Highlights
 
US Drone Strike Kills Up to Eight in South Waziristan    Obama Reprieve for CIA Illegal: UN Rapporteur    Justice Dept. Memos' Careful Legalese Obscured Harsh Reality    US: Palestinians Need Not Recognize Israel as Jewish State Before Talks    North Korea to Build Up Nuclear Deterrent    US Says Not Playing Favorites in Afghan Poll    Report: Hezbollah Cell in Egypt Planned to Recruit Israeli Arabs    Hezbollah and Iran Have Become Egyptian Targets    Pakistanis See Aid Pledge as Political Boon    CIA Fears Torture Prosecutions; Only Some Secrets of US Prisons Revealed    Ron Paul Has a Solution to the Pirate Problem    British Tamil Had Regular Meetings With Special Branch While Supplying Terrorists    Bolivia's Morales Slams US 'Conspiracy'    Israelis Warn of Eritrea Flashpoint    Shells Hit Baghdad's Green Zone After 3-Month Lull    US Will Boycott UN Conference on Racism    Bush Memos Parallel Claim 9/11 Mastermind's Children Were Tortured With Insects    Judge Rejects Bid to Derail Wiretap Challenge    Egypt: Arab Nations Plotting Against Us    Former Uighur Guantánamo Inmate, Making Pizza in Albania    Iraq Blast Caused 'Chaotic Scene' for US Soldiers    West's Access to Iraqi Oil in Doubt    Obama Policy on Torture Has Two Sides    Iraqi Forces Conduct Sweep in Fallujah    North Korea Seeks Talks With South but Warns on Sanction    Gorbachev, Shultz Find Reykjavik Revived in Rome    Sri Lanka Health Official Says 28 Civilians Killed    Somali Lawmakers Endorse Use of Islamic Law    Baghdad: Attack in Peaceful Area Raises New Fears    Suicide Strike Targets Pakistani Army, Killing 27    Ahmadinejad: 'No One Will Dare Attack Iranian Nation'    Spanish Prosecutors Formalize Objections to Torture Indictments    How Obama Excused Torture    Scenario for 2009 Israeli Strike on Iran    Tortured Posturing on Harsh Interrogation Techniques    Expedience and the Torture Amnesty    Regime Change: Promise and Peril    Obama's Nuclear Challenge    The West's Hysterical Reaction to North Korea    The Significance of Obama's Decision to Release the Torture Memos    
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News
Updated April 19, 2009 - 11:21 PM EDT
US Drone Strike Kills 8 in Pakistan
Israelis Warn of Eritrea Flashpoint With Iran
 
  Ahmadinejad: 'No One Will Dare Attack Iranian Nation'
  Hezbollah and Iran Have Become Egyptian Targets
Attack in Peaceful Baghdad Area Raises New Fear
 
  Shells Hit Baghdad's Green Zone After 3-Month Lull
  Iraq Blast Caused 'Chaotic Scene' for US Soldiers
Obama Reprieve for CIA Illegal: UN Rapporteur
 
  CIA Fears Torture Prosecutions; Only Some Secrets Revealed
  Justice Dept. Memos' Careful Legalese Obscured Harsh Reality
  Memos Support Claim Suspect's Children Were Tortured With Insects
Suicide Strike Targets Pakistani Army, Killing 27
 
  Taliban Fighters Intensify Afghan Roadside Bombings, Suicide Attacks
US: Palestinians Need Not Recognize Israel as Jewish State
Viewpoints
The Significance of Obama's Decision to Release the Torture Memos  by Glenn Greenwald
Scenario for 2009 Israeli Strike on Iran  by Gordon Prather
The West's Hysterical Reaction to North Korea  by Scott Ritter
Expedience and the Torture Amnesty  by David Bromwich
Regime Change: Promise and Peril
by Stephen Kinzer
Obama's Nuclear Challenge
by Jonathan Schell

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Frontline
Judge Rejects Bid to Derail Wiretap Challenge
Spanish Prosecutors Formalize Objections to Torture Indictments
Four CIA Chiefs Said 'Don't Reveal Torture Memos'
Obama Policy on Torture Has Two Sides
West's Access to Iraqi Oil in Doubt
Army More Selective as Economy Lags
Former Uighur Guantánamo Inmate, Making Pizza in Albania
Gorbachev, Shultz Find Reykjavik Revived in Rome
 
Today in Iraq
Iraqi Forces Conduct Sweep in Fallujah
Secure Enough to Sin, Baghdad Is Back to Old Ways
Kurdish Along With English, Arabic Languages in New Iraqi Passport
The Children of Basra Learn to Live and Hope
Saudi Senior al-Qaeda Figure Arrested in Iraq
Saturday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 7 Wounded
Global Iraq Impact
British Police Train Iraqis in Forensic Techniques
Nepal: New Passport to Make Iraq-Ban Effective
Saddam Army General Felled by Cyprus Mine
US Military
Gates Busy 'Selling' His Weapons Plans to Top Brass
The New GI Bill: A Few Good Universities
Wisconsin Reservist Gets Punishment for Iraq Refusal
Calif. Lawmaker Wants to Curb Sales of Slain Troops' Images
Iraq Vet in Pennsylvania Murders Was Radically Changed by War and PTSD
Iran
Iran Sentences US Reporter to 8 Years in Jail
US 'Deeply Disappointed' as Iran Convicts Reporter
Iran Says Its Military Might Helps Regional Security
Dressed to Kill – Iranian Snipers
US Envoy Holbrooke Says Chatted With Iran Minister
Iran Marks Army Day With Low-Key Parade
Israel/Palestine
Israelis March Against IDF 'Murder' of Anti-Fence Activist
Rockets From Gaza Strip Fall on Southern Israel
Palestinian Teen Killed by Israeli Troops
Israeli Gunboats Attack Palestinian Fishing Boats
Palestinian Driver Injures Two Israeli Policemen
'Israel Could Have Made Peace With Hamas Under Yassin'
Global Mideast Fallout
US Will Boycott UN Conference on Racism
Final Durban II Text Omits References to Israel and Zionism
US Pledges 'Great Energy' to Two-State Mideast Deal
UK Liberal Democrat Donor Sudir Choudhrie Accused of Brokering Israeli Arms Deal
Israel's FM to Moscow: Hold Off Mideast Debate
Mideast War Crimes Probe Has an Unusual Leader
Israel: White House Envoy Mitchell Cites '02 Arab Peace Plan
Gaza: Three Months After Conflict, UN Official Warns of Dire Humanitarian Situation
Abdullah Floats 'Arab Deposit' to Spur Israel Into Negotiations
Egypt & Her Neighbors
Egypt: Arab Nations Plotting Against Us
Report: Hezbollah Cell in Egypt Planned to Recruit Israeli Arabs
Official Egyptian Daily Slams Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah
Egypt Discovers 5 Gaza Smuggling Tunnels
Lebanon
Report: Israeli Spy Ring in Lebanon Infiltrated Hezbollah
Lebanon: Alleged Spy Had High-Tech System to Transmit Data to Israel
Hezbollah Sees Signs of Acceptance From West
Lebanon: UNIFIL to 'Facilitate' Israel's Ghajar Pullout, but No Date Set
Commander Denies Lebanese Army Targeting One Family in Bekaa
Turkey
Thousands Protest Arrests in Turkish Coup Plot
Turkish Police Charge 51 Kurds With Terror Links
Bolivia
Bolivia's Morales Slams US 'Conspiracy'
Irishman Killed After 'Plot to Assassinate Bolivian President'
Bolivia Anti-Drug Chief: Cocaine Processing Rising
Obama in Latin America
Obama Extends Hands to Chavez, Ortega at Summit
Chavez Gives Obama Book on Latin America
Chávez Proposes an Ambassador to the US
Obama Watching, Weighing Cuba's Next Moves
 
Afghanistan
US Says Not Playing Favorites in Afghan Poll
13 Killed in Afghan Violence: Officials
Pentagon Jams Web, Radio Links of Taliban
Banking on Afghanistan
5 Suspected Militants Killed in Afghanistan
State Department Reviewing Dyncorp After Death in Afghanistan
Pakistan
US Envoy: Pakistan Aid Beats Hopes but More Needed
Pakistanis See Aid Pledge as Political Boon
Pakistan: Taliban-Style Justice for Alleged US Spies
Swat Taliban Promote 'Love Marriages'
1 Killed, 9 Vehicles Torched in Karachi Clashes
India/Kashmir
Confession Was Beaten Out of Me, Says Mumbai Terror Suspect
FBI Agents to Testify at Mumbai Attacks Trial
Lashkar Warns of Suicide Attacks During Polls in Jammu and Kashmir
2 Militants, Woman Killed in Gunfight in India-Controlled Kashmir
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Health Official Says 28 Civilians Killed
British Tamil Had Regular Meetings With Special Branch While Supplying Terrorists
How I Was Barred From Reporting Tamil Tiger Conflict
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Nabs 31 Suspected Islamic Militants
Koreas
North Korea Seeks Talks With South but Warns on Sanction
North Korea Proposes Meeting on Joint Factory Park
South Korea Studying North's Proposal for Talks
North Korea to Build Up Nuclear Deterrent
China/Taiwan
Revolt Stirs Among China's Nuclear Ghosts
China: Bush Makes First Overseas Trip After Presidency
Action Star Jackie Chan Says a Free Society May Not Be Good for Chinese People
Taiwan, China to Sign Financial Services Pact
Thailand
Thai Police Probe Motives Behind Sondhi Shooting
Thailand's Bloody Muslim Insurgency Deeply Rooted
Pirates of Somalia
World Ponders What to Do With Captured Pirates
Ron Paul Has a Solution to the Pirate Problem
NATO Frees 20 Hostages; Pirates Seize Belgian Ship
A Look at Vessels Still Held by Somali Pirates
Somalia
Somali Lawmakers Endorse Use of Islamic Law
Turkey Pledges to Help Train Somali Armed Forces
Zimbabwe
Mugabe, Tsvangirai Show Rare Unity in Ceremony
US Praises Zimbabwe for Progress Toward Reform
Nigeria
Nigeria Seeks Access to KBR Bribery Funds: Official
France/Spain
Spanish Source: ETA Chief Arrested in France
Australia
Australia's Dirty Little Colonial Wars
Americans Keep Dying
Jacksonville (NC) Soldier's Death in Iraq Spurs Army Investigation
Texas Soldier Dies From Wounds Sustained in Iraq in November
Madera Ranchos (CA) Soldier Had Planned to Leave Army at End of Iraq Tour
Memories of Fallen Elk Grove (CA) Soldier Flow
Iowa Soldier Killed by Bomb Was to Have Come Home Next Month
Kentucky Soldier Is Among Five Troops Killed by Iraq Truck Bomb
Army Medic (CA) Killed in Iraq Dreamed of Becoming a Nurse
St Louis (MO) Soldier Leaves Behind Wife, Two Baby Sons
Crestview (FL) Soldier Killed by IED in Iraq Arrives Home
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
4/17/2009
These United States: Too Big to Fail?

Ivan Eland
4/18/2009
Tortured Posturing on Harsh Interrogation Techniques

Charles V. Peña
4/15/2009
More Einsteinian North Korea Policy

Philip Giraldi
4/14/2009
Truth and Reconciliation

Alan Bock
4/13/2009
Empire Nearing Its End?

Edouard Husson
4/10/2009
Dollar Hegemony and the Economics of Unilateralism

Nebojsa Malic
4/09/2009
Wrong Again

David R. Henderson
3/31/2009
To Reduce Violence,
End the Drug War

Ran HaCohen
2/18/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'

Praful Bidwai
1/19/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan
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