Highlights
 
Showdown Looming Over Israeli Settlements    Drive for Sanctions Likely in Wake of North Korean Test    Israel Warns Gazans Will Be Shot if They Come Close to Border Fence    Nukes 'Politically Retarded,' Ahmadinejad Opines    Nomination of US Afghan Commander Revives Questions in Tillman Case    Discontent Rises Sharply Among Russian Troops    Showdown Looming on 'State Secrets'    Ex-Gitmo Detainee Describes Struggle for Exoneration    Big Crowd for Moderate Reflects Serious Challenge to Iran's Leader    Israeli Air Strike on Sudan Convoy in January Killed 119: State Media    Obama Calls on World to 'Stand Up To' North Korea    Experts: North Korean Test Nuke About Hiroshima-Level Power    Massive Police Desertions Reported in Swat Valley    Netanyahu: If Israel Doesn't Eliminate Iran 'Threat,' No One Will    Britain Recruits an Army of Snoopers With Police-Style Powers    Peace With China, and Other Surprises    Hold the Torturers Accountable    South Korea: US Notified of Nuke Test by North Korea in Advance    Barak: US-Iran Nuclear Talks Have 'Very Low' Chance of Success    US-Iran Soccer Game Could Be in Works    A Look at Pro-Israel Lobbying by J Street, AIPAC    Somali War Complex, Unpredictable: Peacekeepers    Iran's Ahmadinejad Rejects Western Nuclear Proposal    Yes, North Korea Is a Nuclear Power    Karadzic Claims US Gave Him 'Immunity' From War Crimes Trial    Obama Still Debating How to Try 9/11, USS Cole Defendants    Former Senior Taliban Says He Was Beaten at US Air Base in Afghanistan    Somali Minister: 208 Dead in Two Weeks of Fighting    Police Accuse India of Destabilizing Balochistan    If Obama Cedes Ground on Torture to Cheney, We'll All Pay a Heavy Price    Government Experiments on US Soldiers: Shocking Claims Come to Light in New Court Case    A 'Reset' Is Not Enough    Israeli FM's Party to Introduce Loyalty Oath Bill    Setting a Higher Standard for Making War    America's Anti-Militarist Heritage    One Ricks Makes a Wrong    So Philip Gourevitch Can See the Torture Photos, but We Can't?    
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News
Updated May 26, 2009 - 11:22 PM EDT
Obama: World Must 'Stand Up' to North Korea
 
  Report: North Korea Test-Fires 2 More Missiles
  North Korean Test Nuke Was Hiroshima-Level
  Yes, North Korea Is a Nuclear Power
  South Korea: US Notified of Nuke Test by North Korea in Advance
  Drive for Sanctions Likely in Wake of North Korean Test
PM: If Israel Doesn't Stop Iran Threat, No One Will
 
  Israel Claims Venezuela, Bolivia Supplying Iran With Uranium
  Barak: US-Iran Nuclear Talks Have 'Very Low' Chance of Success
  Ahmadinejad Rejects Western Nuclear Proposal
  Nukes 'Politically Retarded,' Ahmadinejad Opines
Israeli FM's Party to Introduce Loyalty Oath Bill
 
  Israel Warns Gazans Will Be Shot if They Come Close to Border Fence
  Showdown Looming Over Israeli Settlements
Massive Police Desertions Reported in Swat
 
  Pakistani Taliban to Swat Civilians: Come Back
3 Americans Killed in Iraq, 3 in Afghanistan
Showdown Looming On 'State Secrets'
Sudan Says Israeli Air Strike in January Killed 119
Viewpoints
Hold the Torturers Accountable
by Rep. Ron Paul
If Obama Cedes Ground on Torture to Cheney, We'll All Pay a Heavy Price  by Gary Younge
So Philip Gourevitch Can See the Torture Photos, but We Can't?  by Matthew Rothschild
One Ricks Makes a Wrong  by Jeff Huber
Peace With China, and
Other Surprises  by Steve Chapman
America's Anti-Militarist Heritage
by George C. Leef

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Frontline
Karadzic Claims US Gave Him 'Immunity' From War Crimes Trial
Govt Experiments on GIs: Shocking Claims Come to Light in New Court Case
Iran's Ahmadinejad Wants to Debate Obama at UN
Britain Recruits an Army of Snoopers With Police-Style Powers
Ex-Gitmo Detainee Describes Struggle for Exoneration
PKK Leader Offers Turkey an Olive Branch to End War
 
The War at Home
A Look at Pro-Israel Lobbying by J Street, AIPAC
Obama Still Debating How to Try 9/11, USS Cole Defendants
US Lawyers Ask Afghan Court to Help Gitmo Inmate
Between Iraq and a Hard Place: Seeking Asylum and a Better Life, California's Iraqi Refugees in Limbo
US Military
Nomination of US Afghan Commander Revives Questions in Tillman Case
Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan Honor Their Fallen
Dad Wants Answer for Soldier's Training Death
At Camp Pendleton, Every Day Is Memorial Day
Autopsies of War Dead Reveal Ways to Save Others
Iraq
Iraqi Trade Chief Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal
Iraq Aims to Allow Foreign Investors to Own Land
'Assassination Gang' Arrested in Basra
Monday: 9 Iraqis, 1 Syrian Killed; 8 Iraqis Wounded
Iran
Big Crowd for Moderate Reflects Serious Challenge to Iran's Leader
Israel's Barak to US Next Week for Iran Talks
US-Iran Soccer Game Could Be in Works
Iranian Moderate Candidate Criticizes Facebook Ban
Iran's Reformist Presidential Hopeful to Back Hamas
Palestine/Israel
Gaza Fishermen Struggle as Israel Restricts Access
PA Slams Netanyahu Statements on Settlement Expansion
Israeli Law Experts Split on Relative Stupidity of Nakba Ban
Likud Ministers Slam Nakba Law
Muslim Nations Link Better Ties With Israel to Peace
Sarkozy Says Palestinian State Vital to Mideast Peace
Lebanon
Nasrallah Blames Israel for Report Pinning Hariri Killing on Hezbollah
Lebanese Leaders Quiet On Hariri-Hezbollah Report
Claim That Hezbollah Killed Hariri 'Dangerous'
In Lebanon's Patchwork, a Focus on Armenians' Political Might
Egypt
European Aid Convoy Crosses Into Gaza Through Egypt
Egypt Court Overturns Conviction of Critic
Somalia
Somali Minister: 208 Dead in Two Weeks of Fighting
Suicide Bomber Kills 10 in Mogadishu, Including Six Soldiers
Somalia's Radical Group Claims Mogadishu Bombing
Somali War Complex, Unpredictable: Peacekeepers
Islamic Organization Calls for Somalis to Halt Fighting
Somali Pirates Hone Their Tactics
Sudan
Peacekeepers Say Darfur Rebels Repulsed at Base
Army: 20 Soldiers, 43 Rebels Killed in Darfur Fighting
 
North Korea
Tested Early by North Korea, Obama Has Few Options
UN Security Council Condemns North Korea Nuke Test
North Korea Threatens to Test More Atomic Bombs
N. Korean Test Delivers Message for Domestic Consumption
Israel Demands World 'Respond Decisively' to North Korea Test
North Korea an Early Test for Obama's Engagement Policy
North Korean Nuclear Test Draws Global Criticism
Obama Pressed to Drop Diplomacy for Tough Action on North Korea
North Korea Widens Threat, Limits US Options
Statement From President Obama Regarding North Korea
China 'Resolutely Opposed' to North Korean Nuke Test
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban: We'll Avoid Combat in Swat City
Police Accuse India of Destabilizing Balochistan
UN Mulls Asking Pakistan to Pause Fighting to Aid Trapped Civilians
US Appeals to China to Help Stabilize Pakistan
6,000 Pregnant Swati Women in Camps
Musharraf: Extremism Is Biggest Threat to Pakistan
Chidambaram Says Pakistan Given Enough Mumbai Evidence
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Reconstruction Outpaces Oversight
US Soldiers' Options Limited to Protect Afghans From Taliban
Roadside Bomb Kills Four Civilians in Afghanistan
Former Senior Taliban Says He Was Beaten at US Air Base in Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Tamils Vie for Leadership Role
Sri Lanka to Hold Local Elections in North
Asia
Opposition Wins Presidency in Mongolia
Speaker Pelosi Visits China; Protesters Seek Help
Myanmar Opens Trial Again, Suu Kyi May Take Stand
Killing of Sikh Leader Sets Off Riots in India
Japan's Big Guns Prepare to Rejoin Global Arms Industry
Nepal's New PM Sworn In, Faces Wrangling Over Cabinet
American Woman Is Freed After Philippines Abduction
Nigeria
Nigerian Rebels Say Major Oil Pipelines Destroyed
Nigerian Militants Say Three Hostages Freed
Russia
Discontent Rises Sharply Among Russian Troops
Russian Uranium Sale to US Is Planned
Europe
NATO Says Georgia Will Join as Maneuvers Are Held
Lost UK Military Disks Had Sensitive Personal Data
 
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5/25/2009
Obama's Democratic Authoritarianism

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5/26/2009
Setting a Higher Standard for Making War

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

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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