Updated August 27, 2009 - 11:31 PM EDT
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August 28th, 2009

China's Tale of Two Restive Regions

August 27th, 2009

US Warns Karzai on Fraud, Corruption, Militia Ties China Approves Law Governing Armed Police Force
Afghan Taliban Commander Is Captured in Raid At Least 22 Dead in Pakistan Bombing
France and Germany Warn of New Iran Sanctions Abuse Issue Puts the Justice Dept. and CIA at Odds
Message to Muslim World Gets a Pentagon Critique Russia and Ukraine in Intensifying Standoff
Suicide Bomber Lightly Injures Senior Saudi Prince Bush's Search Policy for Travelers Is Kept by Obama
'06 Memo Cites Food Strike by Detainees Holder's Decision to Probe CIA Hints at a New Dynamic
Military Prepares Profiles on Reporters Visiting War Zones Accusations of Vote Fraud Multiply in Afghanistan
With Hakim's Death, Who Leads Iraq's Opposition Bloc? Judge Rules That He, Too, Can Grant Access to US Secrets
US Won't Press Israel on Settlements US Presses Yemen to Counter al-Qaeda
Report: Obama Poised to Scrap Eastern Europe Missile Shield 'Sibel Edmonds Speaks, but No One Is Listening'
Lebanese Security Forces Destroy 'One Third' of Hashish Plantations US Has 'Scrapped Plan for Missile Shield in Eastern Europe'
Merkel Staunch on Support as Debate Turns Critical of Israel US Army: 50,000 US Soldiers in Iraq by August 2010 Still the Goal
Darfur War Is Over, Claims Chief Peacekeeper US Seen Easing Israeli Settlement Demands
Georgia Slams Railway 'Robbery' in Rebel Abkhazia Israel Hobbling West Bank Economy, Says Tony Blair
Pentagon's Urgent Bid to Counter Afghan Roadside Bombs India Scrambles Fighter to Intercept Air France Plane
Police Re-Arrests Three Sons of Sufi Muhammad Israeli Group Slams Facebook as Anti-Semitic
Was the Afghan Election Rigged, and Who Will Decide? US Military in Afghanistan Denies Rating Reporters
US Moves Toward Formal Cut Off of Aid to Honduras Clinton Ponders Action Against Honduras
Over 80 Pct of Pakistan's War-Displaced Return Home British Traders Charged Over Iraqi Oil-For-Food Affair
New Peacekeeping Mandates Needed for LRA Hunt: UN Darfur War Over at Least for Now Says Departing UN Chief
Iran's Top Dissident Cleric Warns Against Regime 'Fall' Iran MP Says Rape of Some Vote Detainees Proven
Sweden's Free Speech Tradition Runs Into Israeli Ire Israeli Navy Kills Palestinian Fisherman: Medics
Netanyahu Calls for 'Crippling Sanctions' Against Iran US: Settlements No Precondition on Mideast Talks
Lebanese Army Arrests Israeli Man: Source Memos: CIA Pushed Limits on Sleep Deprivation
Divisiveness Adds to Pessimism in Afghanistan US Will Pay for Lawyer in Italian Kidnapping Trial
Russia Charges Eight With Arctic Sea Hijacking US Eyes 12 Giant 'Bunker Buster' Bombs
Pakistan Suicide Blast Kills at Least 21 Policemen UN Council Extends Lebanon Force With Same Mandate
Pakistan Police Get New Anti-Terror Training US Fears Yemen Next Staging Ground for al-Qaeda
Basque Terror Group Weaker but Still a Threat US General Aims for Afghan Hearts in Anti-Taliban Fight
Afghans in Greatest Danger Since Taliban Fell: Amnesty Ethnic Group in Myanmar Said to Break Cease-Fire
Nigerian Police Arrest 30 Afghan-Linked Islamists US-Colombia Bases Deal Could Fuel Arms Purchases
July, August Deadliest Months of Afghan War for US China Denounces Taiwan Visit by Dalai Lama
ACLU Supports UK Computer Hacker Fighting US Trial Shi'ite Cleric's Death Shakes Up Iraq Politics
Iraq Says Syria Must Give Up Terror Suspects Iraq's 'Shakira' Shakes Conservative Kurdistan
Khamenei Hails Iraq Shiite Leader's Battle Against Saddam Taiwan's Government Approves Visit by Dalai Lama
Clash Kills 4 Pakistani Soldiers, 9 Militants Koreas Work Toward Deal to Restart Family Reunions
North Korea's Talk Offer Is Dilemma for Obama Car Bombs Hit Iraqi Troops Ahead of Shi'ite Funeral
Doubts Cast on Authenticity of Picasso in Iraq Iranian Women Activists Not Fooled by President
Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Mourned at Home and in Iran Young Afghan Freed From Guantanamo to Sue US Govt
August Tied for Deadliest Month in Afghanistan South Korea Seeks to Curb Missionary Travel to Mideast
North Caucasus Bloggers Speak Out Bomber Hits Key Pakistani Border Crossing; 19 Dead
Canadian Research Aided CIA Torture Techniques Palestinians: Israel Navy Fire Kills Man Off Gaza Coast
How Do Settlers Avenge Removal of Outpost? They Build Another One US Drops Demand for Israel Building Freeze in East Jerusalem
Afghan Underdog Is Feeling Like a Winner Thursday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 45 Wounded
3 Bragg Soldiers Indicted for Murders of 2 Female Soldiers Fort Benning Investigates Possible Suicides
Cambodia Pulls Back Troops From Disputed Temple US Drone Strike Kills Eight in South Waziristan
US Senator Lashes Myanmar Sanctions Water Shortage Threatens Two Million People in Southern Iraq
More Fighting Feared as Thousands Flee Myanmar: Activists China Urges US to Halt Surveillance Near Its Shores
US Navy: Somali Pirates Fire on US Helicopter US Helicopter Opens Fire on Afghan Medical Clinic
US Drone Attack in Northwest Pakistan Kills 10

August 26th, 2009

PLO Picks New Leaders at Landmark Meeting UN Liberia Peacekeeper Suspected of Abuse Found Dead
How Kenya's 'Little Mogadishu' Became a Hub for Somali Militants US Increasing Use of Private Contractors in War Zone
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