Updated August 5, 2009 - 11:58 PM EDT
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August 6th, 2009

US Asks Israel for One-Year Settlement Freeze Dear Leader Stars in Bill and Hillary Show

August 5th, 2009

Release for '88 Pan Am Bomber? Clinton Seeks to Bolster Somalia's Weak Government
As Ahmadinejad Is Sworn in for His Second Term, Deep Fissures Are Laid Bare Hiroshima Mayor Calls for Abolishing Nuke Weapons
70 Murders, Yet Close to Going Free in Pakistan Hamid Karzai in His Labyrinth
Obama's Battle Against Terrorism to Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets In Somalia, a Twist on 'Handshake Diplomacy'
Change of Guard in Baghdad's Green Zone Afghans Protest as NATO Insists Slain Civilians Were 'Insurgents'
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 13 Iraqis Killed; 23 Iraqis Wounded US Seeks One-Year Israel Settlement Freeze
Pentagon Delays Afghan War Review Israeli FM Tells Border Villagers: You Weren't Conquered, You Were Liberated
64 Years Later, US Support for Hiroshima Nuking Lingers Chavez: Venezuela to Buy More Tanks Over US Threat
Blackwater Responds to Murder Allegations Iraq's Assyrian Christians Find Temporary Home in Kurdistan
Hiroshima, 64 Years Ago War Veterans Remember Their Anguish in Wake of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings
Citizens Commemorate 64th Hiroshima A-Bomb Anniversary in Japan Glory Days Are Over at Iraq Copper Market
Pakistan Prepares for Influx of Taliban Pentagon Sees No Threat From Russian Subs Off US Coast
NATO Disputes Killing Afghan Civilians in Airstrike Afghan Elections Will Be 'Challenging' Says British Envoy
'Stormy Second Day at Fatah Convention 'Dont' Lecture Us' Kenyan PM Tells US
Japan Considers New North Korea Missile Defense Puntland Information Minister Assassinated
TV Blackout and Boycott Mar Ahmadinejad's Swearing-In Sadrists Say Too Early to Announce Stance on New Alliance
Pakistani Officials Claim NATO Confirmed Weapons Being Smuggled Into Balochistan Blackwater Security Company Was Feared and Despised by All Iraqis
Afghan Voters Turn to Warlords for Help in Picking Candidates Nearly Half of Afghanistan at Risk of Attack by Taliban, Insurgents
Jihadists Find Global Somali Communities Ripe for Recruiting US Army Brings Thrilling Terror of War Home Through Safe Outlets
Chavez Asks Obama Not to Raise Troops in Colombia US Appears to Soften Support for Honduras' Zelaya
Venezuelan Journalists: Top Prosecutor Must Resign Army Says Eight Killed in Kashmir Clashes
Nigerian President Orders Sect Leader Death Probe Feingold Set to Oppose Further Troop Boost for Afghanistan
Killed Nigerian Sect Leader Handed Over: Army Sarkozy Asks Netanyahu to Free Palestinian Terrorist
Israeli FM: Opposition MP More Dangerous Than Hamas US Hails Ahmadinejad Opponents, Still Ready to Talk
UK Govt Defends Envoy's Presence at Iran Inauguration Hezbollah Reportedly Stockpiling 40,000 Rockets
Obama Spokesman Withdraws Ahmadinejad 'Elected' Remark Defiant Ahmadinejad Sworn in as Police Break Up Protests
'Stormy' Start to Fatah's Historic Summit J Street, ADL Launch War of Words Over Obama Israel Policy
Rows Erupt as Palestinian President's Party Meets 25 Visiting GOP Congressmen Pledge Support for Israel
Old Guard 'Hijacks' Fatah Congress, Say Reformers Palestinian Split Stalling Move Toward State: Saudi King
Russia Backs EU, Not US, Role in Georgia Russian General Shrugs Off US Submarine Worries
Retrial in Politkovskaya Murder Opens in Moscow North Korea Must Stop Provocative Behavior: Obama
US Journalists Held Separately for Four Months: Sister US Says Ready to Pay Off UN Peacekeeping Debt
Australia Charges Four More Over Alleged Terror Plot Court Denies Bail to US 'Homegrown Terrorists'
Afghan Elections: The Man Who Would Beat Karzai Afghanistan Unveils Stringent Security for Polls
Government Map Shows Dire Afghan Security Picture New Head Tells Afghans NATO Will 'Finish the Job'
New NATO Chief Vows to Strengthen Afghan Efforts Majority in US Back Hiroshima Bombing
Nigeria Oil Rebels Amnesty Offer Starts Thursday Somali Connection: a Terrorism Crackdown in Australia
UN Envoys Says No Pressure for Cyprus Deal Gunmen Kidnap 11 Pilgrims on Way to Iraq Festival
US Transfers Control of Southern Iraq Bases Campaigners Urge Protection for Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
Iraqi's Childhood Memories Solved Pilot Mystery: US Senator Eleven Die in Iraq Violence as Would-Be Female Bomber Jailed
Israel Claims Control Over Split Village Iraqi Child Witnessed Missing Navy Pilot's Burial
Top US General in Iraq Calls American Role Crucial Gibbs Backs Off Statement on Iranian Election
Ahmadinejad Sworn in as Iran President Amid Crisis Uighur Accuses China of Inflaming Ethnic Tension
Judge: 6 Terrorism Suspects in Nc to Be Held Wealthy Hollywood Producer Paid for North Korea Flight
2 Women Vie for Afghan Presidency Pentagon Says Review of Afghan War to Be Delayed
Russia Keeping US Humvees as War Trophies Cuban Media Makes Unusual Mention of '94 Protest
South Ossetia Seeks to Go It Alone Pakistani Christians Express Anger Over Killings
Georgia: Uneasy Peace a Year After War With Russia Clinton: Don't Count on North Korea Breakthrough
Report: Leahy Blocks Report on Mexico Human Rights Chavez: Venezuela to Buy More Tanks
Former Gitmo Detainees Work on Bermuda Golf Course Iraq: $2,000 for Shiite-Sunni Couples Who Marry
Obama Lets North Korea's Kim Save Face Iraqi Officials Claim Attack on Pilgrims Foiled
Soldier Gets Month in Jail for Refusing Deployment MEK: Iraqi Forces Blocking Food From Entering Camp Ashraf
Maliki Orders Removal of Baghdad's Concrete Barriers in 40 Days Baghdad Blast Walls to Come Down
Weapons-Laden Ukrainian Plane Released in Nigeria Chavez Says US-Colombia Bases May Risk War
Interview: What Now for Fatah? Russia Calls Submarine Patrols Off East Coast 'Routine'
US Drone Strike Kills Pakistani Taliban Chief's Wife Protests as US Air Strike Kills Four Civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar
US Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills Wife of Taliban Leader Pakistani Christians Express Anger Over Killings
Iraq to Impose Controls on Internet

August 4th, 2009

Palau Deal Close for Uighur Guantanamo Detainees 1 in Alleged Australian Terror Plot Denies Charge
Iranian Official Accuses Hikers of 'Spying'
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