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Forgotten Spirit of Magna Carta: Andrew Young
FBI Turns to Entrapment: Paul Craig Roberts
Free Economy Vital for Russia: Ivan Eland
Grandpa's Battered Radio: Ramzy Baroud
9/11 Commission for Prisoner Abuse?: Wm. Fisher
 
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News
Updated June 7, 2005 - 11:16 PM EDT
Pentagon in Blinders
Iraq's Savvy Insurgency Proves Its Staying Power
US, Iraqi Troops Launch Tal Afar Offensive
Multiple Attacks Across Iraq Kill at Least 33
US Withdraws Threat Against North Korea
North Korea Says It Is Committed to Talks
Iraq, US Nab Nearly 900 Suspected Militants
Viewpoints
Parents Are Right to Protect Their Children From the Military
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Forgotten Spirit of Magna Carta
by Andrew Young
Grandpa's Battered Radio
by Ramzy Baroud
What's Up With the Downing Street Memo?  by Diana Sevanian
The Ties That Bind China, Russia, and Iran  by Jephraim P. Gundzik
No Perles of Wisdom  by David Corn

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Frontline
9/11 Commission for Prisoner Abuse?
Bill Would Give CIA More Power Overseas
First Court Case of Saddam Stems From Killings in Village in '82
The Smoking Bullet in the Smoking Gun: Bush Began Iraq Invasion in 2002
US: No Outrage Over Koran Mishandling
Former Soviet Nukes Still a Threat
Maoist 'Liberators' Kill 36 Passengers on Packed Nepal Bus
Blair and Bush Head for G8 Clash
 
40% of Iraqi Urban Households Report Sewage in Streets
Today in Iraq
Rival Iraqi Kurds Start Unity Talks
Sadr to Stay Out of Politics Until Occupation Ends
Private Security Companies in Iraq Lobby for Heavy Arms
Justice Is Swift and Deadly in Baghdad
The Failed Siege of Fallujah
The Trial of Saddam
Saddam Trial to Focus on Most-Notorious Atrocities
14 Incidents Saddam Will Be Tried On
Attacks Continue
Six Iraqis, US Soldier Killed in Attacks
Baghdad Car Bomber Slips Through Security
Hostage Crises
Romania Hostages Said Victims of Bad Plan
Muslims Plead for French Reporter Held in Iraq
The New Iraq
Iraqi Reality-TV Hit Takes Fear Factor to Another Level
Iraqis Look at Cuts in Payroll
Domestic Commercial Flights Return to the Air in Iraq
Major Iraq Power Station Back Online
Afghanistan
GIs in Afghanistan Wage 'Forgotten' War
Extra NATO Forces May Come for Afghan Vote
Afghans Say Taliban Behind Deadly Mosque Blast
Romania, Spain, and the Netherlands May Send Extra Troops to Afghanistan
Amputee Paratrooper to Deploy to Afghanistan
Music Soothes Extremism Along Troubled Afghan Border
Pakistan/India/Kashmir
Pakistan Hikes Defense Spending by Over 15 Percent in New Budget
Pakistan Official Plans Bus Trip in Kashmir
Pakistan Voices Support for Gas Pipeline
India Upbeat on Iran Gas Link After Pakistan Talks
Koreas
US, North Korean Diplomats Back in Touch
US Stealth Fighters Arrive in South Korea
Rumsfeld Plays Down Quick Decision on North Korea
North Korea Eager to Return to Talks: Koizumi
Japan/China
Defense Chiefs Agree on Timeline for Report on US Military Presence in Japan
Japan to Spend Billions Cleaning Up WWII Waste in China
For Japan and China, New Era of Bad Feeling
China & Friends
Rice Sees 'Mixed Elements' in US-China Relations
China Says It Has No Nuclear Cooperation With Iran or Libya
Chinese Diplomat Claims Asylum in Australia
Aussies Told China About Me, Says Defector
China Says Drug War Is Failing
China Dismisses US Tiananmen Call
Rumsfeld Questions China on Missiles
Asia
Arrest Warrant Issued for Kyrgyz Ex-PM
Sri Lankan Leaders Weigh Rebel Aid Deal
Malay Islamic Party Elects Top Reformers
Arroyo Releases 'Doctored Tape' in Attempt to Defuse Claims of Poll Rigging
President Elected in Bougainville
Russia & Her Neighbors
Seven Russian Soldiers and Police Killed in Chechnya
Moscow and Kiev Try to End Gas Dispute
Yukos Ex-Head 'Could Be Rallying Figure'
Russian Dissident: Russia Ripe for Revolution
European Union
Britain Shelves Plans for EU Referendum
Straw Sees 'No Point' in EU Vote
Straw Attacked for Abandoning EU Vote
Blair Backs EU Treaty After UK Suspends Vote
Leader on a Mission to Resuscitate EU Dream
Ministers Will Seek to Boost Battered Euro
Britain
UK Warned of 'Mission Creep' in Drug War
Defense Ministry Accused of Race Bias on POW Payouts
Christian Antiwar Campaigners to Go on Trial
Pushing 'Democracy' at OAS
OAS Balks Over US Intervention Plan
Venezuela, Brazil Rebuff US on Monitoring Democracy
Bush Predicts Democracy in Cuba at OAS Session
Colombia
US Immunity in Colombia Scrutinized
Demobilized Fighters on Rise in Colombia
 
Trial of al-Arian
Trial Begins for Ex-Professor Accused of Aiding Terrorists
Rush to Put Terror on Trial Stirs Debate
Trial to Reveal Reach of US Surveillance
US Military
US Rejects Calls for Guantánamo Bay to Close
Soldier May Face Desertion Court-Martial
Speed, Technology Reduce Mortality Among US Troops
The War at Home
'Downing Street Memo' on Iraq Met Mostly With Silence
Son of Antiwar Minn. State Senator Becky Lourey Killed in Iraq
Homeland Security
Secret Senate Meeting on PATRIOT Act Moves to Authorize 'Fishing Expeditions'
Senator: Intel Turf Battles Endanger American Security
FBI Fails to Transform Itself, Panel Says
War on Terror
Pakistan Turns Over Terror Suspect to US
Hot on the Trail of al-Qaeda
Syria
Syria's Vice-President to Step Down
Kurdish Unrest Erupts in Syria
US Senator Certain Syria Was Behind Hariri's Death
Reformists Wait in Vain for Syria to Break With Its Repressive Past
Hurdles Ahead for Syrian Reform
High Expectations From Syrian Ba'ath Party Conference
Assad: Reforms Not Urgent
UN Sends Envoy to Meet Syria's Assad
Lebanon
Election Victory Bolsters Hezbollah
Hezbollah Says Lebanon Poll Win a 'Yes' to Arms
Iran
Iran Prepared to Walk Out of Nuclear Talks if Timetable Unacceptable
Iran Says It Has Arrested, Deported 5,000 al-Qaeda Members
Iran's Reform Activists Banking on Candidate Mostafa Moin
Iran Opposes Raising OPEC Output
'Disengagement'
Illegal Israel Settlement Activity Continues
Israel Warns It Will Forcibly Disarm Gaza Settlers
Palestinians Recruit Officers for Pullout
Egypt Says Israel Is Dragging its Feet on West Bank Pullouts
Palestine/Israel
Israel: Palestinian Prisoner Releases in Jeopardy if Collaborators Executed
Sharon Defiant on Jerusalem as Clashes Flare at Mosque Compound
Israeli Soldiers Break Up Anti-Barrier Demo
Israeli Soldiers Arrest Palestinian With Explosives
Egypt Warns Israel Not to Ask Too Much of Abbas
Egypt
Reformist Groups Mushroom in Egypt to Shake Off State Grip
Egypt Keeps Muslim Brotherhood Boxed In
Saudi Arabia
Saudi King's Health 'Steadily Improving': Crown Prince
IAEA May Scale Back Saudi Monitoring
Saudis Seize Six Terror Suspects
Middle East
Iran Wants Deal With Kuwait This Year on Sea Border
Kuwait Gets Multi-Billion Dollar US Military Contract

Turkish Prime Minister Leaves for US
Sudan
War Crimes Probe Into Sudan's Darfur Region Begins
War Crimes Court Faces Biggest Test With Darfur Investigations
Sudan Officials May Face Genocide Trials
Key Facts About Conflict in Sudan's Darfur Region
Dilemma for Washington as ICC Begins Darfur Probe
Zimbabwe
Thousands More Homeless Wander Zimbabwe
Harare Warns Against Strike
Mauritania
Mauritania Says al-Qaeda Behind Attack
Algeria Group Claims Cross-Border Attack on Mauritanian Troops
Africa
The Man Who Would Be President of Liberia
500 Held as Ethiopian Students Protest Election
Youngsters Raped in Congo Militia Rampage
Bolivia
Bolivia President Offers to Resign Amid Protests
Thousands Continue Protest Against Bolivia Govt
Americas
Washington Pressed to Consider Resending US Forces to Haiti
Quebec Separatist Leader Resigns
 
Contributors


6/06/2005
The War Party on Trial


6/07/2005
Economics More Vital than Politics for Lasting Russian Freedom


6/03/2005
World Cannot Afford Failure on the Nuclear Front


6/02/2005
Battle for Bosnia

Alan Bock
5/27/2005
Afghanistan: An Imperial Dilemma

Ran HaCohen
5/02/2005
The Palestinian Gandhi

Sascha Matuszak
4/11/2005
Laowai and Zibenren

Joseph Stromberg
2/07/2005
An Anti-Imperialist's Reading List: Part Two

Matthew Barganier
10/30/2004
Et Tu, Pat?
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