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Highlights
 
Afghan Election Marred by Low Turnout, Violence, Reports of Fraud    Lockerbie Figure: 'A Convenient Scapegoat?'    US Air Strike Kills Four Police in Afghanistan    Poll: Most Americans' Say Afghan War Not Worth Fighting    Judge: US Was Wrong to Freeze Ohio Charity's Assets    Former Syrian Military Official Arrested in Plot to Sell Arms to Colombian Rebels    Netanyahu's Defiance of US Resonates at Home    Momentum Slows for Israel's Barrier    Yemeni President Vows to Crush Sedition at Any Cost    Afghan Media to Defy Election Censorship Orders    CIA Sought Blackwater's Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists    Baghdad's Deadliest Day in 18 Months    Cover-up: A Film's Travesty of Omissions     British Town Becomes the Epicenter of Mourning for the Nation's War Dead    Expansion of US Embassy Reflects Focus on Pakistan    US Offered Assurances About Iranian Exiles Days Before Iraqi Raid    In Afghanistan, a Gang Takes Over a Kabul Bank and a Bomber Strikes a Military Convoy    Embattled Hamas Shows its Moderate Face    Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme    Israeli Deputy PM Slams Peace Groups as Grave Danger    GOP Senators: Torture Investigation Threatens 'Security of All Americans'    White House Denies Commitment to Mideast Peace Plan    The Irresistible Illusion    Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs    US Defends Deal to Use Colombian Bases    What if They Gave a War and Nobody Knew Why?    Afghanistan and the New Great Game    Ballots and Bullets for Afghanistan    Richardson: Talks With North Koreans a 'Hopeful Sign'    How Many Enemies, How Much Military Spending?    Vanishing Liberties    Pakistan PM Effectively Rules Out Treason Charges Against Musharraf    6 US Troops Die in Afghanistan Ahead of Election    Canada Flies NATO Flag in Arctic Showdown    How the Taliban Are Taking Control of Kunduz    Glitch Forces South Korea to Abort Rocket Launch    
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News
Updated August 20, 2009 - 8:34 PM EDT
Low Turnout, Violence, Fraud Mar Afghan Vote
 
  Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud
  Poll: Most Americans' Say Afghan War Not Worth Fighting
  British Chinook Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan by Militants
  US Airstrike Kills Four Afghan Police
  Afghan Media to Defy Election Censorship Orders
  6 US Troops Die in Afghanistan Ahead of Election
Baghdad's Deadliest Day in 18 Months
 
  Iraq Holds 11 Senior Baghdad Security Officers After Bombings
  Iraq Carnage Shows Sectarian War Is Alive
  US Offered Assurances About Iranian Exiles Days Before Iraqi Raid
  Thursday: 40 Iraqis Killed, 223 Wounded
  Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 107 Iraqis Killed; 1,223 Iraqis Wounded
'Lockerbie Bomber' Released From Prison
 
  Lockerbie Figure: 'A Convenient Scapegoat'?
Embattled Hamas Shows its Moderate Face
 
  White House Denies Commitment to Mideast Peace Plan
  Israeli Deputy PM Slams Peace Groups as Grave Danger
Judge: US Wrong to Freeze Ohio Charity's Assets
CIA Sought Blackwater’s Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists
Yemeni President Vows to Crush Sedition at Any Cost
Richardson: Talks With North Koreans a 'Hopeful Sign'
Viewpoints
What if They Gave a War and Nobody Knew Why?  by Ted Rall
Americans: Serfs Ruled by Oligarchs  by Paul Craig Roberts
Bosnia Needs to Sort Itself Out Without Our Help  by Marcus Tanner
Ballots and Bullets for Afghanistan
by Ann Jones
The Irresistible Illusion  by Rory Stewart
Afghanistan and the New Great Game  by John Foster

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Frontline
Pilger on Cover-up: A Film's Travesty of Omissions
US Defends Deal to Use Colombian Bases
Ex-Syrian Military Official Arrested in Plot to Sell Arms to Colombian Rebels
Six Gitmo Detainees to Get New Homes
Judge Tosses Chemical Weapons Incineration Suit
GOP Senators: Torture Probe Threatens 'Security of All Americans'
UK Town Becomes Epicenter of Mourning for War Dead
 
Afghanistan Election
Karzai Says Taliban Will Fail to Wreck Afghan Vote
Afghans Vote for President Amid Fears of Attacks
US Expresses Displeasure at Afghan Media Ban
Afghans Register to Vote in Former Taliban Town
Afghan Royal Eyes Poll Success
High-Tech Balloon to Help Forces Keep Watch on Afghan Polls
Web Tool Oversees Afghan Election
The Four Main Contenders in Afghanistan's Presidential Election
Today in Afghanistan
Gang Takes Over a Kabul Bank and a Bomber Strikes a Military Convoy
How the Taliban Are Taking Control of Kunduz
Herat Fears Post-Election Instability
Army Medics Rehearse Mountain Rescues for Afghanistan
Pakistan
US Envoy Has 'Useful Dialogue' With Anti-American Pakistani Leader
Pakistan PM Effectively Rules Out Treason Charges Against Musharraf
Expansion of US Embassy Reflects Focus on Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban's Deputy Head Takes Over Group
Pakistan Vows Foolproof Security in Balochistan
Sri Lanka
British MPs Urge Review of Sri Lanka Arms Exports
Koreas
Glitch Forces South Korea to Abort Rocket Launch
North Korea to Send Mourners to South
Bill Clinton Surprised by 'Spry' North Korea Leader
The Coming Battle for the Arctic
Canada Flies NATO Flag in Arctic Showdown
Russia Hosts International Meeting on Arctic Security
Lessons on Life and Sovereignty in Canada's North
Russia
Russia Admits Militants Remain Strong in Caucasus
Medvedev Issues Stark Warning on Russian Caucasus
Russian President Blames Violence in Ingushetia on Domestic Problems
Russia: Hijackers Threatened to Blow Up Mystery Ship if Ransom Not Paid
Europe
France Arrests Three ETA Suspects
German Islam Convert Regrets Attack Plan
Latin America
Amnesty: Honduran Coup Govt Persecuting Opponents
Latin Leftists Fear a Honduras Coup Domino Effect
In Other News
Report: Secret Norwegian Letter Blasts UN Leader
Aid Groups Highlight Growing Threats to Staff
 
Iraq
Iraq Forces Admit Lapses After Blasts Kill
No Change in US Drawdown Despite Iraq Bombings: Pentagon
White House Condemns Wave of Iraqi Violence
Iraqi PM Blames Sunni Insurgents for Baghdad Bombs
Mistrust Over Sunni Militias Threatens Iraq Stability
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 107 Iraqis Killed; 1,223 Iraqis Wounded
Iran
Ahmadinejad Submits a Cabinet of Acolytes
Ahmadinejad May Face Battle Over Cabinet
Ahmadinejad to Retain Iranian Foreign Minister, a Move Likely to Reassure Western Diplomats
Assad in Iran, Possible Help French Woman on Trial
Iran's Karroubi Ready to Present Proof on Rape Claims
Israel's Peres: Russia to Reconsider Missile Sale to Iran
Report: Russia Might Sell Iran Attack Aircraft if Asked
Israel/Palestine
Netanyahu's Defiance of US Resonates at Home
Momentum Slows for Israel's Barrier
Netanyahu Slams Vice Premier's Anti-Peace Jibe
Hamas Moves Against al-Qaeda-Inspired Extremists
US Blasts Israeli Restrictions on American Travelers in West Bank
Israel's Housing Projects Have Nearly Stopped
Israeli Soldier Involved in Lynching: Don't Hang Out With Arabs
Swedish Daily Hits Back at Critics of IDF Organ Harvest Story
Middle East
Militant Captured in Lebanon Day After Jail Break
Iran's Khamenei Praises Syria's 'Resistance'
Saudi Arabia Arrests 44 Suspected Militants
Turkey, Jordan Warn Israel on Jerusalem Settlements
Nigeria
Nigerian Troops Still in Restive Oil Community: Army
Nigeria Threatens to Arrest Bank Debtors, Seize Assets
Africa
Govt-Allied Somali Militants Eject Rebels From Second Southern Town
North, South Sudan Agree on Implementing Peace Deal
Mauritania: Al-Qaeda Attacks Work of Foreigners
Zimbabwe Arrests Lawmakers in Tsvangirai's Party
Uganda Army to Displace Villages in Hoima
'War on Terror'
Scotland Appears Poised to Return Pan Am Bomber
India Movie Star Shahrukh Khan Gives His Side of Airport Encounter
Asylum Snafu? US Holds Reporter Who Works for Voice of America
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
8/19/2009
Out Now!

Philip Giraldi
8/20/2009
Vanishing Liberties

Nebojsa Malic
8/19/2009
A Balkans Belgium?

Kelley B. Vlahos
8/18/2009
A Primer for the Neo-Patriots

Charles V. Peņa
8/12/2009
The Ever Present Military Option

Ivan Eland
8/08/2009
Treat North Korea As a Child Psychologist Would

Ran HaCohen
7/20/2009
Fascism Needs an Enemy

David R. Henderson
7/17/2009
NPR: 'Murder' a Controversial Concept

Alan Bock
7/06/2009
Independence, Empire Don't Mesh

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism
Additional Contributors
Ehsan Ahrari
Doug Bandow
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Christopher Deliso
Sibel Edmonds
Tom Engelhardt
Mike Ewens
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
John Pilger
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington


 
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