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December 16th, 2009

Intelligence Improperly Collected on US Citizens Aristide Supporters Protest Election Ban in Haiti
A Legacy of Regret for a Saudi Diplomat UN Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai
Afghans Fleeing Taliban Are Flooding Tajikistan Congress Investigating Charges of 'Protection Racket' by Afghanistan Contractors
Pakistan Reported to Be Harassing US Diplomats Lefties Call for Alliance With Paulies Against War
Obama Told China: I Can't Stop Israel Strike on Iran Indefinitely Colombia's Two Biggest Rebel Groups Say May Unite
House OKs $634 Billion Defense Bill, Doesn't Include Surge Pakistani Minister: Terror War Almost Over
Security Forces Kill 49 Taliban in FATA Congress Opens Probe Into Afghan Trucking Contract
Marines Eager, Wary About Leading Surge Into Afghanistan After Difficult Goodbye, US Marines Head Off to Afghanistan
US Calls Japan Base Delay Decision Unfortunate Iran Most Popular Twitter Topic in 2009
Now Blair's Key Iraq War Aides Desert Him: Spy Chief and Top Envoy Tell Inquiry of Their Doubts US Steps Up Special Operations Mission in Afghanistan
Raytheon Turns iPhones Into Battlefield Tools Criticized UN-Backed Congo Operation to Shut Down
Sudan Accuses France of Colonialism Palestinians Destroy Settler-Made Dead Sea Cosmetics
Hardline Israeli Settlers Start Building West Bank Outpost NATO Chief Asks for Russian Help in Afghanistan
US Says North Korea Agrees to Discuss Uranium Enrichment Japan Coalition Leader Wants US Base Off Okinawa
Petraeus: US War a Success, Even if bin Laden Still at Large Pelosi: Obama Must Sell Afghan Surge
Iraq to Relaunch Air Force Nearly 20 Years After Kuwait War Moody's Warns of 'Social Unrest' as Sovereign Debt Spirals
Italian Student Tells of Arrest While Filming for Fun Poll: Gains for Obama, Not His Afghan Plans
House Approves $290 Billion Increase in Debt Limit Audit Finds Afghan Anticorruption Unit Ineffective
DHS Made Improper Intel Report on Nation of Islam Tribunal Charges 2 Khmer Rouge With Genocide
Colombia Kills Rebel Chieftain and His Bodyguards Turkey, Ukraine, Azerbaijan Join EU Condemnation of Abkhazia Election
Nepal Maoists Agree to Release Thousands of Child Soldiers Three Captured Journalists in Afghanistan Freed, Says Guardian
Lebanon to Discuss Israeli Plans for Border Town Pullout Military Observers to Remain on Golan Heights Until June
Reports: Iran's Deputy Atomic Chief Resigns Pakistani Supreme Court Rules Politicians' Amnesty Unconstitutional
Bus Blast Kills Two, Wounds Five in Baghdad German Ministers Face Kunduz Air Strike Inquiry
'Japan Puts New Missile Interceptors on Hold' Forces Kill 27 Militants in Kurram Agency
Pakistan PM Says Committed to Promote Partnership With US Yemen Rebels Say American Air Force Behind Raid That Killed 120
Israeli FM: 'Being Anti-Israel Is the New Anti-Semitism' Poll: Americans Skeptical of Afghan Surge
Vietnam Orders Russian Submarines, Fighter Jets Diplomat: Pakistan Holding Up Some US Visas
Pakistan Court Voids Amnesty Shielding Government Figures Obama Writes Letter to North Korean Leader
US Says North Korea Must Address Uranium Program Britain Vows to End Arrest Threats to Israeli Vips
Palestinian Village Caught Amid Israel Settlements US Military Withdrawal on Track, Says Iraq PM
White House Sees UN Support for Iran Penalties US Sees Iran Edging Closer to Nuclear Arms Knowhow
Demand for New States Could Change India's Map Swiss Say They Will Accept 1 Guantanamo Detainee
First of 30,000 New Troops Arriving in Afghanistan US to Expand Eyes in the Sky Over Afghanistan
House Overwhelmingly Passes $634 Billion Defense Bill, Doesn't Include Afghan Surge Roll Call: House Passes Defense Bill
Japan Coalition Leader Wants US Base Off Okinawa Terror Monitor: Tape of Captured US Soldier Due
How NATO Sought to Play Down the German Air Strike Pakistani Court Deals Us-Backed President Big Blow
German DM Accused of Lying by Top General Guantanamo 'Far From Closed'
Credit Suisse to Pay $536 Million Fine for Violating Iran Sanctions Short PATRIOT Act Extensions May Open Door to Tinkers
War Bonds Proposed to Pay for Afghanistan, Iraq Conflicts Military Reaches Out to Wider Audiences With Expanded Online Presence
Estonian Soldier Is Killed by Bomb in Afghanistan's Helmand Province Maliki: Security Forces Involved in Massive Baghdad Attack
Taliban Sneak Past Marines in Southern Afghanistan Iran Tests More Advanced Long-Range Missile
Wednesday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 27 Wounded Iraq's Oil: Now Comes the Hard Part
A Breakdown of Iran's Missile Arsenal Iran Tests Long-Range Missile, Raises Ire of West
Guinea Soldier: I Shot the President China's 'Over-Rapid' Nuclear Growth Stirs Fears
Was Mumbai Suspect a Double Agent for US? Canada: Conservative Boycott Shuts Down Afghan Detainee Hearing
Army Again Turns to Depleted Uranium for New Weaponry Coalition Allies Faulted Canada Over Handling of Detainees
Kremlin to Press NATO Chief on Security Pact Abu Sayyaf Co-Founder Nabbed in Jakarta
Torture Suit Too Hot to Be Heard, US Says Sahwa Leader Killed as Bomb Explodes in Baghdad
Iraqi Govt Will Not Force Camp Ashraf Residents to Move Out Iraq Security Forces Were Involved in Bombings: PM
Military Tribunals Will Be Held at Illinois Prison Palestine 'Paying for Occupation'
AfriCom Could Add Marine Air-Ground Combat Force Pakistani Displaced Find Life Hard in Karachi
Palestinian Leaders to Extend President Mahmoud Abbas's Term Indefinitely 2 Pages in Persian on Iran Nuclear Work Puzzle Spy Agencies

December 15th, 2009

Gulf Petro-Powers to Launch Currency in Latest Threat to Dollar Hegemony Myanmar Opposition Leader Meets Party Elders
Report: North Korean Leader Kim's Health Worsens Rights Activist Who Protested Honduras Coup Killed
House Overwhelmingly Approves More Sanctions Against Iran
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