Updated August 12, 2009 - 11:38 PM EDT
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August 13th, 2009

US Assumes Command of Anti-Piracy Task Force A Window Into CIA's Embrace of Secret Jails

August 12th, 2009

Two Sides of Nigeria Addressed by Clinton 23 Filipino Soldiers Killed in Fierce Clashes
New Army Handbook Teaches Afghanistan Lessons Iraqi Immigrants Face Lonely Struggle in US
Chinese Artist Says He Was Barred From Rights Advocate's Trial As Afghan Vote Nears, Taliban Intimidation Rises
Iran Seeks Global Ban on Attacking Nuclear Sites In Afghanistan, a Test of Tactics
Dyncorp Billed US $50 Million Beyond Costs in Defense Contract Director of Children's Charity Found Shot to Death in Chechnya
Cheney Uncloaks His Frustration With Bush Another Soldier Refuses Afghanistan Deployment
US Marines Attack Taliban-Held Town in Southern Helmand Disputed Toll as Pro-Govt Tribes, Militants Clash in South Waziristan
Putin Pledges Military Aid to Abkhazia DNA Tests Confirm Indonesian Terror Leader Not Dead
Make Breaking, Leaving Nuke Treaty Harder: US Ecuador Reinforces Border With Colombia
Mexico's Supreme Court Overturns Massacre Verdicts Mumbai Attack Justice High Priority for Obama - Diplomat
Pakistan, Seen Stalling, Says Wants Nukes Banned British Government Denies Reports Lockerbee Bomber to Be Freed
Rwanda Genocide Suspect Arrested in Dr Congo Fatah Wraps Up Congress With Israel Split
Palestinian PM Fayyad Seen at Risk to 'New' Fatah UN Chief: Protect Civilians During Armed Conflicts
US Leadership Alone Won't Solve World Crises: Rice Jakarta Hotel Florist Plotted Deadly Bombings
Russian Paper Halts Chechnya Coverage After Killings Russia Hostage to Its Imperial Past: Ukraine
Minister in Russia's Caucasus Shot Dead in Office Remote Russian Region Builds on Billionaire's Legacy
Sri Lanka's Spies in War to Crush Rebel Remnants Russian Army Drills to Defend Oil, Gas Exports
Israel Starved Gaza of Power and Water Hariri Says Progress Made in Lebanon
Iraq Horse Track Defies the Odds World Reaction to Suu Kyi's House Arrest Highlights Divisions
Taliban Drug Proceeds Lower Than Thought, US Report Says Russian Navy Joins Hunt for Hijacked Cargo Vessel
Amnesty Urges Russia to 'Stop Hunt' on Human Rights Activists Hamas: No Large Presence of Foreign Islamic Militants in Gaza
US Delegate in Syria for Talks on Iraq, Regional Security Israeli Cluster Bomb Wounds Two Lebanese Brothers in South Lebanon
Curfew Imposed in Ramadi Karroubi 'To Present Evidence of Jail Rape'
Curfew Imposed After Honduras Protests For China, Far West Is Rife With Terror Plots
14 Killed as Rival Militants Clash in South Waziristan Georgian Officials Slam Putin Over Abkhazia Visit
US Commander Criticizes Filthy British Troops for Lack of Showers, Too Many Injuries Dame Vera Lynn Says Britain's Afghan Campaign Makes No Sense to Her
Yemeni Forces Bomb Shi'ite Rebels Near Saudi Border Iran Seeks Ban on Striking Nuclear Facilities
Deputy FM: Israel Will Hold Only Direct Talks With Syria Honduran Capital Tense After Pro-Zelaya Demonstrations
US Mulls Pulling Troops From Remote Afghan Outposts Hunt Resumes for Indonesian Terror Suspect
Report: Obama Officials to Tour Michigan Prison for Possible Gitmo Transfer American Forces Scramble to Expand Security Before Afghan Vote
Seven Police Killed in Afghanistan: Officials US Sees Signs of Disarray Within Pakistani Taliban
US Sees Limited Iranian Hand in Afghan Insurgency US May Arm Afghan Air Corps With Drones: General
Yemeni Freed From US Prison in Critical Condition Pakistan Military Not Capitalizing on Taliban Disarray
Iraq Aims to Ban Dual Citizenship for Top Officials Iraq Book Ban Raises Fears of Free Speech Clampdown
Major Problems Cited in Iraq Interpreter Contract Suu Kyi's Detention Splits East and West
Freed Reporter: Spread Word of Others Incarcerated in North Korea Ship Disappears After Sail Through English Channel
General: Afghan Airmen Preparing to Fight New Fatah Leaders Likely in Line With Obama
TV Station Fined for Misquoting Official in Iraq Diplomat: Iran Opposes US Base Deal for Colombia
What's Happening in the Afghan Massacre Probe? FBI Expert Testifies at Mumbai Terror Attack Trial
Atlanta Jury Convicts Man of Aiding Terror Groups Explosion, Gunfire at Pakistan Checkpoint Kill 2
Pakistani Clerics Slain in Somalia Swine Flu Cases Climb Among US Soldiers in Iraq
Iraqi PM to Visit Syria for Security Talks Iran Speaker Denies Prisoner Rape Allegations
Iran Suggests Jailed French Woman May Make Bail Israeli Opposition Leader Slams Calls for Release Barghouti
Syria Plays Mediator in Iran-France Tensions Pro-Reform Party Blames Iran's President for Abuse
Iran Opposition Leader Calls for 'Deep Change' Iran Reformists Seize on Prisoner Abuses
China Warns of 'Arms Race in Outer Space' Marines Assault Taliban Town in Afghanistan
2 AP Journalists Wounded in Afghanistan Bombing Putin Pledges Massive Military Spending in Abkhazia
ACLU Blasts Proposed Federal Cookie Policy Wednesday: 18 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded
Rural NC Schools Let Quaker Counter Recruiting Pitches Witnesses: 5 Pakistani Preachers Killed in Somalia
Marines Assault Taliban Town in Afghanistan Militant Clashes Kill at Least 70 in NW Pakistan
DNA Confirms Bomber Not Dead, Say Indonesians Baloch Leader Forms Council for Independent Balochistan
Major Yemen Offensive Targets Northern Fighters Russia to Boost Abkhazia Presence

August 11th, 2009

Gonzales Says He Would 'Do Some Things Over' Kurdish Mag Sparks Wrath by Urging Jews to Return
Trader: Somali Insurgency Buying Arms US Gave to Government
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