Highlights
 
Attacks Kill 7 US Troops in Afghanistan    140 Killed, 800 Injured in Ethnic Unrest in China    Incoming MI6 Chief in Facebook Security Slip    Attack on Iran Would Be 'Very Destabilizing': US Military Chief    Iran Frees Arrested Reporter, Embassy Employees    In New Iraq Role, US Searches for Means of Influence    How Meaningful Is the Pullback? Iraqis Are Skeptical    Israel Denies Report of Saudi Backing for Iran Strike    Shift by Influential Clerics Bolsters Iran Opposition    In Moscow, Obama to Focus on Arms Control    Riots as Honduras Refuses to Let Zelaya's Jet Land    Cynthia McKinney: Prisoner Number 88794    The Honduran Drama    'Maginot Line' Arsenal Is Losing Smart-Weapons War    Nicaragua Army Denies Troop Movements Near Border    Top UK Judge: Use of Drones Intolerable    Israeli Councilor Faces Probe for Saying All Arabs Must 'Disappear'    Israeli Court Rebukes Military    Six Police Hurt in Clashes at Italian Anti-US Military Base Demo    Kyrgyzstan Weighs Opium as Industry    3 British Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan    Fayyad: Jews Can Be Equal Citizens in Palestinian State    Two US Soldiers Among 31 Killed in Afghanistan    Saddam Knew How to Play to American Suspicions    Independence, Empire Don't Mesh    False Sorrow for the People of Iran    Majority of Vote Protesters Freed: Iran Police Chief    Pakistani Jets Pound Taliban on Afghan Border    Bomb Blast Near South Philippine Cathedral Kills 5    North Korea May Have Shot Mid-Range Missile    Iraq a Failed Imperialist Venture    Despite US Tactical Shifts in Afghanistan, Taliban Terror Continues    Biden: Israel 'Entitled' to Attack Iran    Iraqi PM Calls for Long-Delayed Kirkuk Vote    Officials: Missiles Show North Korea Skills Improving    16 UN Deminers Kidnapped in Eastern Afghanistan    Biden: US Won't Stand in Israel's Way on Iran    What Cheney Learned From Stalin    
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News
Updated July 6, 2009 - 11:07 PM EDT

Attacks Kill 7 US Troops in Afghanistan
 
  Taliban Confirms Capture of US Soldier
  Marines Encounter Suspicion in Afghan Valley
  16 UN Deminers Kidnapped in Eastern Afghanistan
  Despite US Tactical Shifts in Afghanistan, Taliban Terror Continues
Biden: Israel 'Entitled' to Attack Iran
 
  Israel Denies Saudis Gave Airspace Clearance for Iran Strike
  Attack on Iran Would Be 'Very Destabilizing': US Military Chief
Shift by Influential Clerics Bolsters Iran Reformers
 
  Iran Frees Arrested Reporter, Embassy Employees
  Majority of Vote Protesters Freed: Iran Police Chief
Riots as Honduras Blocks President’s Return
 
  Nicaragua Army Denies Troop Movements Near Border

Iraqis Skeptical on Significance of US Pullback
 
  In New Iraq Role, US Searches for Means of Influence

156 Killed, 800+ Injured in Ethnic Unrest in China

Viewpoints
The Elephant in the Room: Israel's Nuclear Weapons  by David Morrison
False Sorrow for the People of Iran
by Muhammad Sahimi
Saddam Knew How to Play to American Suspicions  by Patrick Cockburn
Iraq a Failed Imperialist Venture
by Haroon Siddiqui
Israeli Court Rebukes Military
by Uri Avnery
No Justice Today at Guantánamo
by Barry Wingard

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Frontline
'Maginot Line' Arsenal Is Losing Smart-Weapons War
Top UK Judge: Use of Drones Intolerable
Cynthia McKinney: Prisoner Number 88794
Obama Seeks New Start in Sagging US-Russia Ties
South Korea Says North Korean Missiles Can Hit Key Targets
North Korea May Have Shot Mid-Range Missile
Iraq Not on 'Bottom Shelf': Biden
Incoming MI6 Chief in Facebook Security Slip
 
Iraq
Iraqi PM Calls for Long-Delayed Kirkuk Vote
Iraqi PM Maliki to Visit US on July 21
Powell Says Iraq Surge Should Have Come Earlier
At Least 20 Iraqis Wounded in Mosul Attacks
IED Injures Nine Civilians in Cybercafe in Diyala
Baghdad 'Returning to Normal'
Iraq Hit by Worst Sandstorms in Decades
Sunday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 32 Wounded
Iran
Reformists Resist Iranian Government Pressure
Iranians Find New Ways to Keep Protests Alive
Iran to Free Eighth British Embassy Worker: Miliband
Mousavi Renews Accusations of Fraud in Iran Vote
Palestine/Israel
Fayyad: Jews Can Be Equal Citizens in Palestinian State
Israeli Councilor Faces Probe for Saying All Arabs Must 'Disappear'
Israel Arrests Alleged Gaza 'Terror' Infiltrator
Israel Won't Base Submarines in Red Sea, Says Defense Official
Israel and US Have Yet to Reach Compromise on Settlement Halt
Israel Envoy Tells US Jews: There Is No Israel-US Crisis
Israel's Barak Seeks Peace 'Understanding' With US
Turkey-Armenia
Armenia-Turkey Thaw Tinged With Pain
Somalia
Somali Fighting Kills at Least 12 in Mogadishu
Al-Shabaab Vow to Seize AU Arms
Africa
Nigerian Rebels Claim New Attack on Shell Facility
Zimbabwe Vows to Pull Troops Out of Diamond Fields
Australia
Australian Navy Investigating Sex Bet Allegations
 
Afghanistan
Three British Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan
Two US Soldiers Among 31 Killed in Afghanistan
Afghans Fear Violence Could Subvert August Elections
Looking for Vacation? Try Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistani Jets Pound Taliban on Afghan Border
British FM: Terrorism Real Threat for Pakistan, Not India
Koreas
Officials: Missiles Show North Korea Skills Improving
North Korea Boasts of Military Strength
Report Says North Korea's Kim Convalescing by the Sea
North Korean Ship Sails Home After Being Tracked by US: Report
China/Taiwan
Riots in Western China Amid Ethnic Tension Between Uighurs and Han
Taiwan Islands Blossom as China Tensions Ebb
Asia
Tamil Rebel Kills Soldier in Eastern Sri Lanka
Bomb Blast Near South Philippine Cathedral Kills 5
Japan Mulls New Missile Defense System: Report
Kyrgyzstan Weighs Opium as Industry
Singapore to Hold Anti-Terror Drill; Simulate Mumbai Attack
Russia
In Moscow, Obama to Focus on Arms Control
Obama Raises Concerns About Freedom and Judicial Independence in Russia
For Obama Visit, Russian TV Mutes Rants at US
Russian President: We Want Better Vatican Ties
Europe
Six Police Hurt in Clashes at Italian Anti-US Military Base Demo
EU Foreign Policy Chief to Let Term Expire
Spain: Three Arrested Basque Suspects Were Armed
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
7/06/2009
The Honduran Drama

Alan Bock
7/06/2009
Independence, Empire Don't Mesh

Ivan Eland
7/03/2009
Iraq: The Coming Train Wreck

Philip Giraldi
7/02/2009
Enemies All Around Us

Nebojsa Malic
7/01/2009
Democratorship

Kelley B. Vlahos
6/30/2009
'X-File' Vet May Be Link to Burn-Pit Truth

Charles V. Peña
6/24/2009
The Trouble With Nuclear Abolition

David R. Henderson
6/08/2009
Obama's Baby Steps

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism

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