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News
Updated August 19, 2012 - 11:19 PM EDT
Afghan Policeman Kills US Soldier on Joint Patrol
 
  Panetta Prods Karzai on Afghan Insider Killings
  US to Beef Up Rural Police Forces in Afghanistan Despite Attacks
  Afghan NATO Air Strike Kills at Least 13
Cover-Up of Pak Civilian Drone Deaths Revealed
 
  US Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills Five People
  Panic Rules as Authorities Seem Unable to Overcome Violence
Russia Rejects US Plan for Syria No-Fly Zones
 
  In Syria, Role of Kurds Divides Opposition
  Syrian Rebels Foil Army Attempt to Take Turkish Border Gate
  Last UN Observers Start Leaving Syria
US Says Iraqis Are Helping Iran Skirt Sanctions
 
  Gunmen and Bombers Kill 19 Across Iraq
Militants Attack Yemen Intelligence HQ, Killing 20
In UK Threat to Ecuador Over Assange, Experts See Mistake
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Britain's Assange Overreach  by Murtaza Hussain
The New Totalitarianism of Surveillance Technology  by Naomi Wolf
Why the World Can't Tolerate a Preemptive Israeli Attack on Iran  by L. Michael Hager
Barak's Blunder  by Philip Giraldi
Obama Turns Back the Clock on Guantanamo  by Baher Azmy
New Evidence That Israel Is Bluffing About Iran  by Robert Wright

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Syria
Syria Vice President Al-Shara's Office Denies He Defected
Airstrike Kills 8 in Syria Town Near Turkey Border
China Says Will 'Cooperate' With New UN Syria Envoy
Syrian Rebels Put Captured Iranian Drones on YouTube
Lebanon
Three Syrians Kidnapped in Beirut: State Media
Lebanese Man Briefly Kidnapped, Asked if He Backs Syrian Rebels
UNIFIL, Lebanese Army Wrap Up Live-Fire Drill
Iran
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Iran Commander Says Israeli Strike Is 'Welcome' as It Will Create Chance to Destroy Israel
Iraq
Gunmen and Bombers Kill 19 Across Iraq
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Israel/Palestine
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Egypt
4 Egyptian Troops Wounded in Sinai After Raid on Suspected Militants
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Gabon President Calls for Order After Clashes
Former Ivory Coast President Gbagbo's Party HQ Attacked
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Poland
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Pakistan
Suicide Car Bomber Kills 5 Pakistani Troops
10 Killed in Karachi Attacks
Three Truck Drivers Kidnapped in Khuzdar
Landikotal Explosion Injures Two in Pakistan
Asia
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Myanmar Opens New Probe Into Deadly Sectarian Unrest
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Mexico
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Mexican Federal Officials Launch Separate Investigation Into Arrests in Slain Journalists Case
US Military
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Americans Still Dying
Father of Fallen Oceanside (NY) Marine Pleads to End War in Afghanistan
Hubert (NC) Marine Leaves Behind Wife, Infant Daughter
Tears Fall for Norton (MA) Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
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