Evidence of Bush Era Crimes  by Glenn Greenwald
The Writing on the Wall for Obama's 'Af-Pak' Vietnam  by Tony Karon
McChrystal's Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight  by Tom Hayden
Saving Israel From Itself
by John J. Mearsheimer
Out of Range  by Ryan McCarl
The Hidden Hand of Dick Cheney
by Juan Cole

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Frontline
A Look at the War Funding Request Passed by House
Gates: A Single-Minded Focus on Dual Wars
Dick Cheney 'Suggested Waterboarding' Iraqi Prisoner
CIA Denies Cheney Request to Declassify Memos
Pope's 'Pilgrimage' Mired in Politics
Israel Expanding 'Beautifully' In Jerusalem
Experts Say Obama May Need to Classify Photos
UN Watchdog Sees Nuclear States Doubling
 
Speaker's Accusations Raise Detainee Debate to New Level
Iraq
Sadrist Spokesman Escapes Assassination in Baghdad
In Iraq, an Exodus of Christians
Gunmen Abduct Christian Teacher From His School in Kirkuk
60-Year-Old Is Oldest Army Soldier Killed in Iraq
Clinic Was No Safe Haven for Troops in Iraq
US Treasury Targets al-Qaeda in Iraq Operative
Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 8 Iraqis Killed; 14 Iraqis Wounded
The War at Home
US Again Warns Britain on Detainee Memo
Gates Supports Missile Defense Despite Budget Cuts
Report Citing Veteran Extremism Is Pulled
Iranian-American Sentenced in Iran Smuggling Plot
Mullen: US Must Aid Soldiers' Mental Health
Iran
Roxana Saberi Leaves Iran
Iran Presidential Debates to Be Televised
Netanyahu Asks Pope to Condemn Iranian Rhetoric
Palestine/Israel
Israel Probing Whether Troops Forced Gaza Man to Drink Urine
Lieberman Seeks Prison for Arabs Who Observe Nakba
Palestinians Mark Nakba in Israel
Israeli Leader to Meet Obama as US Priorities Shift
Israel Rejects Vatican Request to Grant Christian Arab Couple Citizenship
Pope Faced High Bar to Please Israelis
Half of Israelis Unhappy With Netanyahu: Poll
UN Resolution Would Criticize Israel's Gaza Invasion
MPs Warn Netanyahu Not to Accept Palestinian State
Settlers Condemn Obama, Demand Netanyahu Reject Two-State Settlement
Poll: 58% of Israeli Jews Back Two-State Solution
Middle East
With Murmurs of Change, Oman Sultan Tightens His Grip
Egypt Arrests Muslim Brothers in Dawn Raids
Turkish Lawyers Detained for PKK Links
Jordan Tells Israel to Accept Two-State Solution
Somalia
Not All Somalias Are Created Equal
As Toll Soars, AU Says Mogadishu Is 'Manageable'
US Navy Detains 17 Suspected Pirates
Nigeria
Hostage-Taking Nigeria Militants Threaten New Attacks
Nigerian Rebels Hijack Oil Ship, Hold 15 Sailors
Zimbabwe
Human Rights Lawyer Arrested in Zimbabwe
Europe
Russia Offers to Revive European Arms-Control Deal
OSCE Halts Moscow-Blocked Talks on Georgia Mission
Slovenia Demands Changes in EU Compromise in Croatia Accession Row
 
Pakistan
Pakistani Opposition Warns Against Fallout of Military Operation
Govt Says 65 Militants Killed in Swat Valley Operation
Pakistan's Displacement Camps: A Study in Contrasts
FATA Lawmakers Reject Taliban Ultimatum
Members of Banned Group Help Pakistan War Refugees
Terrorism-Linked Charity Finds New Life Amid Pakistan Refugee Crisis
US Senators Link Pakistan Aid to Focus on Extremists
Minister Claims Troops Seize 'Parts' of Buner
Military Claims Major Accomplishments in Swat Operation
Three Soldiers, Five Militants Killed in North Waziristan
Gilani Wants 'Land and Hearts' Victory in Swat
Afghanistan
Struggle to Re-Supply Afghan Frontline
Afghan Police: 11 Insurgents Killed in South
Inspectors Check Electrical Wiring at Afghan Bases
UK Troops Forced to Use Obsolete Equipment in Afghanistan
British Pilot Injured in Afghan Incident: MoD
Fear of Gas Attacks Keeps Afghan Girls From School
Next Hot Tourist Destination: Afghanistan?
Suicide Bomb in Afghanistan Wounds 4 Police
India
As Indian Election Ends, Scramble for Power Begins
Indian Parties Seek Allies in Tight Election Race
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Pushes on With War
Sri Lanka Rejects Truce Calls as UN Sends Chief of Staff
Govt Says Rebels Using Phosphorus Bombs to Halt Sri Lankan Attack
Doctors Flee Only Hospital in Sri Lanka War Zone
Thousands Cross Lagoon to Flee Sri Lanka Fighting
Trapped Civilians Now Able to Flee, Sri Lanka Says
Sri Lanka, Rebels Praise Obama Call for War to End
China
Revealed: The Inside Story of the Tiananmen Massacre
China Denies Spying Claims Made in US Court Case
Chinese Lawyers Say They Were Beaten, Detained
Myanmar
Myanmar Democracy Advocate Faces Military Trial
Motives of American Who Swam to Suu Kyi a Mystery
Asia
North Korea Says US Reporters Will Stand Trial June 4
Russia to Build 12 Fighter Jets for Vietnam
Americas
Despite Embargo, Cuba Imports Daiquiris From US
Mexico's Calderon Says Army in Cities Not Permanent
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/15/2009
What Did Nancy Know?

Edouard Husson
5/15/2009
Twenty Years After the Fall

Kelley B. Vlahos
5/14/2009
The Private Contracting Surge Into Afghanistan

Charles V. Peña
5/13/2009
Pentagon Gluttons

Philip Giraldi
5/12/2009
Saigon Again?

Alan Bock
5/11/2009
Magical Thinking in South Asia

Ivan Eland
5/09/2009
How the US Empire Contributed to the Economic Crisis

Nebojsa Malic
5/06/2009
Matter of Opinion

David R. Henderson
4/28/2009
The Case for Prosecuting Bush

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

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