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August 21st, 2009

Pakistan's Lawyers Above Law? Gun-Loving Kurds All Fired Up

August 20th, 2009

Poll: Only 12 Percent of Israelis Think Obama Supports Israel Iranian Parliament Expected to Reject Ahmadinejad's New Cabinet
Obama Urges Simultaneous Moves Toward Mideast Peace Obama Vows to Finish Job After 'Successful' Afghan Vote
South Korea Agrees to Visit by North US Military to Stay in Philippines
Congo's Militias Lure Former Rebels From Burundi Myanmar Military Gains on Rebels as Villagers Flee to Safety
Officials Say US Missile Strike Kills 7 in Pakistan CIA Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones
Colombian Senate Approves Bill Allowing President to Run for Third Term In Afghanistan, Violence and Cynicism Keep Voter Turnout Low
Blackwater Disclosure Adds to CIA Worries Detainee Plan Draws Fear, Opposition in Michigan
Detainees Shown CIA Officers' Photos 'Right-Wing' Blogger Was Allegedly Trained by the FBI
Arms Expert Warns New Mind Drugs Eyed by Military US Commander 'Frustrated' With Pace of Iraq Training
Iran Parliament to Reject Ahmadinejad Ministers: MPs Iraq Arrests 11 Top Officials After Baghdad Strikes
US Drone Strike Kills Seven in North Waziristan Army Medic-Training Home Fending Off Texas Sprawl
Veterans Start Over as Colleges Ignore Experience US Army to Teach Stressed Soldiers to 'Bounce Back'
Australia-Bound Passengers Caught in Mid-Air Bomb Scare India to Inspect North Korean Ship in Bigger Port
US Angered, Relatives Outraged as Lockerbie Bomber Freed Nigeria Deports Islamist Sect Members to Niger
'Smart Sanctions' for Sudan Could Help South: US Envoy Swiss President Apologises Over Kadhafi Son's Arrest
Iran Lawmakers Warn of Clash Over New Government Head of Polish Army Resigns in Row Over Equipment in Afghanistan
Retired Lebanon Official Confesses to Spying for Israel Hamas Official Upbeat on Fatah Reconciliation
Mitchell to Finalize Gestures by Middle East Powers: Official Israel PM Summons Minister Over Call to Defy US
Putin Orders Probe of Creaking Infrastructure Arctic Sea Hijackers Questioned in Russian Jail
US: Bilateral Talks With North Korea Must Be in Six-Nation Framework North Korea Holds US Talks, Moves to Ease Border Restrictions
US Firm on Talks as North Koreans Pay Rare Visit Mich. Residents Voice Opposition to Gitmo Inmates
Report: CIA Hired Contractor to Kill al-Qaeda Operatives Ex-Dhs Chief Links Politics to Terror Alerts
Afghan Election: What Outcome Is Best for the US? Gibbs: Afghan Election Outcome Won't Change Policy
Afghan Vote Shows Taliban Still Potent Afghanistan Vote: Threats, Anger, Empty Polling Stations
Despite Low Turnout, Afghan Vote Declared a Success US Drone Strikes in Pakistan, at Least 3 Dead
President Says Belarus Ready to Work With West Arctic Sea Crew, Hijackers Interrogated in Moscow
German Party Calls for Plan for Removal of Troops From Afghanistan Thursday: 40 Iraqis Killed, 223 Wounded
Syria, Iraq and Turkey 'To Discuss Water Shortage' Bombings Kill 30, Wound About 200 South of Baghdad
Iraqis Blame Bombings on Political Infighting Somalia Fighting Kills at Least 45
Lockerbie Bomber Returns Home Iraqis Can Contain Surge in Terrorism, Says Petraeus
Judge Rejects Challenge to Overseas Wiretap Law Obama 90 Percent Sure US 'Took Out' Pakistani Taliban Leader
Afghan Govt 'Satisfied' With Election Turnout NATO Chief Hails Afghan Elections as Great Success
Israelis Unhappy With Fatah Conference Results, Says Poll Abbas Says US Still Insists on Freeze of Israeli Settlements
Pundits Predict Terrorists Might Capture Michigan Town to Free Detainees US Officials Say Baghdad Blasts Attack on International Community
Violence Forces Polls to Shut Amid Low Afghan Turnout Attacks in Southern Iraq Kill Seven People, Wound 55
Al-Qaeda Emerges as Main Suspect in Iraq Bombings Gaza's Radical Islamists: Hamas Is Secular, Serves the Jews
Israeli FM Confirms Settlement Freeze, Says Freeze Won't Be Tolerated for Long Israeli FM Likens Swedish Counterpart to Nazi Era Officials
40 Dead in Somalia Fighting, Witnesses Say Pakistan Hopes Afghan Vote Will Bring Stability
Bomb Wounds 7 Close to Pakistan Capital US Training Commander 'Frustrated' in Iraq
Iran Lawmakers Warn of Clash Over New Government Diplomats: Iran Improves Access to Nuclear Activities
Outgoing IAEA Chief Has Tough Choice on Iran Families: US Hikers Detained in Iran Are Harmless
Group Finds More Unmarked Graves in Indian Kashmir Swedish Govt Distances Itself From Ambassador's Public Condemnation of Newspaper Article
China Slams US for Violating 'National Interests' China's Secretive Military Launches Web Site
Bicycle Bomb Kills 2 Near Restaurant in Baghdad Poll: Only 12 Percent of Israelis Believe Obama Supports Israel
Israeli FM to Demand Sweden Publish an Official Condemnation of Its Most Popular Newspaper Iraq: Bomb Kills 2 Near Restaurant in Baghdad
Election Turnout Appears Low in Much of Afghanistan German Liberal Party Calls for Exit Timetable for Afghanistan Troops
Afghans Turn to the Twitterverse for Election Iran Lawmakers Warn of Clash Over New Government
Army: All 4 Soldiers in Helo Crash in Colorado Died Officials: Lithuania Hosted Secret CIA Prison to Get 'Our Ear'
Iraqi Govt Accepts Resignation of Kurdish Deputy PM Somali Rebels Retake Two Towns
Afghan Election Marred by Low Turnout, Violence, Reports of Fraud Scores Killed as Scared Afghans Snub Polls
British Chinook Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan by Militants Ridge Says Bush Administration Pushed to Raise Terror Alert for Re-Election
China's Secretive Military Opens Up in Cyberspace 10 More Countries Set to Accept Gitmo Detainees
Iraq Holds 11 Senior Baghdad Security Officers After Bombings Lockerbie Figure: 'A Convenient Scapegoat?'
Scotland Frees Terminally Ill Lockerbie Bomber Security Stepped Up After Baghdad Bombings
Complaint Over Afghan Poll Ink British Chopper Forced Down in Afghanistan
'Lockerbie Bomber' Released From Prison After 8 Years

August 19th, 2009

Ex-Syrian Soldier Pleads Innocent to Arms Dealing US Air Strike Kills Four Police in Afghanistan
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