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News
Updated November 20, 2013 - 11:12 PM EST
US, Karzai OK Pact to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
 
  Afghans Demand Admission of US 'Errors'
  White House: No Apology for Occupation of Afghanistan
FISA Order Allowing NSA Surveillance Revealed
 
  FISA Docs Reveal Extent of NSA Disregard for Privacy Restrictions
  Unreviewable: Legal Challenges Against NSA Falter
  Judge: 'NSA Exceeded Scope of Authorized Acquisition Continuously'
Bombers Kill 26 Near Iran Embassy in Beirut
 
  Could Syria's Chemical Weapons Be Heading to Sea?
As Talks Resume, High Hopes for Iran Deal
 
  Posturing Goes Into High Gear on Eve of Iran Nuclear Talks
  Israel Growing Resigned to Iran Deal, But Will Still Oppose It
  Iranian-Americans Unite in Opposition to Sanctions
Inside the Mind of a Self-Styled Jihadi
 
  US Drone Strike Kills Three in Eastern Yemen
  State Dept Concludes Review of Drone Strikes, Offers Public Response
  Blackwater Founder Erik Prince: War on Terror Has Become Too Big
Baghdad Bombing Barrage: 66 Killed, 142 Hurt
Al-Shabaab Attacks Somali Police Compound: 28 Killed
Viewpoints
Iran Has a Right to Enrich – and America Already Recognized It  by Muhammad Sahimi
The American Homeland Is the Planet  by Todd Miller
Attacking Iran Deal, Israel Can't Get Its Numbers Straight  by Ali Gharib
Israel's Policy of Erasure  by Saree Makdisi
The NSA's Global Threat to Free Speech  by Kenneth Roth
Voices From the Drone Summit  by Marjorie Cohn

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Spying on Everyone
Declassified Documents: NSA Wanted to Collect Geolocation Data
Senators Say Bulk Collection Unnecessary to Fight Terrorism
The Snowden Leaks Gave a Senator the Chance to Openly Question the NSA
NSA Surveillance Lawsuit Tracker
National Think Tank Launches Attack on NSA
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The War at Home
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Libya
Libyan Protesters Keep Pressure on Militias
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Africa
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Iran
Senators Press Obama for a Tougher Iran Nuclear Deal
Obama Pleads for Time on Iran
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29 Organizations Warn Congress Against New Iran Sanctions
Iran State Media Rejects Reuters Investigation as 'Disinformation'
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Iran Calls for China's Support in Nuclear Talks
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Syria
UN General Assembly Tells Syria to Stop Blocking International Aid Convoys to Rebel Areas
Syria Troops Seize Strategic Town of Qara
Wanted: Offers to Destroy Syria's Chemical Arms
Palestine/Israel
Increasingly Cut Off From the World, Gaza Battles Power Outages and Sewage Floods
Gazans in Double Border Trouble With Egypt and Israel
UN: Israel Settlement Building Hurting Peace Talks
Israel Targets Southern Gaza
Golani Soldiers Given Prison Terms for Abusing Palestinian
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Iraq
Another 7 Executions in Iraq, 12 Killed in Attacks
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Middle East
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Bahrain Opposition Leadership 'Systematically Targeted'
Turkey's Kurdish Opening
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Egypt
Egypt Unrest: Rival Groups Mark Anniversary of Clashes
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