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Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Iraqi Elections
Despite political bickering that threatened to sidetrack the upcoming legislative elections in Iraq, lawmakers recently agreed to terms...
Dec 7, 20091 min read


Powerful Investment Funds: Peaceful Or Ticking Bombs?
Kuwait bought it’s stake in Citi, just a year ago when this multinational company was cash strapped in the credit fiasco of 2008. One...
Dec 6, 20092 min read


No To The Internet & No To The Media
By now, people are probably getting bored of reading about Iran. But the problem is that the more Iran’s administration tries to stay out...
Dec 6, 20091 min read
DHS Secretary Worried About Attack
The recent rise in arrests of suspected terrorists worries Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security. “The fact is that home-based...
Dec 6, 20091 min read
Iran Will Remain in Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; For Now
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, recently stated that Iran will not pull out of the Nuclear...
Dec 6, 20091 min read
Indian PM to Visit Russia
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has left for a three-day trip to Moscow, where he is expected to sign a framework civil nuclear...
Dec 6, 20091 min read
Judge Denies Expansion of Charges at Gitmo
Nearly a year after President Obama suspended military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, hearings began again this week to amend charges...
Dec 6, 20091 min read
Northrop Threatens to Withdraw from Tanker Bid
On December 1, Northrop Grumman informed the Air Force that it may not bid on the contract to replace the Air Force’s aging aerial...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Osama Bin Laden not thought to be in Pakistan
The Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani said that US intelligence has provided no compelling information as to the location of Osama Bin...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Defense Contractor Admits to Possibly Breaking the Law
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, DynCorp International Inc. has admitted to possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Saudi Arabia’s Continues Its Clash with Yemen’s Houthi Rebels
Saudi forces have taken control of a crucial area called Jabal al-Dood along the Yemen border as the country continues its clash with...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
A New START
The 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, negotiated by President George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia, expired...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
President Obama to Meet Turkish P.M. Erdogan Monday
Although American politicians have gotten little reaction to the recent plan from the Obama administration for a troop buildup in...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Border Tensions Increase as Chavez Imposes Embargo
Venezuelan troops blew up a bridge and captured a Colombian soldier this week. This comes on the heels of what Colombian President...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Saudi Arabia's Continues Its Clash with Yemen's Houthi Rebels
Saudi forces have taken control of a crucial area called Jabal al-Dood along the Yemen border as the country continues its clash with...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Pakistani Taliban responsible for Suicide Bombing of Mosque
The Pakistani Taliban sent an email claiming responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombing of a Rawapindi mosque. On Friday afternoon, four...
Dec 5, 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
Troops Launch Offensive in Afghanistan
U.S. Marines and Afghan troops have launched a new offensive in the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. A military spokesman said...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
NATO to Contribute 7,000 Troops to Afghanistan
NATO has responded to the new strategy for the war in Afghanistan by pledging 7,000 more troops. President Obama unveiled the new...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
Britain to Provide Aid Package to Pakistan
Britain has agreed to deliver an aid package worth $83 million to Pakistan’s government. Gordon Brown, Britain’s prime minister, stated...
Dec 4, 20091 min read
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