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India Uncovers Possible Airplane Hijacking Plot
A week after US Defense Secretary Gates warned that al–Qaeda groups could be trying to inflame tensions between India and Pakistan, the...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
Iran Announces Opening of First Nuclear Power Plant
After more than thirty years of intermittent development, Iran’s first nuclear power plant, located in the southwestern Bushehr province,...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
Insurgents and International Troops Killed in Afghanistan
Yesterday, three international soldiers and fourteen insurgents died in combat in the Afghan province of Helmand. Two of the allied...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
US-Russian Agreement on Military Overflights Falls Apart
When Presidents Obama and Medvedev met last July, it was to discuss several complex issues: how to proceed from the expiring START...
Jan 15, 20102 min read
Airstrike in Yemen Kills Six al–Queda Suspects
Qassem al–Raimi, described as the senior al–Queda planner and military leader in Yemen was killed in an air strike by the Yemeni army. A...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Iraqi Court Sentences 11 Bombers to Death for Role in August Attacks
A court in Baghdad sentenced 11 Iraqis to death for their involvement in last August’s truck bombings at various government sites. The...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Terrorist Attack Leaves 20 Dead, 13 Injured in Afghanistan
In the most recent eruption of insurgent activity in Afghanistan, a bomb detonated in a market in the province of Uruzgan, killing twenty...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Bomb Explodes on Bridge Between Israel and Jordan
Know as the King Hussein Bridge on the Jordanian side, and as the Allenby Bridge on the Israeli side, it is one of the few border...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Google Withdrawal Threat Based on Cybersecurity Concerns
Earlier this week, Google threatened to withdraw from the Chinese market. Google made it clear that its decision was made after numerous...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
What We've All Been Waiting For: The Reach of Boumediene
In Boumediene v. Bush the Supreme Court held that alien enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay have a right to Habeas Corpus, and...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
What We’ve All Been Waiting For: The Reach of Boumediene
In Boumediene v. Bush the Supreme Court held that alien enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay have a right to Habeas Corpus, and...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Israel Company to Supply Turkey with Drones
In 2005 Turkey awarded a contract worth approximately $190 million dollar to Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)Â for ten...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Suspected U.S. Drone Attack Kills at Least 18, Injures 14 in North Waziristan
On Thursday, January 14, two missiles from a suspected U.S. drone attack killed at least 18 and injured another 14 at a compound based in...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
North Korea Demands End to Sanctions, Calls For Peace Treaty
North Korea’s official news agency has reported that the nation’s foreign ministry has called for a peace treaty between the repressive...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Signs of Continued Tensions Between Israel and Turkey
The latest manifestation of the tensions occurred when Turkey threatened to withdraw its ambassador to Israel if the latter country did...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
Iranian Reform Canidate Attacked Friday
Mehdi Karroubi, a reform candidate in last years Iranian elections, was attacked while visiting the northern town of Qazvin, to attend...
Jan 8, 20101 min read
President Obama Outlines New Policy to Guide Government Response to Terrorism
In response to the attempted Christmas airplane terrorist attack—which President Obama characterized as an intelligence failure—the...
Jan 8, 20101 min read
NATO in Russia
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, was in Moscow this week asking Russia to contribute military supplies and support for the...
Dec 25, 20091 min read
Video of American POW Released by Taliban
The Taliban released a video showing captured soldier Bowe Bergdahl, with the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Ft. Wainwright,...
Dec 25, 20091 min read
First US Company Named for Funding War in Congo
Niotan Inc., a mineral trading company based in Nevada, was featured in a UN report detailing how mineral exports from the DRC are being...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
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