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June 18th, 2009

In a Staff Shuffle, Signs of Obama's Direction on Mideast Mourners' Rally in Tehran as Protests Continue
North and South Korea Try to Defuse Tension Shadowy Iranian Vigilantes Promise Bolder Action
Suicide Bomber Kills Somali Security Minister, 30 Civilians US Pursues New Way to Rebuild in Afghanistan
Judge Questions Justice Dept. Effort to Keep Cheney Remarks Secret Transcript of Interview With Ahmadinejad Aide Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi
Iran Militia Adds Fear to Time of Unrest Iran Leader's Top Aide Warns US on Meddling
Mullen: Unlikely Anyone Will Face Disciplinary Action Over Farah Killings Israel, ElBaradei Trade Condemnations Over Syria Investigation
Report: North Korea May Launch Missile Toward Hawaii US Drone Strike Imperils Delicate South Waziristan Negotiations
Mosul-Area Commanders Warn of 'Confusion' Over Pullout Iran Treads Lightly in a Culture of Martyrs
Lieberman Has a Vision for First Stage of Peace Talks Bomb Damages Girls' School in Khyber Agency
Pakistan DM: Swat Valley Offensive 'Nearly Over' Calif. Cities' Military Recruiting Laws Tossed
Rafsanjani Is Central to Struggle Within the Regime Brown Forced to Open Iraq Inquiry to Public Scrutiny
Myanmar Army Drives Ethnic Rebels From Last Stronghold History Suggests the Coup Will Fail
Activists Defy Israel, to Send Gaza Cement IAEA Chief, Israel Lock Horns Over Syria
Turkey Says Willing to Resume Israel-Syria Talks Georgian Officer Defects, Appears on Moscow Radio
North Korea Accuses South Korea of Driving to Brink of War Detention of Journalists Puts Strain on Media Firm
Ahmadinejad's 'Motes and Dust' Remark Sparks Fury Army Offensive Threatens Pakistan Itself: Imran Khan
UN Envoy: Colombia Army Kills Many Innocents Militants, 'Hacktivists' Exploit Web, Eye Recruits
Violence Kills 11 in Afghanistan US Agencies Eye Coordinated Afghan 'Civilian Surge'
Punishment for Afghan Raid Unlikely: US Military Head US Drones Attack Region Where Islamabad Seeks Allies
Bermuda Premier Won't Resign Over Gitmo Fight Four Ways Iran Crisis May End
Dissenters Say Pakistani Taliban Chief Implements Foreign Agenda US Pullout From Mosul Mired in Confusion: Commanders
Iraqi Lawmakers Press Reparations Claim for 1981 Israeli Bombing Hamas Rules Out a Reconciliation Deal With Rival Fatah
Iraq Presses for Cut in War Reparations to Kuwait US to Withdraw From Mosul by June 30: Ambassador
Iran's Mousavi: Now Political Rock Star Hundreds of Thousands Stage Somber Rally in Iran
Iraqi Committee to Investigate Prison Abuse Iraq: US Soldier Charged in Death Waives Hearing
UK May Allow Public Hearings in Iraq War Inquiry 17 Killed in Somalia as Islamists Battle Govt
Algerian Jihadists Seek to Expand Somalia's President Says Al-Qaeda Is Behind Attack
UN Rights Body Votes to Continue Sudan Scrutiny Canada Allows Return of Terror Suspect From Sudan
US Needs More F-22 Fighters Than Gates Wants, Says an Air Force Commander Militants Kill at Least 21 Algerian Police
Many Iraqi Refugees in US Now in Dire Straits After $22 Billion, Little Proof UN Programs Work
Can Iran's Top Clerics Defuse the Crisis? Report: North Korea May Fire Missile Toward Hawaii
Gates: Missile Defense in Place for Hawaii Somali Security Minister Killed in Explosion
34 More Militants Die in Swat, Dir Israeli Army Tells Bedouin to Fold Their Tents
India State Begins to Reclaim Maoist Zone US Trains Reluctant Afghan Police to Fight Taliban
US Spy Aircraft Patrolling Northern Border Gates: Civilian Deaths Strategic Problem in War
US Warns Banks About North Korea House Puts New Restrictions on Gitmo Closing
Bombs Kill 5 Police, 2 Civilians in Afghanistan Explosion Kills Politician in Albania
Former Iran FM Jailed ElBaradei, Israel Clash Over Syria Nuclear Probe
Suicide Bomber Kills Somali Security Minister, 30 Civilians Iran: Israel Involved in Election Day Bomb Plot
UK: We've Frozen $1.6 Billion in Iranian Assets Under Nuclear Sanctions ACLU, Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty Sue TSA Over Airport Detention
US Military Debates Release of Afghan Air Strike Probe Now, Ahmadinejad's Corner: Chavez, Swaziland and Hamas
Senate Passes $106 Billion War Funding Bill Iran's Guardian Council Offers Dialogue With Opposition
US Tracking North Korea Ship With 'Possible Weapons' US Holds Fewest Iraqi Detainees in 4 Years
Bill Seeks Halt to Europe Base Closures Thursday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 13 Wounded
Bicycle Bomb Kills 2 in Southern Afghanistan Baghdad's Fortified Green Zone Mortared
Iran Probes 646 Poll Complaints Germany's Pampered Panzer Grenadiers
Cuban Spies' Shortwave Radios Go Undetected US Drone Attack Kills 13 in South Waziristan
Suspected US Missile Strikes in Pakistan Kill 8 Russia Plays Down North Korea Threats
Guardian Council Offers Talks With Iranian Opposition New Revelations About the Torture of Ibn Al-Shaykh Al-Libi
Jerusalem Post Removes the 'Evidence' and Issues a Response on Iran Election Mousavi Supporters Rally in Iran, Mourn Dead

June 17th, 2009

Serbia Complains to UN About Kosovo Property Claims Unclear if Pakistan Offensive Serves US Interests
'Twitter Revolutionized Israeli Diplomacy' Clinton: US Intent on Direct Talks With Iran
Iran to US: Put Soothing Words Into Action War Funding Bill Faces Tough Battle in Senate

June 16th, 2009

CIA Declassifies Report on Israel's Nukes
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