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Goldstone Calls H.R. Res. 867 "Factually Inaccurate"
Justice Goldstone issues a line-by-line critique of H.R. Res. 867, which rejects the Goldstone Report as one sided and anti-Israeli....
Nov 3, 20091 min read
IAEA Chief Calls For A Quick Iranian Decision
Mohammed el-Baradei, head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran should make a timely response to an offer to export...
Nov 2, 20091 min read
Niger Delta Peace Is Shaky
MEND, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has threatened to end a ceasefire agreement negotiated in July. Many of the...
Nov 1, 20091 min read
Abdullah Abdullah Withdraws from the Race
Days after sitting Afghan president Hamid Karzai agreed to a runoff election, his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah announced he was...
Nov 1, 20091 min read
Deposed President Manuel Zelaya Will Return to Honduras
In a deal signed Friday between negotiators for ousted president Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government of Roberto Micheletti, Zelaya...
Oct 30, 20091 min read
Iraqi Police and Soldiers Detained
60 soldiers and police officers, including 13 high-ranking officers, were detained today in regards to the twin bombings this past...
Oct 29, 20091 min read
Global Rise in IEDs
Although we hear a lot about IEDs in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, global use of improvised explosive devises (IEDs) is on the rise....
Oct 28, 20091 min read
Car Bomb Explodes in Pakistani Market
A bomb exploded today in a crowded woman’s market in Peshawar, Pakistan. Al Jazeera reported today that almost 90 people were killed...
Oct 28, 20091 min read
Rocket Fired from Lebanon Lands in Israel
A Katyusha-like rocket, fired from Lebanon, landed in the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona. No casualties were reported. Israeli forces then...
Oct 27, 20091 min read
State Department Official Steps Down over US Policy in Afghanistan
Matthew Hoh, a senior State Department official in Afghanistan resigned today, stating in a letter that he had “lost understanding of,...
Oct 27, 20091 min read
Revolutionary Guard Arrested in Pakistan
Eleven members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard and two vehicles were detained in Pakistan by police near the Iran-Pakistan border...
Oct 26, 20091 min read
Opposition Leader Killed in Ingushetia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that Maksharip Aushev, a local Ingushetia businessman and political opposition leader, was...
Oct 26, 20091 min read
War Gaming Afghanistan
The US Department of Defense modeled the outcomes of the two most likely Afghanistan options available to President Obama this month. The...
Oct 26, 20091 min read
UN Inspectors Make Their First Visit to Iran's Second Nuclear Enrichment Facility
UN inspectors made their first visit to recently disclosed second nuclear enrichment facility near the town of Qom. According to the ,...
Oct 25, 20091 min read
Two Bombs Rip Through Downtown Baghdad
Late Sunday morning, the beginning of the Iraqi workweek, two bombs detonated outside of government buildings, exploding through rush...
Oct 25, 20091 min read


Pakastani Army Captures Taliban Stronghold
The Pakistani army announced today that it has recaptured Kotkai, a city in southern Waziristan (read more at NYTimes.com). The capture...
Oct 24, 20091 min read
International Pressure on Sri Lanka to Investigate War Crimes
Two reports released this week, by the State Department and the EU, detail allegations of war crimes committed by Sri Lanka in the final...
Oct 23, 20091 min read
UN Report Concludes that Worldwide Anti-Narcotics Efforts are Flawed
A report released by the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that about 900 tons of opium and 375 tons flow out of...
Oct 22, 20091 min read
Azerbaijan Angry over Turkey/Armenia Normalization
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported today that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev threatened Turkey with a cutoff of low priced...
Oct 22, 20091 min read
Tighter Links Between Pakistani Militant Groups
Punjabi militant groups, including Laskar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad, once thought by many Pakistanis as allies against India, the...
Oct 22, 20091 min read
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