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October 17th, 2009

Russia's Leaders See China as Template for Ruling Sudan's Critics Relieved That Obama Chose a Middle Course
For Darfurians, 'Luck' in Khartoum Military Seeks $1.3 Billion for Projects in Afghanistan
Source: Goldstone Report Will Complicate, Not Halt Peace Talks Darfur: a Deadly New Chapter as LRA Moves In
Shelter for Families Blocked at Gaza Border Afghanistan: the British Base Called Stalingrad
Blair for President? 'Not Necessarily a Good Idea,' Says His Former Adviser British Soldier Attached to Special Forces Faces War Crimes Probe
Same Old Mistakes in New Afghan War British Victims of Terror Attacks Abroad to Receive Payouts
Armed Riots Threatened as Karzai Scorns Election Inquiry Chechen Terror Family Chief Turns on Sons
Tony Blair's Envoy Attacks Afghanistan War US Admits Tackling Italians Over Payments to the Taliban
We're Making a Difference, US Colonel Tells Despondent Troops in Afghanistan Showdown Between Afghan Election Watchdogs a New Headache for Obama
Britain Criticized for Opting Out of UN Vote Condemning Israel Ethiopia Claims Surrender of Rebel Ogaden Leader
Contested Sudan Census Not Basis for Referendum: VP Iran Shipping Firm Denies UK Charge of Nuke Ties
British Govt to Appeal Court Ruling on US 'Torture' Papers Iraq: Kurdistan's 'Shakira' Causes Shock Waves in Her Homeland
Remembering Afghanistan's Golden Age Newsweek Reporter Freed in Iran
Lebanon's Hariri Says 'Breakthrough' in Cabinet Formation a Matter of Days US Said to Be Planning Deeper Engagement With Sudan
Three Militants Killed in Bajaur, Pakistan 29 Afghan Prayer Leaders Held in Mardan, Pakistan
Osama, Mulla Omar Not in Pakistan, Says Interior Minister Bomb Hoax at Pakistan Newspaper Office
Politicians Assure Full Support to Pakistan Army Three Private Schools Closed on Security Concerns in Lahore, Pakistan
Tehran Frees Iranian-Canadian Journalist: Report Chavez Says Iran Helping Venezuela Find Uranium
UN Nuclear Chief Calls for US-Iran Talks on Nuclear Dispute Hamas to Reply on Palestinian Unity Deal as Abbas Eyes Vote
Arab League Says US Donations Used to Finance Settlements Khamenei Urges OIC to Support Palestinians
Turkish PM Slams Israel as a 'Persecutor' Thaksin Addresses 17,000 Thai 'Red Shirts' at Rally
Masked Gunmen Kill Darfur Police at UN Compound Wrangling, Horse-Trading Over Afghan Vote Result
Afghanistan Braces for Possible Election Run-Off Afghan President Under Pressure Over Fraud Rulings
Decide Afghan Vote Before Adding Troops: Kerry Communist-Era Files Still Haunt the Old East Bloc
Macedonia and Kosovo Settle Border Dispute Hacker Gets More Time to Fight US Extradition
Thousands Protest Arrests of Basque Nationalists Iraq to Let Trade Fair Exhibitors Have Israel Links: Memo
Bomb Kills Four Iraqi Soldiers, Bridge Blown Up Refused Asylum Seekers Were Not Iraqi: Govt Spokesman
Zimbabwe Premier Threatens Cabinet Boycott Pakistan: 11 Terrorists Killed in South Waziristan Operation
West African Leaders Impose Arms Embargo on Guinea Exiled Iran VP: Sanctions, Military Strike Would Boost Regime
Iraq Deportees in UK Await Fate Obama, Turkish Prez Discuss Afghanistan
Kerry: Too Soon to Send More Troops to Afghanistan Guananano Bay 'Torture' Ruling Threatens Intelligence Sharing With US
Ousted Honduran Leader Sets Monday Deadline on Counteroffer Inter-Korean Talks Fail to Reach Agreement on More Family Reunion
Controversial Dutch Lawmaker Enters UK After Ban Overturned Opposition Official's Trial on Hold in Zimbabwe
US Documents Point to Secret Japan Nuclear Pact Report: Hedge Fund Trader Funded Sri Lankan Terror Group
Sarkozy: No More French Troops for Afghanistan Iran Opposition: Use of Force Won't Halt Demands
Iraq Approves Oil Deal With BP-Led Consortium Pentagon Ends Plans to Send Army Brigade to Iraq
NATO Chiefs Back Afghanistan Reinforcements 30,000 Pakistani Troops Begin South Waziristan Offensive
Obama's Guantánamo, Counterterror Policies Similar to Bush's Pakistan Sends 30,000 Troops for All-Out Assault on Taliban
Comrade, May I See Your Internet Papers? PA 'Won't Oppose War Crimes Trials for Hamas Militants'
Bangladesh's Madrassas Enroll Girls New Bases in Bulgaria, Romania Cost US Over $100m
Will Taliban Attacks in Pakistan Sway Obama's War Decision? Sen. Levin Crafts Afghan Compromise
Truck Bomb Destroys Key Bridge in Western Iraq Tribesmen Kill 16 Kenyan Soldiers: South Sudan Army
Parents Say Radicals Recruiting Young Somalis in Kenya Thailand's Color-Coded Protests
Thai Red Shirts Push for Royal Pardon for Thaksin Saturday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 30 Wounded
3 US Troops Killed in Bomb Attacks in Afghanistan A Russian Policy Shift on Iran?
Iran to Completely Drop Dollar From Foreign Exchange Iran May Declare Dead Protestor Neda a Martyr
Is a New Cold War Brewing With Iran? Iran Ordered to Pay $310 Million to US Embassy Bombing Victim
Report: Iranian Spies Active in Germany US Diplomat Galbraith Tied to Kurdish Oil
Iraq Oil Contract Criticized by British Antiwar Campaigners Iraq Blocks Britain's £250,000 Asylum Seekers Jet
Former US Soldier Took Kickbacks While in Iraq Iraq Set to Buy Russian Weaponry
Ambassador: US, Iraq 'Joined Forever' Amazing Escape for British Soldier in Afghanistan Shot in the Head by a Taliban Fighter
Foreign Supporters in Urgent Talks to Avoid Second Afghan Vote Low Turnout Feared in Afghans' Return to Polls
Protests if Karzai Returns to Power: Afghan Opposition 3 US Troops Killed in Bomb Attacks in Afghanistan
Three US Soldiers, 25 Militants Killed in Afghanistan Canada Denies Paying Afghan Talibans for Peace
Hillary Clinton Says Afghanistan Got 'Short Shrift'; Needed More Troops, Attention From Start of War Likely Afghan Runoff Spurs Power-Sharing Talks
US Military Looks to Upgrade Its Super Spy Blimps Iraqis Awaiting International Investigator to Investigate Terrorist Bombings
Yemen Court Sentences Two Shi'ite Rebels to Death, Jails 10 Others Group: Chinese Democracy Activist Gets 10 Years
Carolina Military Jet Crash Is Grim Reminder of Risk Pentagon Paying $400 Per Gallon to Deliver Gasoline to Afghanistan
Powell Warned of 'Terror-Industrial Complex' in 2007 Interview Netanyahu: Prepare for Long Struggle Against Goldstone Gaza Report
Egypt: Fatah-Hamas Deal Deferred Due to 'Inappropriate Conditions' Iranian Bloggers Win Major Press Award
Commander's Letter Tackles Troops' Morale in Afghanistan US Ignored Warnings Before Deadly Afghan Attack
Obama Adviser Jones Shifted Afghanistan Views – a Lot Australian Navy on Standby for Asylum Seekers
Hamas to Reply on Palestinian Unity Deal Roadside Bomb Blast Kills Two in Pakistan
Latin American Leftists Tackle US Dollar With New Currency Iran Opposition: Use of Force Won't Halt Demands
Rulings in Afghan Election Fraud Probe Expected Karadzic Demands That UN Exempt Him From War Crimes Trial, Claiming Deal With US Envoy
Zimbabwean Judge Postpones Trial for Top Aide Russia: 2 Opposition Parties Return to Parliament
Iraqi Turkmen Have Fears About Rigging Coming Elections

October 16th, 2009

Director and Actress Prevented From Leaving Iran: Reports Russia Jails Two on Espionage Charges
South Korean Lawmaker: North Korea Holding 154,000 Political Prisoners Guinea Cabinet Ministers Resign Over Bloody Rally
UN Panel to Investigate Guinea Killings Honduran Talks Deadlocked Over Restoring Zelaya
Israel Threatens to Withdraw From Peace Path After UN Vote

October 15th, 2009

Maine Soldier With Ties to Idaho Slain in Afghanistan

October 14th, 2009

Slain Soldier (MN) Was Full of Humor, Heart, His Friends and Family Say

October 13th, 2009

Marine Bomb Technician (MN) Killed One Month After Arriving in Afghanistan Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Orders Flags to Half-Mast for Fallen Soldier (MI)

October 11th, 2009

Friends Share Memories of Fallen California Soldier

October 9th, 2009

Savannah (GA) Family Grieves Loss of Soldier

October 8th, 2009

Brooklyn (NY) Soldier Killed by Small Arms Fire in Afghanistan

October 7th, 2009

Tucson (AZ) Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Battle
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