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May 14th, 2009

Civilians Flee South Waziristan Ahead of Planned Offensive Pakistan Pounds Swat, Over One Million Refugees Registered
McCain Backs Obama on Blocking Abuse Photos Next Hot Tourist Destination: Afghanistan?
Osce Halts Moscow-Blocked Talks on Georgia Mission UN Watchdog Sees Nuclear States Doubling
House Demands Plan for Closing Guantánamo US Again Warns Britain on Detainee Memo
Roxana Saberi Leaves Iran Experts Say Obama May Need to Classify Photos
With Murmurs of Change, Oman Sultan Tightens His Grip Trapped Civilians Now Able to Flee, Sri Lanka Says
Israeli Leader to Meet Obama as US Priorities Shift Villagers in Afghanistan Describe Chaos of US Strikes
Panetta's 'Secret Mission' to Stop Israeli Attack on Iran Speaker's Accusations Raise Detainee Debate to New Level
Gates: a Single-Minded Focus on Dual Wars House Passes War Funds as 60 Congressmembers Dissent
Israel Rejects Vatican Request to Grant Christian Arab Couple Citizenship Pakistan's Displacement Camps: a Study in Contrasts
Democrats Grow Uneasy Over Obama's Hawkish Policies Obama Mulls 'Indefinite Detention' Without Trial for Detainees
Obama to Revive Terror Tribunals People Leave South Waziristan for Fear of Operation
Boucher: US Not Planning to Capture Pakistani Nukes Gilani Wants 'Land and Hearts' Victory in Swat
US, Israeli Missile Shields Vie as Allies Eye Iran A Look at the War Funding Request Passed by House
Mexico's Calderon Says Army Not Permanent Indian Parties Seek Allies in Tight Election Race
Slovenia Demands Changes in EU Compromise in Croatia Accession Row Thousands Cross Lagoon to Flee Sri Lanka Fighting
Not All Somalias Are Created Equal Egypt Arrests Muslim Brothers in Dawn Raids
Hostage-Taking Nigeria Militants Threaten New Attacks China Denies Spying Claims Made in US Court Case
Iran Presidential Debates to Be Televised Turkish Lawyers Detained for PKK Links
Iranian-American Sentenced in Iran Smuggling Plot Half of Israelis Unhappy With Netanyahu: Poll
Pakistan Pounds Taliban Bastions, More Than 834,000 Flee Inspectors Check Electrical Wiring at Afghan Bases
Sri Lanka Rejects Truce Calls as UN Sends Chief of Staff Obama Mulls Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects
CIA Rebuffs Cheney Over Interrogation Documents Obama to Revive Terror Tribunals, With More Rights
Terrorism-Linked Charity Finds New Life Amid Pakistan Refugee Crisis British Pilot Injured in Afghan Incident: Mod
Afghan Police: 11 Insurgents Killed in South Dick Cheney 'Suggested Waterboarding' Iraqi Prisoner
Struggle to Re-Supply Afghan Frontline Congress Battles Over Paying for Wars, Guantanamo
Russia Offers to Revive European Arms-Control Deal As Toll Soars, AU Says Mogadishu Is 'Manageable'
UK Troops Forced to Use Obsolete Equipment in Afghanistan Revealed: the Inside Story of the Tiananmen Massacre
Three Soldiers, Five Militants Killed in North Waziristan Fata Lawmakers Reject Taliban Ultimatum
Govt Says Rebels Using Phosphorus Bombs to Halt Sri Lankan Attack Russia to Build 12 Fighter Jets for Vietnam
Minister Claims Troops Seize 'Parts' of Buner Leon Panetta's Mission to Stop Israel Bombing Iranian Nuclear Plant
Pakistani Opposition Warns Against Fallout of Military Operation Military Claims Major Accomplishments in Swat Operation
Govt Says 65 Militants Killed in Swat Valley Operation Gunmen Abduct Christian Teacher From His School in Kirkuk
US May Seek Alternative to Israeli Missile Shield MPs Warn Netanyahu Not to Accept Palestinian State
Poll: 58% of Israeli Jews Back Two-State Solution Settlers Condemn Obama, Demand Netanyahu Reject Two-State Settlement
UN Resolution Would Criticize Israel's Gaza Invasion Lieberman Seeks Prison for Arabs Who Observe Nakba
Sadrist Spokesman Escapes Assassination in Baghdad Palestinians Mark Nakba in Israel
60-Year-Old Is Oldest Army Soldier Killed in Iraq Human Rights Lawyer Arrested in Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka Pushes on With War Doctors Flee Only Hospital in Sri Lanka War Zone
Thousands of Civilians Flee Sri Lanka War Zone Netanyahu Asks Pope to Condemn Iranian Rhetoric
As Indian Election Ends, Scramble for Power Begins Motives of American Who Swam to Suu Kyi a Mystery
Despite Embargo, Cuba Imports Daiquiris From Us Treasury Targets al-Qaeda in Iraq Operative
Mullen: US Must Aid Soldiers' Mental Health Senators Link Pakistan Aid to Focus on Extremists
CIA Denies Cheney Request to Declassify Memos Gates Supports Missile Defense Despite Budget Cuts
House Approves $97 Billion More for Wars Pelosi Says She Learned of Waterboarding in 2003
Pelosi Says Bush Team Misled Her on Waterboarding Fear of Gas Attacks Keeps Afghan Girls From School
US Navy Detains 17 Suspected Pirates Members of Banned Group Help Pakistan War Refugees
Senator Says CIA Admitted Making Up Dates of Torture Briefings In Iraq, an Exodus of Christians
Nigerian Rebels Hijack Oil Ship, Hold 15 Sailors Israel Probing Whether Troops Forced Gaza Man to Drink Urine
Report Citing Veteran Extremism Is Pulled Clinic Was No Safe Haven for Troops in Iraq
Unease Grows for Democrats Over Obama's Hawkish Policies Myanmar Democracy Advocate Faces Military Trial
Jordan Tells Israel to Accept Two-State Solution Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 8 Iraqis Killed; 14 Iraqis Wounded
Sri Lanka, Rebels Praise Obama Call for War to End

May 13th, 2009

Chinese Lawyers Say They Were Beaten, Detained North Korea Says US Reporters Will Stand Trial June 4
Analysis: Pope Faced High Bar to Please Israelis Suicide Bomb in Afghanistan Wounds 4 Police
Senate Panel Probes Legality of Torture Memos
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