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May 16th, 2009

Images, the Law and War: The Detainee Abuse Photographs Obama Chooses Ghana for First Africa Trip
World Watches for Washington Shift on Mideast 25 Militants Are Killed in Attack in Pakistan
Abkhazia: Self-Ruled Region Remains Wary of Russian Backers Peru Dispatches Army to Quell Indigenous Protests
Obama and Israel's Netanyahu Likely to Have Calm Meeting Despite Differences Iraqi Looters Awarded £1m Compensation
Lt. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's Asceticism Flood of Refugees Engulfs Pakistan
Kashmiri Leader Loses Election Taliban Rest, Relax and Raise Money in Pakistan's Largest City, Raising Tensions
Chad President Vows to Wipe Out Rebels 'in Pay of Sudan' Nigerian Army Frees Hostages, Destroys Militant Camp
The Deadly Treatment of Sergeant John M Russell Medvedev Stresses Concern on NATO Moves Near Russia
Obama Retains Bush-Era Military Tribunals US Strikes Killed 140 Villagers: Afghan Probe
Spectre of Mass Suicide as Tamil Tigers Face Final Battle Fears Grow for Safety of Sri Lankan Doctors Who Reported Civilian Slaughter
Boy Scouts Train for Badge in Anti-Terrorism, Illegal Immigration, and Marijuana Raids Custer Country Rides to President's Gitmo Rescue
Obama Courts Israel With Pact Against Tehran Clipping Castro One Blog at a Time
Chinese Support Crucial to Sri Lankan Victory Over Tamils UK Marine Is Blown Up in Vulnerable Vehicle That Is Going to Be Withdrawn
Tamil Tigers Warn of Mass Suicide Mystery Surrounds Prison Death of Terrorist Whose Testimony Was Key to Iraq Invasion
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff: No Foreign Counter-Insurgency Training Needed Pakistan: Zardari Comes Down Hard on Sufi
Somaliland Strives to Distinguish Itself in Troubled Region 13 Killed, 34 Wounded in Peshawar Blast
Pakistan Military Kills 47 Militants in Swat Lebanese Tribunal Sentences Spy for Israel to 10 Years in Jail
Barak: Middle East Deal Possible in 3 Years Labor 'Rebels' to Bibi: Can't Evade 2-State Solution for Israel
Democrats at Odds on National Security Ambush at Afghan School in 'Valley of Death'
GOP Could Use Pelosi Torture Woes Against Obama US Drone Strike in North Waziristan Kills 40
White House Says India's Voting Bolsters Democracy French Doctors Say Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Is Ok
Afghan Vote Chief Says Presidential Candidates Weak French FM: Women Vital for Afghanistan's Future
Netanyahu Won't Back Palestinian State on US Trip, Says MP US Declines to Disclose Middle East Peace Plan
Iran to Host Summit With Afghan, Pakistan Leaders Iran Presidential Hopeful to 'Launch New Daily'
Report: Al-Qaeda Demands $13 Mln for Sahara Hostages Venezuela: Last Anti-Chavez TV Station Faces Probe, Shutdown
Obama's Word Breaks Ice in Geneva Arms Talks Spain Hands 13 Suspected Pirates to Kenya
RAF Ending 19-Year Iraq Mission Eritrea Denies Somali Involvement
Saturday: 1 US Soldier, 22 Iraqis Killed; 28 Iraqis Wounded; Hundreds of Kurdish Bodies in Mass Graves Fear of Taliban Influx in Largest Pakistani City
Fighting Continues in Niger Delta as Military Seeks to 'Flush Out' Militants A Navy Psychologist on the Military and Mental Health
Iraqis Shrug Off Concerns Over Photos of US Abuse Welsh Security Guard Killed in Iraq
More Mass Graves Found in Southern Iraq, Victims Likely Kurdish Lebanon Detains New Israel Spy Suspect
Hamas Will Not Discuss Recognition of Israel Official: Israeli PM Likely to Back Two-State Plan
Pakistan Presses Military Offensive Car Bomb, Military Actions Kill at Least 80 in Pakistan
Pakistan Insurgents' Rocket Hits Afghan Mosque, Killing Five Pakistan: Musharraf Terms as 'Mistake' Past Deals With Taliban
Marines Prepare for Counterinsurgency in Southern Afghanistan After Gunfire, US, Taliban Swing PR Cudgel
3 Police, 2 Taliban Fighters Killed in West Afghanistan Israeli Forces Fire on Palestinian Fishing Boats
Sudan Rules Out War on Chad Gore: Cheney 'Shouldn't Be Talking'
ACLU: Obama's Revival of Tribunals Strikes Blow to Rule of Law Rove Meets With Prosecutor on US Attorney Scandal
Investigator: Torture Investigation Should Focus on Estimated 100 US Prisoner Deaths Are Taliban Abandoning Guerrilla Tactics in Pakistan Conflict?
Rival Palestinian Factions Resume Unity Talks in Cairo Egypt Partly Opens Gaza Borders for Humanitarian Cases
Israel Deputy FM: Syria's Assad Just Wants Peace Process, Not Peace Barak Plays Down Netanyahu Reluctance to Back Two States
ElBaradei: Israel Strike on Iran Would Be 'Insane' Iraq VP Nervous About US Withdrawal
Obama Urged to Speak From Mosque in Egypt Human Rights Groups Attack Obama
Australian Minister: Letter Suggesting Soldiers Obtain Additional Accident Insurance Badly Worded Fiji's Military Regime Accuses Powerful Methodist Church of Trying to Destabilize Country
Myanmar Bars Lawyer From Suu Kyi Trial Madagascar's Military-Backed Leader Heads to Libya
Democrats' Risky Focus on Torture New America Ferrera Film Looks at Effects of War on US Soldiers
Kuwaitis Elect Their Second Parliament in a Year, Hope for Stability Democrats Splinter on National Security
4 US Contractors Investigated in Afghan Death Reports: Medvedev Hopeful About Obama's Trip
Iran: Rival Criticizes Ahmadinejad's Holocaust Denial Moscow Police Violently Break Up Gay Pride Rally
US Army Fights Stigma of Mental Care Thai PM Says Country Getting 'Back to Business'
Doctor: Possible Equipment Errors Reported at More Than a Dozen Veterans Affairs Facilities UN Won't Rule Out Peacekeepers for Somalia
A Video From the Grave Sends Guatemala Into Crisis Sri Lanka President Declares Victory in Civil War
South Korea Not Ruling Out Factory Industrial Park's Closure Across the Border US Soldier Killed in Combat in Southern Iraq
US-Iraqi Operation Targets al-Qaeda Cell in North Iraq Near Syria Blast Goes Unsolved as UN Agencies Probing Alleged Crime Turn on Each Other
No Waterboarding Used in Questioning on al-Qaeda Ties to Iraq, Officials Say Myanmar Activist's Lawyer Blasts 'Wretched' Visitor
Congress Party Wins Resounding Victory in India Vote Gazans Hope US Leader Pushes Israel to Relax Grip
UN Security Council Trip Focuses on Somalia, Sudan Nigerian Military Reportedly Rescues 10 Hostages
UN Envoy Arrives in Sri Lanka for Cease-Fire Talks Leaving Israel, Pope Benedict Offers Stronger Holocaust Message
Myanmar: After Years of Isolation, a Dissident Still Torments Her Tormentors UK Foreign Secretary Presses for Gag on CIA Memo
11 Killed as Pakistan Bomb Hits Handicapped Kids' Bus Sri Lanka War Persists Despite Criticism
Critics Call Obama's Tribunals 'Bush Lite' Even With Obama in Charge, Antiwar Democrats Powerless
US to Raise Military Aid to Israel Sri Lanka Military Cuts Off Rebel Sea Escape
US Denies Incendiary Weapon Use in Afghanistan Friends Recall Lake In the Hills (IL) Soldier Who Died in Afghanistan
Georgia Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Laid to Rest in Canton Slain Amarillo (TX) Soldier Returns Home
Slain Federalsburg (MD) Soldier's Mom Has 'Mixed Emotions' Toward Suspect Baghdad Shooting Victim From Wilmington (NC) Counseled Soldiers
Remains of Fallen Chicago (IL) Soldier Arrive at Dover on His Birthday US Missile Strike Kills 12 at Pakistani School
Elmira (NY) Man, 21, Dies While Serving in Iraq Pearl City (HI) Grad Was Soldier, Award-Winning Cook
Virginia Soldier Killed in Iraq Was Doting and Selfless, Mom Says

May 15th, 2009

Security in W. Afghanistan: Nato's 'Great Unknown' Iraq Stability May Stall as US Removes Troops, Haass Says
US Mideast Envoy Prepares for Possible Syria Visit Lobbies Gear Up Ahead of Bibi-Barack Meet
The Bases of Empire: the Global Struggle Against US Military Posts
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