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February 18th, 2009

Obama, Gates at Odds Over New Whistleblower Protections Researcher's Death Intensifies Scrutiny of Cultural Program in Afghanistan

February 17th, 2009

Justice Dept. to Critique Interrogation Methods Backed by Bush Team Al-Qaeda Claims Abductions of Westerners in West Africa
Algeria Violence Leaves 8 Dead Taliban Commander's Death Ends an Embarrassment for Afghanistan
Longtime Zimbabwe Opposition Figure Faces Charges Syria Says Expects Obama to Send Ambassador Soon
Pakistani Militants Talk Peace Amid Criticism NATO Cautions Pakistan Over Truce With Taliban
Sri Lankan War Nears End, but Peace Remains Distant Largest Deployment of Wisconsin Guard Since WWII Leaves for Iraq
Khmer Rouge Genocide Trial Opens in Cambodia South: North Korea Faces Sanctions if Missile Tested
Israel's Peres to Meet Parties Before Naming Premier NATO Cautions Pakistan Over Talks With the Taliban
Azerbaijan Displaced Await End of Conflict Iraqi Oil Minister: New Opec Cutbacks Possible
Old Europe Reaches Out to New Iraq Gulf Arabs Fear Us-Iran Diplomacy at Their Expense
Sudan Criticizes US on Darfur IAEA: Iran Cooperation Poor, but Slows Nuclear Growth
No Pardon for Libby Irked Cheney, Aides Say Obama's War on Terror May Resemble Bush's in Some Areas
UN: Congo Refugees in South Sudan Swell to 15,000 Egypt to Send More Than 1,325 Peacekeepers to Congo
Obama: Diplomacy Key Part of Afghanistan Strategy Rules Say New Reactors Must Withstand Plane Strike
Killings Don't Deter Trek of Iraqi Shiites Army Rethinking Plan to Cut US Troops in Europe
Kyrgyz Parliament to Vote Early on US Air Base Judge Refuses to Toss Charges in Blackwater Case
Iraqi Women Get Posts, but Want Power and Respect Tigers Unleash Fury on Fleeing 'Shields'
Provincial Govt Claims Evidence of Indian Involvement in Swat Valley Strife Pakistan Urges Bangladesh to Forgive War Crimes
Christian Civilian Shot Dead by Gunmen in Mosul Iraqi FM Lauds German Stance Toward Iraq
Peres to Consult Parties on Prime Minister Pick Sri Lankan War Nears End, but Peace Remains Distant
Equatorial Guinea Hit by 'Dogs of War' Attack Al-Qaeda Figure Surrenders to Saudi Authorities
Ahmadinejad: Iran Waiting for Changes in US Policy Boeing Says Israel Eyes New US Bomb Kit
Israeli Aircraft Strike Two Gaza Strip Targets Final Iraqi Elections Results Due on Thursday
Hamas, Arab League Chiefs Condemn Israel for Impeding Truce Baghdad Shootings: Court Martial of US Soldier Begins
Iran Won't Suspend Nuclear Work to Improve Ties With US Afghan Civilian Casualties Increase by 40 Percent in 2008
Israeli Bombs Inflict More Pain on Gaza Hospital Troops Seize Afghan Opium
Boom Time in Baghdad: Return of Refugees Puts Heat Under Property Prices Confessions of a Guantanamo Guard
British Terror Cell 'Planned to Blow Up Seven Transatlantic Airliners' Secrecy and Denial as Pakistan Lets CIA Use Airbase to Strike Militants
Judge Refuses to Toss Charges in Blackwater Case Turkey Could Furnish a Safe Way Home as US Departs Iraq
Mini-Surge to Test Out US Strategy in Afghanistan Saudi Monarch Credited With 'Radical, Fundamental Changes'
Sudan, Main Darfur Rebel Group Ink Deal in Doha Russia Unlikely to Sell S-300s to Iran
Israel Accuses Hamas of 'Stealing' Unexploded Bombs Dropped on Gaza Assad to US: Don't Bet on New Israeli Govt
Shas Chief: Israel Must Free Jews Jailed for Nationalistic Crimes Assad: Gaza Offensive Won't Derail Our Peace Talks With Israel
US Ex-Envoy to Israel: Netanyahu-Lieberman Gov't Is 'Bad Combination' for US Pakistan Car Bomb Kills Five
A Year After China Quashed Revolt, Tibetans Simmer With Resentment Volatile Anbar Province a Test of Iraq's Future
Civilian Casualties Hit New Highs in Afghanistan Obama OKs More Afghan Troops
Israel Allows Sale of Golan-Grown Apples to Syria Iran Minister Seeks Defensive Missiles on Russia Trip
US Professors Warn Against Coalition With Lieberman Arabs Likely to Quit Labor if Barak Remains Leader
Labor No. 2: Neither Netanyahu nor Livni Could Forge Coalition Is Israel Assassinating Iranian Nuclear Scientists?
Kurdish Lawmaker Denies Describing Maliki as 'New Saddam' Chechen Rebel Returns and Denounces Insurgency
Tamil MPs Say Sri Lanka Ignoring Civilian Safety Clinton Backs Japan's Stance on North Korea
'Cheney Was Over the Top' About Pardoning Libby Iraqi Election Violations Reported in Every Province
Clinton, in Tokyo, Warns North Korea on Missile Launch Judges: Torture, Abuses Undermine Values in US, UK
Clinton Vows to Reach Out to Islamic World Tuesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 24 Wounded
German Foreign Minister in Baghdad to Boost Ties

February 16th, 2009

US Report: Bottom-Up Approach Needed in Afghanistan British Soldier Killed in Combat in Afghanistan
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