Highlights
 
Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC    US 'Concerned' Over Swat Valley Peace Deal     Iraqi General Hails Arrest of al-Qaeda Kids    Emanuel: Obama Won't Prosecute Officials Over Interrogations    Karzai Asks for Explanation for Civilian Killings    Swat Valley Cleric Declares Pakistani Courts Un-Islamic, Issues Ultimatum    Critic of Maliki Is Chosen to Lead Iraq's Parliament    Islamist Tide Rises in Pakistan    Bush's Torturers    Debate Begins Over Direction of Future Military Spending    Obama's Charisma Can't Outshine Cuba Issue    Homeland Security Leaders Defend Memo on Veterans    US and Venezuela to Resume Ties    CIA Waterboarded al-Qaeda Suspect 183 Times in 1 Month, Memo Reveals    Iran's President Makes Rare Intervention in US Reporter's Case    Politics Could Hamper Iraq Oil Development: Middle East Economic Survey    Israeli Settlers Claim Golan Heights 'Forever'    Netanyahu: Peace Talks Can Begin Before PA Recognizes Israel as Jewish    What Would Be the Timetable for Israel Strike on Iran?    56 US Soldier Suicides in First Three Months of 2009    US General Terms 2009 Challenging Year in Afghanistan    The Next Forgotten War    Did Torture Prevent Attacks? Let a Truth Commission Find Out    Transparency: Another Broken Promise    Czech Against US Military Power    US Asks for Elite New Zealand Troops for Afghanistan War    Summers: Lifting Cuban Embargo 'Way Down the Road'    North Korea Renews Threat to 'Bolster Nuclear Deterrent'    Many Cubans Temper Hopes for Improved US Relations    Monotony in the Americas    Fears for Pakistan Grow as Taliban Make Gains    UAE Arrests Suspect in Lebanon's Hariri Murder    Sri Lanka: 17 Rebels Dead in Clashes to Clear Road    Bush Aides Rip 'Torture Memos' Release    US Drone Strike Kills Up to Eight in South Waziristan    How Dangerous Are the Taliban?    Obama on Torture: Just Get Over It    Two Koreas to Hold First Dialogue in a Year    The First Cut Is the Deepest    Shooting Up the Border    
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News
Updated April 20, 2009 - 11:21 PM EDT

Lawmaker Agreed to Intervene for AIPAC
US Drone Strike Kills Eight Pakistani Civilians
 
  Pakistan Attacks Militants After Bomb; 20 Dead
  Fears for Pakistan Grow as Taliban Make Gains
  US 'Concerned' Over Swat Valley Peace Deal
Karzai Wants NATO to Explain Civilian Deaths
 
  US General Terms 2009 Challenging Year in Afghanistan

Iran's Leader Sparks Western Walkout at UN Meeting
 
  Possible Timetable for Israeli Strike on Iran
  Iran's President Makes Rare Intervention in US Reporter's Case
Obama Opposes Interrogation Prosecutions
 
  CIA Waterboarded al-Qaeda Suspect 183 Times in 1 Month
  Bush Aides Rip 'Torture Memos' Release
Iraq Arrests Children Recruited by al-Qaeda
 
  Critic of Maliki Is Chosen to Lead Iraq's Parliament
  Monday: 19 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded

56 US Soldier Suicides in First 3 Months of 2009
Viewpoints
Obama on Torture: Just Get Over It
by Dahlia Lithwick
Transparency: Another Broken Promise  by Nat Hentoff
Did Torture Prevent Attacks? Let a Truth Commission Find Out  by Timothy Rutten
The Next Forgotten War  by Ryan McCarl
Shooting Up the Border
by Ted Galen Carpenter
The First Cut Is the Deepest
by Matthew Yglesias

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Frontline
Summers: Lifting Cuban Embargo 'Way Down the Road'
Israeli Settlers Claim Golan Heights 'Forever'
Obama: US Journalist Jailed in Iran Was Not a Spy
Czech Against US Military Power
Former CIA Director Defends Interrogation
Netanyahu: Peace Talks Can Begin Before PA Recognizes Israel as Jewish
Debate Begins on Direction of Future Military Spending
Homeland Security Leaders Defend Memo on Veterans
 
Iraq
For Iraqis, Terror Is Replaced by Financial Woe
Iraqi Military Investigates Gangland-Style Heists
Iraq's Doctors Trickle Home as Attacks Decline
Sunday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 28 Wounded
UN Racism Conference
Obama: Racism Conference Attacks Israel
Pope: UN Racism Conference 'Important'
UN: Germany Joins Boycotters of UN Racism Meeting
Lieberman: Iranian Participation Proves 'Durban II' Is Racist
Israel/Palestine
Israeli Military Protester's Death Likely Due to Unauthorized Fire
Israeli Parliament Speaker: Arabs Can't Be Forced to Sing Anthem
Israel DM Urges Premier to Launch Peace Initiative
Human Rights Watch Accuses Hamas of Gaza Killings
Israel Knesset Chief Calls for Coexistence
Global Mideast Impact
Israeli Official Slams Swiss-Iranian Meeting
Barak Seeks Parallel Talks With Syria, Palestinians
Egypt Intel Chief to Meet Lieberman in Israel
Hamas Delegation in Egypt Ahead of Unity Talks
Middle East
UAE Arrests Suspect in Lebanon's Hariri Murder
'Hezbollah Surveyed Egyptian Towns Close to Israeli Border'
US Envoy Mitchell Holds Talks With Saudi King
Basque Separatists
ETA Reeling After Arrest of Military Commander in France
Cuba
Obama's Charisma Can't Outshine Cuba Issue
Obama: Cuba Has Steps It Can Take Right Now
Many Cubans Temper Hopes for Improved US Relations
Venezuela
US and Venezuela to Resume Ties
Chavez Foes Tell US Venezuelan Democracy at Risk
Americas
Summit Ending on Hopeful Note for President Obama
Blocked Candidates Could Tarnish Haiti Vote
 
Afghanistan
US Asks for Elite New Zealand Troops for Afghanistan War
Afghan Army Grapples With Shortages
A Blast, an Ambush and a Sprint Out of a Taliban Kill Zone
Taliban Kill Five Policemen in Afghanistan
US Troops Train to Advise Afghan Forces
Afghanistan May Double Police Force
Pakistan
Islamist Tide Rises in Pakistan
US Commander: Pakistan Must Do More to Fight Taliban
Swat Valley Cleric Declares Pakistani Courts Un-Islamic, Issues Ultimatum
Interior Minister: Pakistan Sincerely Probed Mumbai Attacks
16 Militants Killed in Orakzai Blitz
Mohmand Taliban Refuse to Hand Over Official's Body
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: 17 Rebels Dead in Clashes to Clear Road
3,000 Civilians Flee Sri Lanka War Zone
Red Cross: Doctors 'Worn Out' in Sri Lanka
Koreas
Two Koreas to Hold First Dialogue in a Year
North Korea Renews Threat to 'Bolster Nuclear Deterrent'
China/Taiwan
US Says Watching China's Naval Expansion Closely
Jackie Chan's China Comments Prompt Backlash
Taiwan Receives 3,000 Chinese Tourists Per Day
Asia
Thailand Extends State of Emergency in Capital
Shoe Throwing: India's Passionate Fling
Somalia
Gunmen Kidnap Two Aid Workers in Somalia
Violence Against Aid Workers in Somalia
Somalia's Godfathers: Ransom-Rich Pirates
Eye Patches, Walking of Planks, Parrots, and Other Things That Have Nothing to Do With Somalia
Africa
Nigerian Militants Free One of Two British Hostages
Sudan Bars Opposition Leader Turabi From Travel
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
4/20/2009
Bush's Torturers

Alan Bock
4/20/2009
Monotony in the Americas

Ivan Eland
4/18/2009
Tortured Posturing on Harsh Interrogation Techniques

Charles V. Peņa
4/15/2009
More Einsteinian North Korea Policy

Philip Giraldi
4/14/2009
Truth and Reconciliation

Edouard Husson
4/10/2009
Dollar Hegemony and the Economics of Unilateralism

Nebojsa Malic
4/09/2009
Wrong Again

David R. Henderson
3/31/2009
To Reduce Violence,
End the Drug War

Ran HaCohen
2/18/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'

Praful Bidwai
1/19/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan
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