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August 18th, 2011

Taliban Says Launched Attack on British, UN Offices in Kabul Man Admits Giving $7,000 to Failed Times Sq. Bomber
20 Years After Soviet Fall, Some Look Back Longingly Island's Naval Base Stirs Opposition in South Korea
Afghan Police: Twin Explosions Rock Afghan Capital; at Least 3 Dead North Korea Says It Has Accepted US Proposal to Discuss Resuming Recovery of Soldiers' Remains
Army Defends Body Armor After Report How the US Message on Assad Shifted
Pakistan Amends Tribal Laws Said to Fuel Militancy Egypt Military Council Drops Charges Against Two Activists
UN Blasts Syrian Leaders on Human Rights Iraqi Kurdistan Votes to Deploy Peshmerga Troops Into Diyala Province
Witnesses Claim Cover-Up in UN Chief's Death Syria Unrest: US 'Wanted International Support'
NBC Report: Gadhafi Preparing to Leave Libya Libyan Capital Is Fearful as Rebels Eye Tripoli
British Supply Line in Libya 'On Brink of Collapse' Libya Rebel Chief Fears Bloodbath in Battle for Tripoli
War Crimes Push Aimed at Ousting Sri Lanka Government: Official Libyan Embassy Re-Opens Under New Flag in Dc
Brother of Libya's Information Minister Reported Killed in NATO Strike Israeli Warplanes Attack Gaza Strip, Killing Six
Japan Warned It Must Decide on Future of Okinawa US Marine Base Egypt Army Officer, 2 Security Men Killed in Israeli Border Raid
Yemeni Official Narrowly Escapes Assassination Attempt Libyan Officials Say Military Remains Strong, as Rebels Advance
Gilani Rejects Nawaz's Call for Early Elections ‎ Iraq Electricity Minister Resigns Over Power Deals
Syrian Security Forces Adopt Shoot-On-Sight Policy Somalia: Govt Forces, Al Shabaab Fight in Mogadishu
Libya Rebels Strike Hard in West as Casualties Mount Casualties Mount, but Rebels Say Gadhafi's Defeat Is a Step Closer
12 Militants Killed in Chechnya Bloodshed Continues Unabated in Karachi
Bahrain Protesters Clash With Security Forces Hariri Tribunal Calls for Greater Efforts to Arrest Suspects
Can September Place Israel on the International Criminal Court Dock? On Trial Ukraine Ex-Pm Tymoshenko Requests Doctor
Syrian Envoy Says US Waging 'Diplomatic War' Norway Killer Phoned Police 26 Minutes Before Arrest
Turkish Jets Hit Kurdish Rebels Again in Northern Iraq Israel Says Hamas Responsible for 3 Attacks That Killed 7 in Sinai
Russian Forces Kill Twelve in Fighting With Caucasus Insurgents 26 Killed in a Single Day of Violence in Afghanistan
Kurdistan Parliament Votes to Send Peshmerga to Diyala Civilian Killed in Armed Attack West of Mosul
Iraq's State of Law Bloc Withdraws From Parliament's Session Text of Obama's Call on Assad to Leave Power
Militant Makes Death Threat Against David Letterman PM: We Respond Immediately, Powerfully to Attacks
Iron Dome Intercepts 2 Rockets Fired at Israel Chile Recognises 9,800 More Victims of Pinochet's Rule
Six Palestinians Killed as Israel Hits Southern Gaza Officials: US States' National Guard's Role in Eastern Europe Vital
Army Vet With PTSD Sought the Treatment He Needed by Taking Hostages – but Got Jail Instead Biden Visits China Amid Crackdown on Writers, Dissidents
Israel Had Prior Warnings of Potential Terror Attacks From Sinai UN Catalogues Syria Atrocities, Has 50 Suspects
Neil Armstrong Rallies Afghan Troops Palestinians Talk of Protest, Little Sign of Action
Israelis Blame 'Terrorist' Border Attacks on Gaza Militants, Poor Security Philippine Guerrilla Forms New Muslim Rebel Group
Pakistan: Sketch of US Man's Alleged Captor Shown Myanmar Government Urges Peace Talks With Ethnic Rebels
US, Chinese Basketballers Brawl During Biden Visit Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Algeria Attack
Libya Rebels Strike Hard in West as Casualties Mount Top Opposition Politician: Algeria 'Not Immune to Arab Spring Revolt'
Egypt: Military Intensifies Clampdown on Free Expression Feds Bust Iraqi-Mexican Drug Operation in Calif.
US to Provide Emergency Flood Aid to North Korea Vietnam Halts Anti-China Protests
Syria Unrest: World Leaders Call for Assad to Step Down Iraq's 'Soft Line' on Syria Snubs Obama Policy in Nod to Iran
Libyan Rebels Capture Oil Refinery Within 30 Miles of Tripoli Israel Pounds Gaza After Deadly Attacks Near Eilat
Netanyahu: Terror Attacks Violate Israel's Sovereignty, We Will Respond Accordingly 33 Killed in Karachi Violence in Pakistan
US Freezes Syrian Assets in New Sanctions US, Egypt Put Off Joint Military Drills
Obama Calls for Regime Change in Syria 21 Killed as Afghan Bus Rolls Over IED
Six Killed in Series of Attacks on Israeli Soldiers Afghan Official: 21 People Killed by Roadside Bomb
Obama Calls for Regime Change in Syria Peru Suspends US-Funded Coca Eradication Program
Egyptian Governor Denies Gunfire From Sinai Israel Radio Retracts Report of Explosion in Beersheba

August 17th, 2011

Unrest Forces Cancellation of Joint Egyptian-US Military Exercises US Border Town Corrupted by Drugs Trade
US Hires Blackwater Subsidiary for Afghan Drug War
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