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NYT's Scathing Criticism of Obama's Use of Executive Power
Yesterday, the New York Times issued an Op-Ed piece criticizing the Obama Administration for continuing national security practices based...
Oct 26, 20091 min read
Tunisia’s President Wins Fifth Term
President Zine al–Abidine Ben Ali won a fifth term in Tunisia’s presidential election according to Monday’s vote tallies. In Ben Ali’s...
Oct 26, 20091 min read
Tunisia's President Wins Fifth Term
President Zine al–Abidine Ben Ali won a fifth term in Tunisia’s presidential election according to Monday’s vote tallies. In Ben Ali’s...
Oct 26, 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
Japan Premier promises to revitalize economy in the face of debt
WSJ reports, that Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has “vowed” to move ahead with efforts to get Japan’s economy back on track by...
Oct 26, 20091 min read
Helicopter Crashes Take the Lives of 14 Americans
Two separate helicopter incidents have left 14 Americans dead. In Western Afghanistan, a single helicopter crash killed 3 embassy...
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
New U.S. Policy Towards Sudan
The Obama Administration outlined a new strategy for engaging Sudan this past week. The “incentives and pressures” strategy is meant to...
Oct 25, 20091 min read
Karzai Rules Out Sharing Power
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and his main election opponent Abdullah Abdullah have ruled out the possibility of a power sharing...
Oct 25, 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
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
20 Years After Indictment, Mexican Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty
Miguel Angel Caro-Quintero will be sentenced on February 4, 2010 in Denver, after admitting to trafficking thousands of tons of...
Oct 24, 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
John Bellinger in Washington Post – "The Iran Talks We Should End"
In a Thursday Washington Post Op-Ed piece (also displayed here at CFR.org), former State Department legal adviser John Bellinger weights...
Oct 23, 20091 min read
John Bellinger in Washington Post – "The Iran Talks We Should End"
In a Thursday Washington Post Op-Ed piece (also displayed here at CFR.org), former State Department legal adviser John Bellinger weights...
Oct 23, 20091 min read
Homeland’s ICE target La Familia cartel; take down 1200
More than 300 were arrested in two days during “Operation Coronado,” involving Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs...
Oct 23, 20091 min read
Homeland's ICE target La Familia cartel; take down 1200
More than 300 were arrested in two days during “Operation Coronado,” involving Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs...
Oct 23, 20091 min read
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