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June 18th, 2013

Tunisian Court Jails Salafists for Burning Sufi Shrine Ex-Senator Feingold Chosen as Special Envoy to African Region
Islamists Press Blasphemy Cases in a New Egypt Obama Has Plans to Cut US Nuclear Arsenal, if Russia Reciprocates
Taliban Step Toward Afghan Peace Talks Is Hailed by US 21 US Senators Urge State Department to Review Honduras Aid Amid Allegations of Police Abuse
Turkey's Protesters Try the Silent Treatment Report: Snowden Headed for Iceland?
UN Recommends Bringing Iraq Closer to Ending 1990s Sanctions Officials Amp Up Spying Defense
Reporter Who Downed Mcchrystal Dies in Car Crash At 33 Justin Amash, John Conyers Introduce Bill to Curb NSA
Rand Paul Accuses James Clapper of Lying to Congress Over NSA Suveillance Pakistani Provincial MP Among 35 Killed in Funeral Bombing
Bombings Return to Central Iraq; 23 Killed DHS Hopes to Get Same Cyber-Spying Powers as NSA
Michael Hastings Dead: Buzzfeed Reporter Dies in Car Crash at Age 33 Despite IDF Denials, Evidence Shows Dogs Still Being Used to Attack Palestinian Suspects
Arab Village in Israel Targeted in Racial Attack 5 Alarming Things We Should Have Already Known About the NSA, Surveillance, and Privacy Before Ed Snowden
US Commander in Afghanistan Skeptical Haqqanis Will Reconcile UN Says Libya Continues to Face Difficult Transition
Taliban Agree to Peace Talks With US Over Afghanistan - Full Statement Senators Pledge 'Full Support' for Attacking Syria
Dianne Feinstein: No NSA Senate Hearing Soon US Drops Demand Taliban Renounce al-Qaeda
AQIM Reportedly Confirms Commander's Death in Mali Four From US Forces Killed in Attack in Afghanistan
Luxor Protests Against Morsi's New Governor for the City - Former Islamist Terror Leader Adel El-Khayat 'Real Men Don't Do Poetry': Israeli Army Refuses to Let IDF Soldier Read Verses on the Radio
Turkey Unrest: PM Vows to Strengthen Police Powers as 'Dozens Detained' in Swoops but Silent 'Standing Man' Inspires Protesters David Cameron Tells Russia at G8 Summit: Join the Club or Face Isolation on Syria
British Military Stock Left Over From Afghan War Being Moved Out Revealed: the 44 Guantanamo Bay Inmates US Can't Prosecute but Won't Release
Pakistan Says Kerry Visit Delayed Because of Syria Istanbul's 'Standing Man' Adds Momentum to Turkey's Protest Movement
Lebanese Sunnis Ready to Fight After 'Hezbollah Declared War Against Us' Despite Protests, Turkey Remains 'Indispensable' to West
Edward Snowden's Live Q&A: Eight Things We Learned Explosion in Kabul Near Afghan National Parliament
Two Security Men Killed in North Waziristan Check Post Attack Pakistan Welcomes Opening of Taliban Office
Switzerland Refuses to Reopen Graft Cases Against President Zardari Egyptian Protesters Besiege Hamas at Cairo Hotel
Israel Urges Revocation of 'Google Palestine' West Bank Commander Warns of Unrest if No Peace Talks
Israeli General: Palestinians Quietly Aiding US Peace Drive Lavrov: Iran Ready to Stop 20% Enrichment
2 Settlers Arrested for Suspicion of Attacking 80-Year-Old Palestinian ADL Condemns Author Alice Waters for 'Shocking' Criticism of Israel
Gadhafi's Children Likely Violated UN Ban Sunni-Shiite Violence Hits Lebanese City of Sidon
Rand Paul: Edward Snowden a 'Civil Disobedient' Google Challenges US Gag Order, Citing First Amendment
US, Taliban Start Talks on Ending Afghan War Icelandic Ministers Said to Ignore Snowden's Plea
Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Muslim Spying The Truth: the NSA Has Been Working on Domestic Spying for Ten-Plus Years
Netanyahu: Israel Won't Accept Less Than Total Halt of Iran's Nuclear Enrichment Bombing at Pakistani Funeral Kills 29
Report: Piracy in West Africa Outstrips Somalia Israel Seeks $5b in US Loan Guarantees
Turkey PM Claims Victory Over Protests, Police Start Raiding Houses of Dissidents Manning WikiLeaks Case in Recess
NATO Transfers Full Responsibility for Security to Afghan Forces 2008 Bomber of Times Square Military Station May Have Had Lookouts, FBI Says
US, Taliban to Start Talks on Ending Afghan War Russia Blast: Multiple Explosions Rock Arsenal Storing 13 Million Shells
Russia Delivers $1 Billion Worth of Military Hardware to Azerbaijan Whistleblower Says State Department Trying to Bully Her Into Silence
Sharyl Attkisson Shares Update on Computer Hacking Investigation Yahoo Joins Other Technology Giants in Revealing US Surveillance Requests
NSA Head: Surveillance Helped Thwart More Than 50 Terror Plots New York Police Commissioner: 'NSA Should Come Clean About Domestic Spying'
Afghanistan: NATO Security Handover Marked by Deadly Blast 'Taliban Is Ready to Talk Peace' With Afghan State: Afghan Official
2 Killed, 16 Wounded in Shell Explosion in Egypt's Assiut Edward Snowden Is 'Heroic'¯ Says David Stockman
Obama Loses German Hearts and Minds Ahead of Berlin Visit G-8 Agrees Plan to Promote Syrian Peace Talks
Turkey's 'Standing Man' Launches New Protest Wave Poll Shows Erdogan's Popularity Has Taken a Hit. Could He Lose His Mandate?
Lebanese Sunni Muslim Politician Warns of State Collapse Karzai Announces Peace Talks as Afghans Take Over Security
Islamists Drive 19,000 Farmers From North Nigeria Mali and Tuareg Rebels to Sign Accord
Lebanese Minister Accuses Syria of 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Sunnis Israeli Leaders Condemn Hate Crime Against Arabs
Egypt and Ethiopia Vow to Defuse Blue Nile Dam Row UK: Army Redundancies: Soldiers Told of Fate
Communist Rebels in Philippines Abduct 5 Soldiers NATO to Stop Combat Operations in Afghanistan: Chief
US Will Buy Russian Helicopters for Afghan Military: Pentagon Russia Starts Delivering $1 Bln Arms Package to Azerbaijan
Suicide Bombers Target Baghdad Mosque, Killing 31 Camouflaging the Vietnam War: How Textbooks Continue to Keep the Pentagon Papers a Secret
Senate Intel Committee Blocks Former Staffer From Talking to Press About Oversight Process

June 17th, 2013

Guantanamo Bay: Stories From Inside the World's Most Infamous Jail Steve Wozniak Says No to PRISM in the Free World
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