Updated August 10, 2009 - 11:47 PM EDT
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August 11th, 2009

Air Force Training More Pilots for Drones Than for Manned Planes Potent Bombs Slow Marine Offensive in Afghanistan
Congo's Rape Epidemic Worsens During US-Backed Military Operation Afghan Farmers Recall Poppy Riches

August 10th, 2009

US Battling CIA Rendition Case in 3 Courts Karzai Leading in Afghan Voter Survey
Afghan Airstrikes and Civilian Casualties Cuban Political Prisoners Increase by 1
ElBaradei Regrets Not Doing More to Stop Iraq War Fatah Turns to Nation Building, Though It Doesn't Discard the Rifle
One of Yemen's 3 Insurgencies Flares Up Taliban Seize Building for Attack on Afghan Government Offices
After Torture and Betrayal, Reconciliation India Searches North Korean Ship for Nuclear Materials
Drug Barons at Top of US List of People to Kill in Afghanistan Israeli Interior Minister: US Can't Stop Settlement Expansion
Pakistani PM Claims Militants Are Divided, Will Be Eliminated Soon Rising Anti-Shi'ite Violence Leaves Iraq's Stability in Doubt
US Commander Sees Economic Improvement as Key to Afghan Victory Ga. Terrorism Defendant to Call on Family at Trial
Security Forces Kill Three Taliban in North Waziristan India: Pakistan's Army Supporting Kashmir Infiltrators
Pakistani PM: Army Will Remain in Swat Valley Pakistan Fears Al-Qaeda May Pick New Taliban Chief
Mallorca Urges Calm After Bomb Blasts Iraq Bombs Wrack Cities and Raise Doubts on Army
Big Explosion Kills Two in Mogadishu Iraq Suffers Bloodiest Day Since US Pullback
Briton Accused of Iraq Killing Had Told of Mental Anguish Obama Urges $100 Million for Mexico Drugs War
Iran Purges Intelligence Ministry Officials Critical of Election Crackdown US Commander Also Seeks Civilian 'Surge' in Afghanistan
Suicide Bomber Targets NATO Forces in Northern Afghanistan Italy Seeks to Drop 'Peace' From Its Definition of Afghan Mission
Taliban Fighters Attack Town Near Afghan Capital Hamas Urges Arab League to End West Bank Arrests
Tehran Rejects EU Criticism of Mass Trial Obama: Critics of US Honduras Policy Hypocritical
Israel Says Lebanon Accountable for Hezbollah Ministers' Admission Links MI5 and MI6 to 'Torture Victim'
8,800 Sahwa Council Personnel Absorbed Into Diyala's Security Apparatus Obama Petitions High Court Against Releasing Prisoner Abuse Photos
House Majority Leader Praises Israel, Insists East Jerusalem 'Different' From West Bank Settlements 50 Drug Barons on US Target List in Afghanistan
Hakimullah Definitely Not Dead, Hakimullah Insists Baitullah Is Alive Too, Claims Other TTP Leader Who's Also Supposedly Dead
Hugo Chávez Tells Army to Prepare for Conflict With Colombia Karzai Offers Rival Top Cabinet Post in Effort to Avoid Election Defeat
Opium Barons at Top of Kill or Capture List British Contractor Shot Iraqis in 'Self-Defense' During Drunken Brawl
Pakistan's PM Visits Swat, Vows to Wipe Out Militancy Nablus Booms as Barriers Fall in Occupied West Bank
Israeli Arab Summer Camp Ousted From Country Club Over Arab Music Lieberman Urges Boston Consul to Resign for Criticizing Israeli Policy
Hamas: Detainee in Fatah Prison Was Tortured to Death Israeli FM Slams 'Delusions' of Possible Peace Deal
Lebanese Army on High Alert as Netanyahu Threatens to Make Them Pay Israeli Air Strikes Hit Gaza Near Egypt Border
In Iraq's Kurdistan, Political Pessimism Clouds Progress Medvedev Pushes Bill to Allow Russian Army to Intervene in Foreign Countries
IAEA Chief: Should Have 'Howled' Louder on Iraq Ukraine, Georgia Seen Years Away From Joining Nato
German Bomb Plot Suspect Confesses in Court US to Target 'Afghan Drug Lords'
At Least 48 Killed in Latest Iraq Bombings Eritrea Warned on Al-Shabaab Links
Top US Commander: Taliban Winning in Afghanistan Monday: 56 Iraqis Killed, 269 Wounded
Governors Oppose DoD Emergency Powers Pakistan Taliban Deputy Hakimullah Calls Ap, Wire Service Says
British Security Contractor Facing Death Penalty in Iraq Court Saudi Arabia Arrested Thousands Without Trial- Hrw
Mcchrystal: Jobs Could Curb Taliban Fighting Iran Purges Intelligence Ministry Officials
US to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban Bombs Targeting Shiites in Iraq Kill at Least 48
Afghan Govt Compound Attacked as Vote Looms US Commander: Taliban Now Winning
NZ to Deploy Sas to Afghanistan Georgia Deflects Blame Ahead of EU Report
Spokane VA Center Miscounted Suicides Bombings in Iraq Kill Dozens

August 9th, 2009

Were Nc Terror Suspect's Stories an Exaggeration? Ex-Pakistan President Musharraf Faces New Probe
Briton in Iraqi Custody After Contractor Killings Iraq Hopeful About Release of Americans in Iran
Clinton: No Illusions Iran Will Return to Talks Iran Judiciary Looks to Calm Prison Abuse Outrage
Honduras Accepts Oas Chief as 'Observer' Israeli Warplanes Bomb Tunnel Along Gaza Border
New Zealand Sending Commandos to Afghanistan Iran Police Chief Admits to Prisoner Abuse
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