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February 26th, 2009

Many Muslims Reject Terror Tactics, Back Some Goals What About Bagram?

February 25th, 2009

Ulster Payment Plan Rejected by UK Accused 'Terrorist' Lawmaker Leaving Iraq Is Detained, Then Freed
CIA Director Says Pakistan Campaign Is Working Obama's Iraq Plan Has December Elections as Turning Point for Pullout
US Plans Afghan Effort to Thwart Road Bombs Falling Revenues Threaten Rebuilding and Stability in Iraq
Venezuela's Determined Voice of Dissent Plea Likely in US From Iraq Terror Suspect
Pakistan in Turmoil Over Sharif Bans Likud, Rightist Parties Clash Over Civil Agenda
Karzai Expected to Call Snap Elections on Friday Pakistani Taliban Remove Checkpoints in Swat Valley
US Combat Missions in Iraq Will Continue After 'Pullout' Costly US Weapons Face Budget Cuts Under Obama
Obama to Seek $537 Billion Defense Budget: Murtha Pentagon Moves to Impose Secrecy on Budget Talks
US House Votes to Ease Limits on Cuba Trade, Travel Guatemala Leader Apologizes to Civil War Victims
Details of Charge Sheet in the Mumbai Attacks A Look at Charges Facing Sierra Leone Rebels
Deadly Cairo Bombing 'Did Not Target French' South Sudan Says Army Seeking New Civil War
Tibetans Mark Their New Year With Mourning Period Iran Says Nuclear Plant Could Start in Months
Israeli Right-Wing Parties in Coalition Talks US Special Envoy Meets With President of Turkey
Israel's Gaza Pointman Reinstated After Apology to Olmert US Rights Report Names and Shames Mideast States
Olmert to Hamas: I'm Best Chance for Prisoner Deal Spray Your Tag on West Bank Wall -- Online
Ex-Peace Negotiators Call for Dialogue With Hamas Russia Focuses on Upgrading Its Nuclear Arsenals
North Korea Under Growing Pressure to Scrap Rocket Launch Seoul: North Korean Leader May Be Succeeded by His Son
US Vows to Uphold Human Rights at Home North Korean Leader Kim Near Missile Site: Report
50 Feared Dead in Bangladesh Mutiny: Minister Mutinous Border Guards Surrender in Bangladesh
Pakistan Says Won't Tolerate Qaeda in Sharia Area Senate to Mull Bush-Era 'Truth Commission'
New Homeland Security Boss Calls Sweeping Review Pakistan Wants to Discuss US Drone Attacks
Clashes, Motorbike Bomb Kill 32 in Afghanistan 28 Militants Killed in Volatile Afghan South
US Will Boost Supplies for Afghan Force-General Green Beret Not Guilty of Murder in Afghan's Death
Isolation Shields Afghanistan From Financial Crisis Pakistan Urges Rethinking of US Drone Attacks
Russia: Famine That Killed Millions Not Genocide Britain Runs Anti-Terror Pakistan TV Ads
Iraq's Waning Insurgency Scrambles for New Sanctuary Allawi Denies Maliki Coup -- Sort Of
Violence Down in Iraq, US Military Says Obama to Announce Iraq Troop Withdrawal Plan by Friday
Italy Plans Virtual Baghdad Museum Afghan Women Legislators Meet at NATO
Baghdad Party Marks Kuwait Liberation on Eve of FM Visit Serbia Host to Cyberterrorism Workshop
Obama Leans to 19-Month Iraq Withdrawal: Official US Army Drops Case Against Soldier Involved in Iraqi Murders
Estonia Convicts Hermann Simm, Former Security Official, of Treason Helmand Governor Calls for More US and UK Troops to Be Sent to Violent Pakistan Border
Fatah Frees 40 Hamas Prisoners in West Bank Hamas, Fatah Exchange Promise on Detainees
Ugandan Rebels Attack Across Central African Republic Border CIA Thinks Kim Is Still in Control of North Korea
Panetta: CIA to Limit Countries Getting Detainees 'Die With Us' Rebels Tell Sri Lanka's Refugees
Bangladesh Troop Mutiny Kills Nearly 50 Pakistan in Turmoil After Sharif Brother Is Kicked Out
Iranian Students Held Over Protest at War-Graves Move Senate to Announce Investigation of Torture Under Bush, Senators Say
Russia Gives No Exact Date for Launch of Iran Nuclear Plant Hamas, Fatah Hold 'Positive' Talks in Cairo
Death Toll Rises to Five in Bangladesh Troop Rebellion President Karzai Expected to Call Snap Election in Afghanistan
Kenyan Troops Trained by British Are Condemned for 'Death' Campaign Why 88 Arab Homes Received Eviction Notices
FBI Raids Univ. of Florida Nuclear Power Institute Israel Asks Clinton to Boycott UN Conference
Uzbekistan Offers Passage for 'Nonmilitary' US Supplies Iraqi Authorities Launch Manhunt for MP Accused in Parliament Bombing
Israeli Rabbi Urges Soon-To-Be Conscripts to Embrace Preemptive War UTJ: Problems in Coalition Talks With Likud
Egyptian FM: Gaza Ceasefire Already in Effect Rival Palestinian Sides Agree to Release Detainees
Livni: Iran Arms Trading 'One of the Main Problems' in Mideast UK Foreign Secretary: Talking With Hamas 'The Right Thing to Do'
Olmert Says He Was 'Within Whisker' of Peace With the Palestinians Aid Group Up to Their Elbows in Macaroni, but Israel Says It Can't Be Sent to Gaza
Sierra Leone Rebel Leaders Found Guilty of War Crimes Napolitano: DHS to Miss Cargo Screening Deadline
Israeli Parliament Gets Deadline for Peace Deal Pentagon: After Pullout Some US Forces Still in Combat
US Troops Mount Offensive in Remote Afghan Valley Rival Palestinian Sides Agree to Release Detainees
CIA: Bad Economy Could Destabilize Some Countries US Hits China on Human Rights
Zimbabwe PM: Mugabe Agrees to Free Detainees Tibetans Mark Sombre New Year After Unrest
Four Dead in Bloody Day for British Troops in Afghanistan Somalia Death Toll Hits 81 in Worst Fighting for Weeks
Most Czech Adults Oppose Missile Shield Pakistan Rights Record Poor: US
Pakistan Needs Urgent US Help: Top Senator Pakistan Foreign Minister Pushes US for Drones
Lebanon Frees 3 Suspects in Hariri Assassination Official: Sri Lanka War Zone Conditions Worsen
South Korea Says North Korea Is Likely to Fire Missile Netanyahu Turns to the Right in Israel Coalition Building
Israel Reinstates Envoy to Egypt Truce Talks Immunity Lifted of Iraqi Deputy Sought for Murders
Iraq Says Early US Pullout Ok if Iraq Army Equipped Terror-Linked Lawmaker Faces Arrest in Iraq
McCain Warns of Losing Fragile Gains in Iraq US Navy Says No Sign Yet of New Iran Naval Bases
Iran Denies Nuclear Slowdown, Sets Big Expansion Indian Troops on Alert to Halt Kashmir Protests
India Charges 38 People Over Mumbai Attacks India Charges Pakistani Gunman in Mumbai Attacks
Attorney General Holder Says Closing Guantanamo Won't Be Easy Rockets, Airstrikes in Absence of Firm Gaza Truce
Palestinians Seek $2.8 Bln for Gaza at Donor Meet Israel Bombs Gaza Tunnels After Rocket Attacks
Rwanda Begins DR Congo Pullout After Joint Operation Islamists Gain Ground in Sarajevo
Hamas to Buy Caravans for Homeless Gazans 3 British Troops Killed in Southern Afghanistan
Lawyer Says Guantanamo Abuse Worse Since Obama Wednesday: 2 Iraqi Killed, 9 Wounded
Tracking Down Gaza War's Deadly, Mysterious Cubes Oil Company Personnel Kidnapped in Kirkuk
Artillery Shell Kills Two Somali Children at School Russian Missiles Seized on Way to China
'Most Israelis Unsatisfied With Election Results' Likud, Rightist Parties Clash Over Civil Agenda
Israel Calls Iran Nuclear Plant Test 'Bad News' for Whole World Better Security Lifts Housing Market in Iraq
Japanese Prime Minister Meets With Obama, Says Economy Complicates North Korea Talks Border Guards Launch Mutiny in Bangladeshi Capital
Chas Freeman for Nic: Lots at Stake Reports: Uzbekistan, NATO Reach Afghanistan Deal
Syria Discloses Missile Facility, Europeans Say Iran to Begin Tests at Nuclear Station
Pakistan Court Ruling Sparks Fears of Instability Pakistan Court Bars Opposition Leader From Office
Iraq Welcomes Faster US Withdrawal Reports Bangladesh Offers Mutiny Amnesty
Taliban Remove Checkpoints in Pakistan's Swat: Witnesses Iran Tests Country's First Nuclear Power Plant
Gitmo Report Contradicts Govt. Claims of 'Humane' Detention

February 24th, 2009

Bail Ok'd for Alleged In-Law of al-Qaeda Official Making Music, Not War, in Baghdad
New in Town: How Baghdad Has Changed Afghanistan Seeking SOFA Terms?
The Ross-Iran Controversy
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