Highlights
 
Second Day of Iraq Bombings Leaves 67 Dead    Pakistani Taliban Begin Pullback to Swat Stronghold    Thailand Lifts Emergency, Seeks Charter Revamp    Pakistan Accuses India of Fueling Baloch Separatism    6 Years in Prison for Airing Hezbollah TV in NYC    Russia Offers Significant Nuclear Arsenal Cuts    Iraq: Bloodiest Day in a Year    Obama, Top Officials Unite Against Torture Probe    US 'Extremely Concerned' Over Pakistan    Pakistani Officials: 46 Killed in Orakzai Offensive     Pakistan Scrambles to Repel Taliban Advance    Obama Rejects Truth Panel    US to Release Photos Showing Alleged Abuses by American Personnel    Clinton: Israel Risks Losing Support on Iran    Harman's Wiretap Woes and the AIPAC Cabal    The Shamelessness of Jane Harman    Why Did the Harman Case Break Now?    House Intel Chair Orders Probe of Harman Wiretaps    Lawsuit: Detainee Was Tortured by US in Late '01    Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?    US Defense Chief Fears Backlash Over CIA Memos    Obama Triggers Firestorm in CIA Interrogation Case    Veterans Warn Military Solution Won't End Afghan War    Harman Wiretap Highlights Suspicions: Intel Concerns of Dual Loyalty 'Rooted Deep in the System'    Wiretap Caught Harman Discussing Pelosi Fundraising Flap    Europe Needs No Part in Doomed Afghan War    Mexico Proposes Expanding Army's Power    How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be?    The United States of Europe?    Human Rights Watch: Israeli Army Probe on Gaza Offensive 'Not Credible'    Report: Iran, Afghan Border Guards Clashed    Pelosi Backs Anti-Terror Truth Commission    Holder Won't Selectively Release Terror Memos    Torture in 'Good Faith'    How About Abolishing the CIA Now?    Gunfire Exchanged on Georgia-South Ossetia Border    Homeland Security Chief Seeks to Repeal 'Real ID' Act    Gaza, Remember?    Pelosi Knew NSA Had Listened to Harman Phone Calls    
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News
Updated April 24, 2009 - 11:29 PM EDT
Iraq: Bloodiest Day in a Year
 
  Second Day of Iraq Bombings Leaves 67 Dead
  Rape, Beatings and Bribery: Iraqi Police Out of Control
  'Secret Tally' Has 87,000 Iraqis Killed Since 2005
  Friday: 1 US Soldier, 93 Others Killed; 163 Wounded in Iraq
  Thursday: 1 US Marine, 96 Killed; 157 Wounded in Iraq
Pak Taliban Begin Pullback to Swat Stronghold
 
  US Officials 'Extremely Concerned' Over Pakistan
  Pakistan Accuses India of Fueling Baloch Separatism
  Pakistani Officials: 46 Killed in Orakzai Offensive
House Intel Chair Orders Probe of Harman Taps
 
  Wiretap Caught Harman Discussing Pelosi Fundraising Flap
  Intel Concerns of Dual Loyalty 'Rooted Deep in the System'
Obama, Top Officials Unite Against Torture Probe
 
  US to Release Photos Showing Alleged Abuses by American Personnel
  Obama Rejects Truth Panel
  US Defense Chief Fears Backlash Over CIA Memos
  Obama Legal Team Wants to Further Limit Defendants' Rights
Russia Ready to Slash Nuclear Arsenal
Veterans Warn Military Can't End Afghan War
Viewpoints
Europe Needs No Part in Doomed Afghan War  by William Pfaff
How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be?  by Tom Engelhardt
Harman's Wiretap Woes and the AIPAC Cabal  by Marcy Winograd
Who Authorized The Torture of Abu Zubaydah?  by Andy Worthington
Why Did the Harman Case Break Now?  by Philip Weiss
Gaza, Remember?  by Gideon Levy
How About Abolishing the CIA Now?  by Jacob G. Hornberger
Cuba, Sí! Embargo, No!  Boston Globe

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Frontline
Obama: It Is Our Duty to Prevent Another Holocaust
6 Years in Prison for Airing Hezbollah TV in New York
Clinton: Israel Risks Losing Support on Iran
Pelosi Knew NSA Listened to Harman Phone Calls
US Troops in Iraq on Their Way to Afghanistan
Pelosi Backs Anti-Terror Truth Commission
Gates Says CIA Agents Must Be Shielded
UN Kicks Jewish, Iranian Groups Out of Racism Meet
 
Iraq
Iraqi Officials Say al-Qaeda-Linked Chief Arrested
Some Baghdad Blast Walls Removed
Is Iraq Ready for Twitter? New Media Enters a War Zone
Iraqi Police Capture Three Awakening Council Members
Thursday: 1 US Marine, 96 Killed; 157 Wounded in Iraq
Torturing Justice
Obama Triggers Firestorm in CIA Interrogation Case
White House: No Independent Interrogations Probe
Last-Minute Debate Influenced Release of Interrogation Memos
Holder Won't Selectively Release Terror Memos
Lawsuit: Detainee Was Tortured by US in Late '01
GOP Leaders Assail Proposals to Probe Past Interrogation Decisions
Rice Gave Early 'Waterboarding Green Light'
Pelosi Denies Knowing Waterboarding Would Be Used
US Democrats Split on Bush-Era Interrogation Probe
The War at Home
US Defense Budget Should Help Frontline Soldiers: Gates
US 'Hedging Its Bets' Against Alleged Pirate
Concerns Aired on Number of Air Guard Planes
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Sheehan Protesters
'War on Terror'
Yemen Dispute Slows Closing of Guantánamo
Montana Town Offers Its Jail as the New Gitmo
Homeland Security Chief Seeks to Repeal 'Real ID' Act
Court: Canada PM Must Press US for Inmate's Return
Officials: Detrick Samples Likely Destroyed
Judge Disciplines Accused in Terror Trial
Iran
Report: Iran, Afghan Border Guards Clashed
Minister Defends Iran Nuclear Plans After US Threat
Clinton: Bush's Iran Policy Was a Failure
Iran Works on New Proposals for More Nuclear Talks
Iran Says Pipeline Agreement Reached With Iraq
Palestine/Israel
Clinton Doubts Palestinians Will Reach Unity Deal
Lieberman Slams Two-State Solution, Presses World to Go After Iran
Human Rights Watch: Israeli Army Probe on Gaza Offensive 'Not Credible'
Jerusalem Mayor Defends Home Razing
War-Ravaged Gaza Power Company Pays Shareholders
Israeli Cartoon Mocks Stereotypes, but Not Everyone's Laughing
Global Mideast Impact
Lieberman Won't Accompany Netanyahu to Egypt, Says Mubarak
Lebanon Charges Ex-General With Spying for Israel
The Influence Game: Pushing a Mideast Nuclear Deal
Israelis in Europe Warned of Hezbollah Kidnap Threat
Europe
Gunfire Exchanged on Georgia-South Ossetia Border
Spain and the ETA: Once Bombed, Twice Shy?
EU Calls Off Talks With Croatia
Turkey, Armenia in Broad Accord
 
Afghanistan
Gates: More Civilians Required in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Backs Clinton Warning on Pakistan
UK Troops on Trial for Afghanistan Soldier Assault
Six Die in Fresh Outbreak of Afghan Violence
Afghan 'Terps' Risk Lives to Work With US Forces
Pakistan
Taliban Move to New Pakistan Area Ups Peace Doubts
Clinton Tells Pakistan: No More Promises, Go After Militants
Taliban's Buner Commander: No Plan to Move Beyond District
US Defense Chief Urges Action on Pakistan Militants
Popular Sentiment Builds Against Taliban in Pakistan
Militants Burn NATO Fuel Tankers in Pakistan
NATO Again Rules Out Pakistan Raids
India
Indians Vote Amid Threats by Suspected Rebels
Maoist Shadow on Second Phase of Indian Elections
Maoists Rule India's 'Red Corridor'
Malik Tables 'Proof' of India's Hand in Balochistan Unrest
Heat, Threats of Violence Mar Indian Elections
Sri Lanka
Tigers Resisting Calls to Surrender: Sri Lanka Military
Sri Lanka Seeks International Aid to Care for Displaced
Sri Lanka Resists UN Help for Civilians in War Zone
UN Sending Expert Team to Sri Lanka
India Demands Sri Lanka End War on Tamil Tigers
China/Tibet/Japan
China Insists It Does Not Hack Into US Computers
China Urges US Not to Play Host to Dalai Lama
China Slams Japan PM Over War Shrine Offering
North Korea
US Journalists Face Criminal Trial in North Korea
Russian Foreign Minister Sees No Easy North Korea Fix
Asia
16 Bangladesh Mutineers Die in Custody
Thailand Lifts Emergency, Seeks Charter Revamp
Malaysian Blogger Boycotts Trial
Indonesia Orders Red Cross Out of Papua Over Jail Visits
Somalia
Somalia Opposition Leader Arrives in Capital
18 Somalis in Court as Kenya Holds Pirate Trials
Donors Pledge Over $250 Million for Somalia
Sudan
Sudan Envoy: UN Warning About Darfur Is 'A Big Lie'
Paris Talks Don't Budge Sudan on Aid Groups
Beshir Arrest Warrant Threaten Sudan Peace: Envoys
Nigeria
Nigerian Kidnappers Release Turkish Hostages
Canadian Hostage in Nigeria 'Seriously Sick'
Mexico
Mexico Proposes Expanding Army's Power
Heavy Army Presence Chafes in Mexico Drug War City
Americas
Interpol Arrest Warrant for Venezuelan Opposition Leader
Ecuador's Correa Poised for Easy Re-Election Win
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
4/24/2009
The Shamelessness of Jane Harman

Edouard Husson
4/24/2009
The United States of Europe?

Kelley B. Vlahos
4/23/2009
Ill Veterans Demand Answers

Nebojsa Malic
4/22/2009
Confessions and Lamentations

Alan Bock
4/20/2009
Monotony in the Americas

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

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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