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August 16th, 2009

Memos Show Nixon's Bid to Enlist Brazil in a Coup Clerics' Call for Removal Challenges Iran Leader
Taliban Threats May Sway Vote in Afghanistan Finland Blames 'Stupid Firemen' for Nuclear Cargo Ship Rumors
Ahead of Vote, Afghans in US Backing Candidates From Afar Gay Men Targeted in Iraq, Report Says
Testimony in Iran Trial Ties Mousavi to Unrest Military Pathology Institute Defends Its Turf
Karzai Faces 2 Rivals in Debate Pentagon Worries Led to Command Change
Gaza Islamists Vow Revenge Against Hamas Following Mosque Raid Canada in Arctic Show of Strength
US, Colombia to Sign Deal on Military Deployment Within Weeks Weapons Cuts to Pay for Army Troop Increase
Chavez Says Obama 'Lost in Space' on Latin America Security Risks, Segregation Likely to Undermine Afghan Election's Legitimacy
Rising Tensions as Kurdish Party Blames Nineveh Provincial Govt for al-Qaeda Attacks Ousted Honduras Official: US Played Role in Coup
Course of Mousavi's Green Path of Hope Is Unclear Iranian Hard-Liner Named Intelligence Agency Chief
Fear Stalks Caucasus Amid Hidden War Intel Reports Warn of Possible Taliban Retaliation Over Baitullah's 'Killing'
India Fumes Over Khan's Questioning Bodies of 18 Militants Found in Pakistan's Swat Valley
Karzai Attends Televised Debate for Afghan Presidential Candidates Hamas Says Gaza Under Its Control, Death Toll in Clashes Rises
Syria Denies Reports of Botched Missile Test State Media: North Korea to Reopen Border With South
British Defense Ministry Cautioned PM Not to Ignore UFO Sightings Millions of Afghan Women to Miss Out on Vote in Landmark Election
Confusion Over Future Role for British Troops in Afghanistan Purges Strike Fear in New Chechnya
Twin Bombing Hits Iraqi Capital Kurdish List Says Nineveh to See Serious Escalation if Govt Fails to Intervene
Hagel Warns of US 'Drift' in Afghanistan Two Killed in North Waziristan
Three Soldiers Among Five Killed in Swat Attack US Played Part in Honduras Coup, Says Official
Notorious Warlord Returns to Afghanistan to Help Karzai Afghan Government Seeks Election Day Truces With Insurgents
Israeli Soldier Stole From Military Chief's Office US Military Denies Role in Honduras Coup Flight
Signs of Taliban Rift Hearten Pakistan, US Exiled Afghan General Dostum Returns as Vote Looms
Karzai Seen Winning Afghan Poll, but at What Price? Brown Says Afghan Mission 'Vital' as Death Toll Reaches 204
Nigerian Police Raid Islamic Sect, Detain Hundreds Hamas Asserts Power in Gaza After Qaeda Clash
Abbas to Convene PLO Council for First Time in Decade North Korea to Reopen Border With South
Afghans Told They Can Vote – as Mortar Shells Fly US Envoy Praises Pakistan Progress Against Taliban
Afghan Woman Candidate Packs Gun, Wears Trousers Afghan Govt Says Over 30 Rebels Killed
Myanmar Release of US Man Could Thaw Relations French Academic Freed From Iranian Prison
201st British Soldier Dies in Afghanistan as Injury Rate Accelerates Russian Envoy: Search Continues for Missing Ship
Finland Denies Missing Ship Carrying Nuclear Material Mass Firings as Russia Reforms Bloated Military
Israeli Arabs Protest Home Destructions Iraq's Coalition of One Changes Its Name
Israeli DM 'Reconsidering' Promised Cement for Gaza Reconstruction Iraqi Worries Grow as Blast Walls Vanish
Qaeda Stronger as Blasts Feed Iraqi Kurd-Arab Feud Iraq Delays First Census in Two Decades
Bombs Kill at Least 8 People in Iraqi Market Kandahar Dreamers Test Taliban Edicts
Three UK Soldiers Die in Helmand Netanyahu Envoy Departs for US to Negotiate Settlement Freeze
Sunday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 46 Wounded Iran's President Says 3 Women to Join Cabinet
Iran Expands Mass Trial of Opposition Supporters Hamas: Gaza Order Restored After Bloody Weekend
Taliban Threatens Polling Stations in Afghanistan Israeli Envoy: No Plan to Strike Iran
Too Gung-Ho? Israel Military Rabbis Draw Criticism Webb's Myanmar Trip Sparks Debate
US, South Korea Drill Provokes 'Nukes' Threat United States Soldiers Will Deploy to Colombia
Red Cross: Thousands Flee Fighting in Northern Yemen Ethnic Shabak Councilmember Wounded in Iraq Blast

August 15th, 2009

Donkeys, Helicopters Drafted in for Afghan Vote Aide: Zelaya Plane Stopped at Base With US Troops
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