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December 23rd, 2009

Report Says Afghan Drug Effort Lacks Strategy Trial in China Signals New Limits on Dissent
At Fort Hood, Reaching Out to Soldiers at Risk Lithuanian Report Inconclusive on How Secret CIA Prisons Were Used
As Attacks Increase, US Struggles to Recruit Computer Security Experts 2003 US Raid in Iraqi Town Serves as a Cautionary Tale
Gates Proposes $2 Billion in Funds to Aid Unstable Countries Wednesday: 23 Iraqis Killed, 66 Wounded
Cargo Plane With North Korean Weapons Headed for Sri Lanka, Not Iran, Defense Lawyer Says Iraq, Iran Try to Resolve Border Spat
US: Iraq Military Lacks Resources for Iran Frontier Osama bin Laden's Family in Iran: New Strain on Saudi-Iran Ties
Oil Minister: Iraq Has 'Master Plan' to Boost Oil Exports Jack Straw Faces Iraq Inquiry Grilling Over Tony Blair Letter
Anti-Iranian Demonstrations Spread Across Iraq in Oil Well Dispute NATO Diplomacy Adrift in Afghan Valley of Death
'Major Political Drama' Unfolding in Pakistan, Says Holbrooke In South Korea, Land Mines Remain a Threat
Pakistani Taliban Chief Asks Group to Desist From Abductions, Crime in North Waziristan Peace High on Gazans' Christmas Wish List
Hamas Says Needs Time to Study Israeli Prisoner Swap Reply Afghanistan: British Paratrooper Is Fourth Soldier to Die in Four Days
US Not to Interfere if Zardari Goes Secret Japan-US Nuclear Pact Documents Kept by Former Prime Minister's Family
Guantanamo 'Hell on Earth,' Says Somali Detainee Remote Areas at Risk as NATO Acts to Protect Afghan Cities
UN Expert Slams 'Tragic' International Failure in Gaza UK Army Halts Soldiers' Training to Cut Costs
Israel Not Interested in Peace: Syria's Assad US Warns Iran to Meet Nuclear Deadline
67% Say UN Not Tough Enough on Iran Iran Police Clash With Mourners, 50 Arrested: Reports
Iran Behaves Increasingly Like a 'Police State': Us Iran's Ahmadinejad Mocks Obama's 'TV series' nuke talks
Erakat: Peace Talks Can Restart if Israel Halts Settlements Yemeni Rebels Say They'll Leave Saudi Arabia if Attacks End
US Says Chinese Dissident Trial 'Uncharacteristic of a Great Country' PM: Israel Faces the 'Goldstone Threat'
MKs Sign Deal to Leave Kadima as Split in Party Looms Guinea's Military Celebrates 1 Year of Power
Zimbabwe Rivals Getting Along, but No Breakthrough Sudan Parliament to Vote Again on Referendum Law
Palestinian Who Planted Bomb Near Israel-Gaza Border Gets 10 Years Brown to Appear at Iraq War Inquiry After Election
Report: Hamas Agrees to Deport 123 Prisoners in Shalit Deal Israel Warns Nationals of al-Qaeda Abduction Threat in Africa
Settlers Plan to Cut IDF Ties in Fight Against Freeze Honduras' Zelaya Stuck in Embassy for Christmas
Karzai Impersonator Tests Limits of Afghan Free Speech Renewed Lebanese Drug Trade Hikes Mideast Tensions
Yemen Is Growing Front in Al-Qaeda Battle Lithuanian Parliament Condemns CIA Prisons
Navy: Investigation Drove Sailor to Suicide Blast! Los Alamos Researchers Accidentially Demolish Building With a Cannon
British Muslims Slam UK Pledge to End Arrest Threats Against Israelis Israeli Peace Group Leader Charged With Arms Possession for Displaying Used Tear Gas Canisters
Iraqi General, Election Candidate Killed in Separate Attacks Palestinians Say Bethlehem Wall Spoils Christmas
Peace Talks Can Restart 'if Israel Halts Settlements' Hamas Considers Latest Israeli Offer for Prisoner Swap
North Korea's Currency Revaluation 'Led by Successor' Taiwan Policeman Injured as Protesters Hound China Envoy
Diplomats Shut Out of Chinese Dissident's Trial Turkish Military Breaks Silence Over New Plot Story
IMF Approves $1.2 Billion Payment to Pakistan US Blasts Trial of Chinese Dissident
Group Blasts Unesco Over Equatorial Guinea Link Guinea Junta Should Be 'Held to Account' for Massacre: US
UN Council Sanctions Eritrea Over Somali Rebel Aid Should the US Destroy Jihadist Websites?
NATO Diplomacy Adrift in Afghan Valley of Death With UN in Disarray, Afghan Leader Lacks Guidance
Taliban Blow Up Pakistan Girls School: Official UN Extends Mandate of Congo Peacekeeping Force
Muslims Slam UK Pledge to Reform War Crimes Law Police Kill Afghan Senator at Baghlan 'Checkpoint'
Ceausescu Fooled by Aides, Son Says German Children Held in Yemen Appear in Video: Sources
Can US Troops Run McChrystal's 'Soft Power' Playbook? Iraqi General Assassinated
Iraqi Kurd Gas Victims Sue Dutchman for Damages US Military: No Change to Iraq Pregnancy Policy
Iraq Chases Many for Corruption, Catches Few Iraq Election Candidate Killed in 'Sticky Bomb' Attack
Church Hit and Election Candidate Killed in Iraq Attacks Police Feared Terrorist Attack After 2004 Michael Jackson Arrest
US Criticizes Sudan Parliament on Referendum Law US: Arms Talks With Russia to Drag Into 2010
North Korea Turns to Air Smuggling Protesters Clash With Police in Iranian City of Esfahan
Iraqi Police: Gunmen Storm Checkpoint, Kill 4 Postwar Gaza: Scars Frozen, Mideast at an Impasse
Mediator in Prisoner Swap Meets With Hamas in Gaza Weapons-Carrying Cargo Plane Headed for Sri Lanka
At Least Six Killed in Religious Attacks in Iraq Somali Militants Enforce Taliban-Style Dress Code
Human Rights Watch Urges Afghans to Investigate Prison Death EU Official in Georgia: Russia Violates Peace Deal
Guantánamo Closure Delayed Another Year Report: Police, Protesters Clash in Southern Iran
bin Laden Daughter Hides in Saudi Embassy in Iran Pakistani Taliban Sending Troops to Afghanistan to Fight US
Watchdog Faults US Anti-Drug Effort in Afghanistan Bombs Target Iraqi Christians, Shiites
Iran Plans Satellite Launches Next Year Dumbest Anti-Terror Tech, Ever?
US Forces Observing From a Distance Developments at Maysan Oil Field FBI Leaker Should Have Raised Flags
Worrying Over Afghanistan's Pot-Head Soldiers Marwan Barghouti Barred for Israel Prisoner Swap
Bomb Targeting Historic Church in Iraq Kills Two Iranian Police Threaten Fierce Crackdown on Protesters
Colombian State Governor Abducted by Rebels Is Found Dead Suicide Attack Kills Three Outside Pakistani Press Club
Afghan Senator Killed Mistakenly at Police Checkpoint Defense Bill Pork Earmarks Total $4 Billion
Pakistan Taliban Sending Fighters to Afghanistan Pakistan Orders Security for Media After Attack

December 22nd, 2009

Egypt Says No Steel Gaza Wall Despite Hamas Fears Argentina 'Dirty War' Ex-Judge Gets 21 Years
International Community Has Failed Gaza: Aid Groups UN Gives Mud Brick Huts to Gaza War Homeless
Turkmenistan to Resume Gas Supplies to Russia: Gazprom Russia, US Plan Unprecedented Nuclear Cut: Lavrov
Russia Says Stalled Mideast Talks Need Extra Push Seven North Koreans Return Home From South Korea
Japan Sets May Deadline to Resolve US Base Dispute Rice Says North Korea Is Feeling Pressure
Feds Address Concerns About Safety of Illinois Prison Musharraf Regrets Amnesty Law
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