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Highlights
 
Obama: North Korea 'Recklessly Challenging' the World    The Influence Game: Pro-Israel Doves Seek DC Clout    The Plight of Female Soldiers    North Korea Conducts Nuclear Weapons Test    Japan Panel Wants 'First Strikes' Against Enemies    US Believes North Korea Plans Kim Succession    Families Affected by Suicide Feel Sting on Memorial Day    A Life Lost, a Plan Derailed, a Fiancee Left in Limbo    Israeli Bill Would Jail Any Arabs Who Commemorate Nakba    Powell: I Have 'No Idea' if Torture Works    Summit Shows Iran a Regional Power    200,000 Tamil Civilians Imprisoned in Sri Lankan Manik Farm Camp    Report: 25,000-30,000 Civilians Maimed in Final Days of Sri Lanka War    Have We Already Lost Iran?    Israel Report: Most Police Killed in Gaza War Were 'Terrorists'    Street-To-Street Fighting Continues in Swat Valley City    US Military Chief Insists Iran Wants Nukes    No, I Do Not Support the Troops    Swati Refugees Barred From Entering Neighboring Provinces    US Still Unsure if Baghdadi Is Qaeda Iraq Leader    Gingrich to Americans: 'People Should Be Afraid'    Bagman Joe and Obama's Bully-Boy Diplomacy    Obama's Democratic Authoritarianism    Despite Pledges, NATO Air Strikes Continue to Kill Afghan Civilians    Darfur Rebels Seize Town From Sudan Troops: UN    Half of Israelis Back Immediate Strike on Iran    Iran General Says Could Stop Israel in 'One Strike'    Netanyahu Defies Obama on Israeli Settlement Freeze    Iran Summit Vows to Fight Drugs, Extremism    Terrorism Arrests: Snitch, Sting, Then Controversy    Defeated Tamil Tiger Rebels Confirm Leader's Death    US Withdrawal From Iraq 'On Track' Despite Violence: Mullen    The Lie Cheney Told About A.Q. Khan    Pakistani Taliban Threaten to Eliminate PPP Leaders    Former Iraqi Insurgent Contemplates Returning to War    The Empire Is Bankrupting America    Dueling Speeches, but Not Much Difference    Reporter: Slain Tamil Rebel Chiefs Were Promised Safety    What You Know About Iran Is Wrong    The New World Order    
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News
Updated May 25, 2009 - 10:34 AM EDT
North Korea Tests Nuclear Bomb
 
  Obama: North Korea 'Recklessly Challenging' the World
  US Believes North Korea Plans Kim Succession
Pentagon Chief Insists Iran Wants Nukes
 
  Summit Shows Iran a Regional Power
  Iran General Says Could Stop Israel in 'One Strike'
  Half of Israelis Back Immediate Strike on Iran
Israel: 90% of Gaza Police Killed Were 'Terrorists'
 
  Israeli Bill Would Jail Any Arabs Who Commemorate Nakba
  Netanyahu Defies Obama on Israeli Settlement Freeze
  The Influence Game: Pro-Israel Doves Seek DC Clout
Despite Pledges, NATO Keeps Killing Civilians
 
  US: 4 al-Qaeda Members Detained in Afghanistan
Street-to-Street Fighting Continues in Swat City
 
  Swati Refugees Barred From Entering Neighboring Provinces
  Pakistan PM: Drone Attacks Undermining Swat Operation
Report: 30,000 Civilians Maimed in Last Days of Sri Lanka War
 
  Reporter: Slain Tamil Rebel Chiefs Were Promised Safety
Terrorism Arrests: Snitch, Sting, Then Controversy
Viewpoints
Have We Already Lost Iran?
by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
The Lie Cheney Told About A.Q. Khan  by Larisa Alexandrovna
Bagman Joe and Obama's Bully-Boy Diplomacy  by Chris Floyd
The Empire Is Bankrupting America
by Jacob G. Hornberger
No, I Do Not Support the Troops
by Arthur Silber
The New World Order
by Christopher A. Preble

More Viewpoints
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Frontline
Federal Judge Threatens to Sanction White House Over Secrecy
Gingrich to Americans: 'People Should Be Afraid'
Powell: I Have 'No Idea' if Torture Works
Families Affected by Suicide Feel Sting on Memorial Day
Japan Panel Wants 'First Strikes' Against Enemies
US Captain Hears Pleas for Afghan Detainee
Imams Reject Talk That Islam Radicalizes Inmates
 
Tribesmen Continue Fleeing Homes in South Waziristan
Guantánamo
Congress to Obama: Gitmo Plan Before Gitmo Money
Former, Current Military Chiefs Back Obama on Guantánamo
US Military
The Plight of Female Soldiers
Defense Dept., Industry Join to Protect Data
A Life Lost, a Plan Derailed, a Fiancee Left in Limbo
Mullen: Military to Comply if Gay Ban Law Changes
Rap Song by US Soldier's Son: Just Come Back Alive
Iraq Occupation
US Withdrawal From Iraq 'On Track' Despite Violence: Mullen
US Military: Iraq Attacks Down Nearly 60 Percent
Eight Killed in Suicide Attack on US Troops in Iraq
US Prepares to Withdraw, Iraqi Resistance Prepares for Battle
Iraq VP, Congressmen Discuss SOFA
US Still Unsure if Baghdadi Is Qaeda Iraq Leader
Today in Iraq
Former Iraqi Insurgent Contemplates Returning to War
Five Candidates to Run for President of Iraqi Kurdistan
Fate of Missing Iraqis Haunts War's Survivors
Gender Issues Worsen Iraq's Medical Woes
Mosul Blast Casualties Reach 45
Sunday: 24 Iraqis Killed, 39 Wounded
Iran-Pak-Afghan Summit
Iran Summit Vows to Fight Drugs, Extremism
Iran, Pakistan Sign Gas Export Deal
Joint Declaration Issued at the Conclusion of Trilateral Summit
Iran
Ahmadinejad Slams Presence of Foreign Forces in Region
Facebook Block Ahead of Iran Vote Hampers Youth
ElBaradei Says Iran Know-How Cannot Be Bombed
Israel/Palestine
Israeli Defense Minister: Outposts to Be Evacuated
Hamas Court Sentences Three Fatah Members to Death
Israel's Lieberman Rules Out Return to '67 Borders
Vandals Desecrate Christian Graves in West Bank
Russian FM: Hamas Taking More Realistic Path Since Gaza War
Middle East
Hezbollah Rejects Report Linking It to Hariri Death
Syria Denies Reports Russia Called Off MiG-31 Deal
Assad Says Russian Mideast Meet Must Be Well-Planned
 
Pakistan
Pakistan Says Decisive Battle Against the Taliban Has Begun
Civilians Trapped in Pakistan's Swat Valley Town
Pakistani Aircraft Strike at Taliban Hideouts, Killing at Least Seven
Pakistani Taliban Threaten to Eliminate PPP Leaders
Pakistani Refugee Crisis Poses Peril
18 Killed in Orakzai Shelling
'Bloody Intersection' Secured by Pakistani Troops
Ordinary Pakistanis Wait for US 'Rewards'
Sharif Advises Pakistani Displaced to Stay in Camps
Militancy Cripples Economy in Pakistan's Northwest
US Senators Urge Obama to Provide Large-Scale Aid to Displaced Pakistanis
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Rebuilding Looms as Sequel to Iraq's
British Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
Over 200,000 Afghan Refugees Residing in Punjab
India
Indian Govt Likely to Move on US Military Pact
Indian Air Force Chief Says Wary of China's Military
Sri Lanka
200,000 Tamil Civilians Imprisoned in Sri Lankan Manik Farm Camp
Defeated Tamil Tiger Rebels Confirm Leader's Death
Sri Lanka Rejects Full Access to Tamil Camps
Sri Lanka Pledges More Democracy in Tamil Zone
Myanmar
Suu Kyi 'Likely to Be Jailed for Years'
Myanmar Says Thai Meddling Over Suu Kyi Trial
Somalia
Mogadishu Fighting Displaces 8,000 in One Day: UN
Suicide Car Bomber Kills Seven in Somalia
Africa
Darfur Rebels Seize Town From Sudan Troops: UN
Madagascar Crisis Talks Derailed
Filipinos Freed in Niger Delta: Nigerian Army
Europe
Putin Warns Outsiders Over Ukraine
UK to Review Combat Ban for Female Troops
United Nations
At UN, a Sandinista's Plan for Nine New Institutions
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/25/2009
Obama's Democratic Authoritarianism

Alan Bock
5/25/2009
Dueling Speeches, but Not Much Difference

Ivan Eland
5/23/2009
Blowing Smoke on Gitmo

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism

Kelley B. Vlahos
5/21/2009
‘March of Freedom' a Trail of Tears

Nebojsa Malic
5/20/2009
Biden Does the Balkans

Philip Giraldi
5/19/2009
Picking on AIPAC?

Charles V. Peña
5/13/2009
Pentagon Gluttons

David R. Henderson
4/28/2009
The Case for Prosecuting Bush

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

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