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News
Updated January 1, 2009 - 11:22 PM EST
Israeli Military Recommends Major Gaza Invasion
 
  Israel Pursues Diplomacy to Gain More Time for Attacks
  Israeli Strike Kills Hamas Political Leader
  UN: at Least a Quarter of Slain Gazans Are Civilians
  Gaza Doctors Deny Hospital Is 'Hamas Hideout'
  Media Banned From Gaza as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates
  Striking Deep Into Israel, Hamas Employs an Upgraded Rocket Arsenal
US Leaders Staunchly Support Attacks on Gaza
 
  No Point in Ceasefire, White House Agrees
  Peace Process Blown to Bits
  Egypt Seen as Complicit in Gaza Assault
Israeli Court Petitioned to Allow Antiwar Rally
 
  Gaza War Drives Israeli Politics Ahead of Election
  Amid Calls for Unity, Hamas and Fatah Drift Farther Apart
  'There Is a Limit to Democracy,' Israeli Arabs Warned
  Short-Term Goal Is Not to Overthrow Hamas: Israeli FM Livni
US Troops Shoot Iraqi Woman in 1st Test to Pact
 
  US Troops Under Iraq's Authority for First Time
  US Hands Over Green Zone in Baghdad as Iraq Takes Control
  New Rules Complicate Iraq Mission
  Wednesday: 2 US Soldiers, 14 Iraqis Killed; 70 Iraqis Wounded
Taliban Kill 20 Police in Afghanistan
 
  2008: Record Number of GIs Killed in Afghanistan
  NATO Seeks Deal With Russia for Flights to Afghanistan
Suspected US Missile Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan
US Losing 'Secret' War in Somalia
Viewpoints
Unfair and Unbalanced: The US Response to the Gaza Crisis  by Wajahat Ali
Obama and the Graveyard of Empires  by Gary Leupp
Palestine's Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood  by Mustafa Barghouthi
Understanding Gaza  by Tony Karon
Party to Murder  by Chris Hedges
Henry Kissinger: Eminence Noire
by Robert Parry

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Frontline
UK Hands Murder Suspects Over to Iraq
Britain Ready to Take in Guantánamo Prisoners
Gaza Assault Worsens Rift Between Palestinian Factions
Iraq Set to Take Greater Control of Its Airspace
US Vacates Baghdad Palace Ahead of Handover
An Iraqi City Divided, and Defined, by Its Walls
UK, US Late to Predict Iranian Revolution
 
Today in Iraq
2009 in Iraq: a New Era Dawns, but Old Fears Still Hold Sway
'Sons of Iraq' Role Causes Some Worry
Police Arrest Shi'ite Cult Leader in Iraq
Sunni Party to Take Iraqi Speaker Position
Museum to Feature Saddam Atrocities
Attacks Continue
Election Candidate Shot Dead in Northern Iraq
Car Bomb in Iraqi Market Kills Five, Injures 35
Wednesday: 2 US Soldiers, 14 Iraqis Killed; 70 Iraqis Wounded
Global Iraq Impact
Iraq Opens Nearly 90 Pct of Its Oil Reserves to Foreign Firms
Cult-Like Iranian Militant Group Worries About Its Future in Iraq
Iraq Seeks Departure of Iranian Opposition Exiles
The War at Home
Surge in Security Tech Seen Under Obama
US Charges Second Man for Secretly Aiding Saddam
Mukasey Recommended Executive Privilege to Hide Cheney Transcript
Cuban-Americans Mark Anniversary Wearily, Majority Now Wants End to Embargo
Still Jobless Gonzales Says He's 'Casualty' of the War on Terror
Bush Urges Restraint in Calls With Pakistani, Indian Leaders
Pakistan
Pakistani Militants Admit Role in Siege, Official Say
Pakistan Holds 40 in Khyber Operation
Pakistan Kills Three in Afghan Supply Route Operation
Officials: Parts of Bajaur Cleared of Taliban
Taliban Militants Kill 'US Spy' in Pakistan: Official
Pakistan Attack Brings Military Focus Home
India
India Rules Out Hot Pursuit of Terrorists Into Pakistan
Indian President Approves New Anti-Terror Law
Indian Muslims Under Pressure in Mumbai Aftermath
Afghanistan
17 Militants Killed in Afghan Violence
Royal Marine Killed by Explosion in Afghanistan
Koreas
North Korea Stresses Strong Military in New Year Message
North Korea to Hold Elections Next Year for Post-Kim Era: Report
No Sign of South Korean Policy Shift Toward North
Four North Koreans Defect to South Korea
Asia
Sri Lankan Rebels Open to Peace Talks
China Reiterates No Room for Taiwan Sovereignty
Russia
Russia to Cut Gas Supplies to Ukraine, Threatening Europe's Supply
Russia's S-400 Air Defense System May Be World's Best
Europe

Bomb Explodes in Spain's Basque Area, One Injured
EU Warns Azerbaijan on Censorship
After Sarkozy, a Czech Takes EU Helm
France Summons Iran Envoy Over Treatment of Ebadi
 
Gaza Under Siege
 
In Dense Gaza, Civilians Suffer
Hospital in Gaza City Engulfed by Suffering
Gazans Fight Cold and Hunger as Supplies Run Dry
Shin Bet: Hamas Has Been Hit Under Gaza Offensive Like Never Before
Gaza's Secondary War Being Fought on the Internet
Sights and Sounds of Israel's Gaza Offensive
Gaza's Tunnel Economy Collapses in Bombing Raids
Israel Says Aims to Destroy All Gaza-Egypt Tunnels
Anxiety Keeps Palestinians Glued to TV
Hamas
Hamas Says Israeli Attacks Must End Before Any Truce Talks
Haniyeh: Palestinian Victory in Gaza Is Near
Hamas Accuses Senior Abbas 'Spies' of Colluding With Israel

Hezbollah-Like Tactic Used by Hamas Against Israel
Israel
Vulnerable Israeli Homefront Rethinks Withdrawals
Israel's Meretz Party Launches Campaign to Halt Gaza War
Israeli Court Urges Govt to Allow Handful of Reporters Into Gaza to Cover War
How Hamas Is Altering Israeli Politics

Israelis Get Creative in Coping With Rocket Threat
Iran and Palestine
Volunteer Suicide Bombers Ask Iran for Permission to Attack Israel
Iran to Arabs: Now Time to Act Over Gaza Attacks
Iranian Newspaper Closed for Pulishing Article That Was Sympathetic to Israel
Iran Doctors Ready for Mission Into Gaza
Mideast Reaction
Syria Sticks by Hamas but Still Seeks Peace With Israel
Saudi FM Criticizes Palestinians
The Already-Strained Hamas-Egypt Relationship Sours
Dubai Calls Off New Year's Eve Extravaganza in Solidarity With Palestinians
Arab States Curb New Year Events
Divisions Deep at Arab League Meeting
Arab League Calls on Palestinians to Unite
An Egyptian Border Town's Commerce, Conducted Via Tunnels, Comes to a Halt
At Least 10,000 Protest in Cairo Against Israeli Offensive on Gaza
Turkish PM in Push for Israel-Hamas Truce
Global Reaction
UN Security Council Takes Up Arab Resolution on Gaza
Bush Calls Abbas to Discuss Gaza
Rice Works Phones Aggressively on Gaza Crisis
World Must Intervene in Gaza, Christian Leaders Say
Somalia
17 People Killed in Somalia Attacks
Somali Insurgents Vow to Keep Fighting
Africa
Zimbabwe Activists Kept in Prison Over Alleged Mugabe Plot
Congolese Government Vows to 'Destroy' Lord's Resistance Rebels
Uganda: Troops Will Protect Against Rebel Attacks
Senegalese Officer Fatally Shot in Darfur: Military
US Concern Over Ethiopia Opposition Arrest
Scottish Couple Jailed for Gambia Sedition
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
12/31/2008
Israel's Constant Crisis

Charles Peña
12/31/2008
Why Lightning Hasn't Struck Twice

Philip Giraldi
12/30/2008
Neocons, NYT Demand More War, Torture

Ran HaCohen
12/30/2008
Pacifying Gaza

Alan Bock
12/29/2008
Meek Oil

Ivan Eland
12/27/2008
Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism

Doug Bandow
12/26/2008
Peace on Earth: Once a Year?

Nebojsa Malic
12/25/2008
Beginning of the End

David R. Henderson
12/24/2008
Silent Night

Praful Bidwai
12/21/2008
New Anti-Terror Laws Draconian Say Activists

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster
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