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December 31st, 2009

Obama Aide Gets Waiver to Investigate Airline Plot North Korea Calls for End to Hostile Relations With US
Obama Summons Intel Chiefs for Security Talks Video of Attack on Protester Is a Fake, Iranian Police Say
US Transferred Detainee Before Hostage Release Terror Attempt May Hinder Plans to Close Guantánamo
Focus on Internet Imams as Recruiters for Al Qaeda Judge's Order Dismissing Blackwater Case (pdf)
CIA Takes on Expanded Role on Front Lines In Sharp Contrast With Gaza, Casualties Decline in West Bank
Israel Backs Obama's Push for Sanctions on Iran TSA Nominee Misled Congress About Accessing Confidential Records
British Universities Sometimes Seen as Breeding Grounds for Radical Islam Investigators Scrutinize Yemeni American Cleric's Ties to Plane Suspect
CIA Base Attacked in Afghanistan Was Hub of Airstrikes Against al-Qaeda, Taliban TSA Backs Off Demand of Immediate Response on Leak
Petraeus Reportedly 'Certain' British Hostage Held in Iran Flight 253 Passenger Kurt Haskell: 'I Was Visited by the FBI'
Yemen Links Accused Jet Bomber, Cleric US-Born Cleric Key Player in Bomb Plot?
Yemen: Al Qaeda 'Most Dangerous' Arrested US Behind the Scenes of Yemen Terrorism Fight
Afghan Attack Tremendous Setback for CIA Troops Work to Secure High-Profile Afghan Road
Navy to Check Corrosion, Electrical Systems After Electrocution Death Report to Obama Details Intelligence Slipups
TSA Subpoenas Bloggers, Demands Names of Sources Napolitano Announces International Airport Security Campaign
CIA Base Chief Killed in Attack Survey: 137 Media Workers Killed in 2009
Four Killed in North Waziristan Drone Attack Zardari: Leading Opposition Party 'Not Friendly'
Christians in Baghdad Spend New Year's Eve Indoors Nigerian May Have Used Course in Yemen as Cover
Afghan Base Hit by Attack Has Pivotal Role in Conflict Safety Fears Prompt Some UN Staff to Evacuate Pakistan
Yemen Shi'ite Rebels Ready for Talks With Saudis Israel's Netanyahu Proposes Egypt Peace Summit
CIA Probes Afghan Base Security After Bombing Secret UK Army Squad 'Abused Iraqis'
Suicide Attack Inflicts Worst Death Toll on CIA in 25 Years Moore's Debriefing May Leave One Key Question Unresolved
Activists Allowed Into Gaza After Days of Protest Foreign Office Plays Down Iranian Role in Kidnapping
Zardari: I'll Fire 'Political Weapons' if Need Arises Venezuela Still Sore at Dutch Over 'US Aggression'
The 'Coalition of the Willing' Officially Becomes an Army of One Judge Drops All Charges in Blackwater's Baghdad Massacre
NATO Kills at Least Eight Afghan Civilians in Fresh Air Strike Maoists Blamed for Killings of Two Political Workers in Eastern India
Civilians Again Killed in NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Pakistan Against Hasty Pullout From Afghanistan
Iraqi Politician Dies of Wounds From Ramadi Suicide Bombing Iranian Opposition Websites Report New Anti-Government Clashes
British Government Has 'No Evidence' of Iran Hostage Link Backlash Over Gaza Onslaught Chastens Israel
Suspected Drone Attack Kills Three in Pakistan UK & Iran: 'No Evidence' Hostage Held in Iran
General: Seals' Charges Won't Be Dropped White House Voices 'Dismay' at Russian Dissident's Arrest
Zardari: Conspiracies Being Hatched Against Pakistan Not Me Report: US 2010 Sanctions to Be 'Targeted,' Not 'Crippling'
Grad-Type Rockets Land in Netivot France Televisions Journalists 'Kidnapped in Afghanistan'
Court Freed Somali Suspect With Chemicals, Syringe Airline Hero Says Failed Bombing Mirrors Script
Moscow Police Detain Prominent Rights Activist Arabic Study May Have Been Cover for Bomb Suspect
Venezuela Says US Violating Airspace From Curacao Iran Opposition Leaders Could Be Prosecuted for 'Defying God'
Israeli MP: DM Enjoys Classical Music and Killing Gaza Children Abbas: Israel Sabotages Palestinian Achievements by Killing Us
US Judge Dismisses Charges Against Blackwater for Iraq Killings Suicide Bomber Was Invited on Base as Potential Informant
Afghan Govt Calls on NATO to Hand Over Those Responsible for Kunar Killings Yemen Shi'ite Rebels Say Ready for Talks With Saudi
US: Mailman to Deliver Medical Aid in Case of Anthrax Attack Gaza Sees More Newborns With Birth Defects
Yemen: Visa of Nigerian Would-Be-Bomber Expired Iran State Prosecutor Warns Opposition Figures
Shah's Son Urges International Protest Over Iran Activists in Gaza and Israel Protest Gaza Blockade
US Troop Deaths Soared in Afghanistan in 2009 French Journalists, Guides Missing in Afghanistan
5 Americans in Pakistan to Face Terror Charges Police Arrest Senior Pakistani Taliban Commander
UN to Move Some Staff Out of Pakistan for Safety US Embassy: Bali Governor Warns of Possible Attack
Chinese Muslim Region Adopts Law on National Unity Afghan Insurgents Seize 2 French Journalists
Member of Kahane Family Arrested in Mosque Arson Afghan Govt Wants Foreign 'Killers of Civilians' Handed Over
Perilous Patrol Through Heart of Taliban Territory Kadima No. 2 to Livni: Set a Date for Primaries
Iran Soccer Body Sends Israeli Team New Year`s Greeting

December 30th, 2009

US Troops Increasingly Unwelcome in Japan Pakistani Security Forces Kill 5 Foreign Militants
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