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Highlights
 
Reports Say Obama Will Call for 'Demilitarized' Palestine    White House Agrees With Congress on Pulling Gitmo Closure Funds    NATO Airstrike Kills at Least Eight Afghan Civilians    US, Russia Begin Major Nuclear Disarmament Talks    Democrats Defending Pelosi in Torture Row    Survey: Obama Has Real Chance to Change Arab Opinion    Pelosi-CIA Contretemps May Spark Wider Probe    Iran, US Trade Accusations and Denials Over Iraq    Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal Remains a Major Question    American Death Squad    Israeli Official Predicts Nation Will 'Take on Iran Alone'    Trial of CIA, Italian Agents Provides Rare Look at Intelligence Work    US Military: Heavily Armed and Medicated    Spare US Media Coverage of Obama-Netanyahu Talks    US 'Not Ceding the Pacific to Anyone,' Clinton Says    US Offers Pakistan Aid, Swat Fighting Goes On    Indian Army Tests Nuclear-Capable Agni Missile    The (Unsurprising) Psychic Toll of the War in Iraq    Photos Show Pakistan Expanding Nuclear Sites: Institute    In Somalia, Another Government Teetering?    Apocalypse Not    Pakistan Can Clear Taliban Territory, but Can It Hold It?    Scientists: Iran Could Make Nuke in 1-3 Years    Clinton Tells Netanyahu: Israel Must Cease Settlement Activity    Dick Cheney Is Becoming Obama's Enabler    Unexceptional Americans    What's Netanyahu Really Afraid Of?    Pentagon Reports No Longer Quote Bible    Pentagon: No Plans to End Don't Ask-Don't Tell    Judge Drops Suit Over Iraq War's Constitutionality    Iraqi Government Seeks to Reassure Sunni Fighters    Panetta: Location of All Pakistan Nukes Not Known    Obama Steers Toward Endless War With Islam    US, Russian Scientists Say Missile Shield Wouldn't Protect Europe From Iran    Biden Does the Balkans    Destroying Pakistan to Make It Safe    
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News
Updated May 20, 2009 - 5:55 PM EDT
Obama to Call for Demilitarized PA State
Car Bomb Blast Kills 41 in NW Baghdad
NATO Airstrike Kills at Least 8 Afghan Civilians
 
  Are Afghan Taliban's Arms Coming From US?
  Karzai Says No Plan to Put Ex-Envoy in Charge
Obama, Dems Agree to Pull Gitmo Closure Funds
 
  Pelosi-CIA Contretemps May Spark Wider Probe
  Democrats Defending Pelosi in Torture Row
  Pentagon Insists It's on Track for Closing Gitmo
US Military: Heavily Armed and Medicated
 
  Clinton: US 'Not Ceding the Pacific to Anyone'
US, Russia Begin High-Stakes Nuclear Talks
 
  US, Russian Scientists Say Missiles Wouldn't Protect Europe From Iran
Pakistan’s Nuke Arsenal Remains a Hot Question
 
  Panetta: Location of All Pakistan Nukes Not Known
  Pakistan Army Wrests Town From Taliban, Killing 80
  US Offers Pakistan Refugee Aid, Swat Fighting Goes On
Iran, US Trade Charges and Denials Over Iraq
 
  Israeli Official Predicts Nation Will 'Take on Iran Alone'
  Scientists: Iran Could Make Nuke in 1-3 Years
Survey: Obama Has Real Chance to Change Arab Opinion
Viewpoints
Obama Steers Toward Endless War With Islam  by Michael Scheuer
What's Netanyahu Really Afraid Of?  by Muhammad Sahimi
The (Unsurprising) Psychic Toll of the War in Iraq  by Greg Mitchell
Cheney Is Becoming Obama's Enabler  by Gene Healy
Unexceptional Americans
by Noam Chomsky and Tom Engelhardt
Destroying Pakistan to Make It Safe
by Eric Margolis

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Frontline
Spare US Media Coverage of Obama-Netanyahu Talks
Pentagon Reports Will No Longer Quote Bible
Trial of CIA, Italian Agents Provides Rare Look at Intelligence Work
Judge Drops Suit Over Iraq War's Constitutionality
Grisly Video May Slow US-UAE Nuclear Pact
US Denies Training Iraqi Kurds to Fight Iran
Pentagon Says Iranian Arms Still Coming to Iraq
 
Sri Lanka Army Chief Says
Rebel Chief's Body Found
Iraq
Iraqi Government Seeks to Reassure Sunni Fighters
Iraq to Prosecute Sunni Militiamen Only for Murder
Corruption Probe Appalls – and Encourages – Iraqis
Iraqis Don't Jog or Spin, but Fitness Clubs Are In
Roadside Bomb Kills Two Iraqi Civilians
Tuesday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 12 Wounded
Pelosi and the CIA
Obama Backs Pelosi as Republicans Step Up Pressure in CIA Flap
Blistering Letter Accuses CIA of Error in Timeline
US Military
Pentagon: No Plans to End Don't Ask-Don't Tell
House and Senate Reach Deal on Pentagon Weapons
Robot Warriors Will Get Ethics Guide
'War on Terror'
Prospect of Gitmo Prisoners in US Stokes Fears
MI5 'Overstretched' Before 2005 Bombings
MI5 and Police Came Across July 7 Ringleader Six Times but Never Identified Him as a Threat
Elite West Point Program Preps FDNY for Terrorism
Georgia Tech Terrorism Suspect Waives Jury Trial
Iran
Ahmadinejad Accused of Trying to Buy Votes in Iran
Iran's Ex-Assembly Speaker Vows 'Moderate' Reforms
Study Urges US to Tone Down Tehran Conflict
Bibi-Barack Meeting
Palestinians Demand Obama Action Follow Words
Israeli Settlers Reject Obama Call to Halt Building
Netanyahu Visits Congress and Discusses Iran Nukes
Clinton Tells Netanyahu: Israel Must Cease Settlement Activity
Obama's Stance on Two-State Solution Heartens EU
Israel/Palestine
Abbas Swears in New Hamas-Free Government
Palestinians Reappoint Prime Minister Who Had Quit
Palestinian PM: No Peace Talks Until Israel Honors Prior Accords
Israel Watchdog Slams New East Jerusalem Eviction Orders
Israeli Warplanes Bomb Hamas Target, Gaza Tunnels
Netanyahu: Israel Ready for Immediate Peace Talks
Shin Bet: No Chance for Peace Process
Cut Off From Their Own Land by Israel's Wall
Settlers Attack Palestinian Farmers, Blame European Anti-Semites
Arab Ministers Walk Out on Israeli Speech at WHO Conference
Saudi Arabia
Saudis' Local Elections Delayed for Two Years
Nuclear Weapons
Big Names and Bucks Back Nuclear 'Bank'
UN Chief: Time to Break Stalemate on Cutting Nukes
 
Sri Lanka
Tamil Tigers Deny Prabhakaran Death
Tamil Tiger Leaders Were Shot 'While Trying to Surrender'
TV Corpse Sparks Conspiracy Theories About Tigers' Leader
Sri Lanka President Says Country Free From Terror
War's End in Sri Lanka: Bloody Family Triumph
Sri Lankan President Reaches Out to Tamils
Pakistan
Pakistan Can Clear Taliban Territory, but Can It Hold It?
Pakistan Refugees Blocked From Homes by Fighting
Pakistan Races to Deal With 1.5 Million Refugees
Photos Show Pakistan Expanding Nuclear Sites: Institute
Urban Battle Looms for Pakistani Forces in Swat
Pakistani Army Commander Briefs NATO Commanders
Taliban Khyber Chief Killed Months Ago
Petraeus: Swat Operation Is a Very Significant Effort
Peshawar's Personal Taliban Struggle
Report: Taliban Forcibly Recruit People Against Military
16 'Miscreants' Killed in Swat Operation
Afghanistan
Afghan President Meets Survivors of US Strikes
US Watchdog Faults Afghan Troop Training Oversight
US Ambassador Vows to Limit Afghan Civilian Deaths
US Military: Afghan Contractors Violated Gun Policy
Afghan Police Train for Treacherous Frontlines
Taliban Execute Two Pakistani Soldiers in Mohmand
India
Indian Army Tests Nuclear-Capable Agni Missile
India: Congress Party Picks PM Singh to Lead Again
Asia
Myanmar Presses Case Against Pro-Democracy Leader
China Defends Tiananmen Crackdown, Ignores Memoir
Somalia
Witnesses: Ethiopian Forces in Somalia
Ethiopia Denies Its Troops Entered Somalia
Somali Official Warns Pirates May Become Warlords
In Somalia, Another Government Teetering?
Sudan/Chad
Chad Readies Forces to Strike Rebels in Sudan
Sudan Journalists Protest Over New Media Law
Africa
Nigeria Vow Further Offensive Against Rebels
UN Asks Congo to Arrest Army Officers
Americas
Ecuadoran Town a Hub for Drug-Running Rebels, Colombia Says
Charter Companies Flying to Cuba Thrive
Europe
UN Wants Russia's Troops, Arms Out of Georgia Ceasefire Zone
Russian Commission to Guard Against False History
French Pen New Military Theory
VP Biden Slams Bosnian Leaders Over Tensions
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/20/2009
American Death Squad

Nebojsa Malic
5/20/2009
Biden Does the Balkans

Philip Giraldi
5/19/2009
Picking on AIPAC?

Alan Bock
5/18/2009
Torture: The Plot Sickens

Ivan Eland
5/16/2009
Don't Admit Ukraine Into NATO

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

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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