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News
Updated November 24, 2013 - 10:59 PM EST
Iran, Western Powers Reach Deal in Geneva
 
  Details of P5+1 Nuclear Deal With Iran
  Israeli Stock Market Soars on Nuclear News
  Israel Minister: Iran Deal Based on 'Deceit'
Karzai to Press Showdown With Obama Over Pact
 
  Karzai Accuses US Forces of Killing Civilians in a Raid
  Loya Jirga Approves Afghan-US Bilateral Security Agreement
Pak Drone Protesters Block NATO Supply Route
 
  Obama Officials Told Sharif That Drone Strikes Would Continue
NSA Infected 50,000 Networks With MalWare
 
  NSA Report Outlined Goals for More Power
  Govt Lawyers: Americans Have No Right to Challenge NSA
  Govt Can See Your Personal Information Using Just Your Metadata
Northern Iraq Suffers Bombing Attacks; 51 Killed, 97 Hurt
US Criticizes New China Zone, Vows to Defend Japan
Viewpoints
Are Obama's Middle East Peace Talks Sincere?  by Shamus Cooke
Terrorism and the Bill of Rights  by Jacob G. Hornberger
Experts on the NSA's History of Abuses: There They Go Again  by Conor Friedersdorf
A Constitutional Strategy to Stop NSA Spying  by Michael Boldin
Drone Free Zone  by Cole Stangler
Can Obama Ever Close Guantanamo?  by Daphne Eviatar

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How Did We Let the NSA Spying Get This Bad?
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Senate Stalls on NDAA; 507 Amendments Offered
Kerry Traps Geneva Shoppers to Buy His Wife Chocolates
Web Creator Berners-Lee Backs Edward Snowden
 
Spying on Everyone
US to Back Privacy Resolution It Knee-Capped
NSA Denies Their Existing Domestic Cyberdefensive Efforts, Again
NSA Deputy Director Skeptical on Sharing Data With FBI and Others
Want a File From the NSA? You Can Ask, but You Might Not Get It
Lavabit Strikes Back at Feds in Key Internet Privacy Case
Australia's Abbott Seeks to Repair Indonesia Ties After Phone Tap Revelation
Guantánamo
Clock Ticks on Authority for Guantánamo Detention
Guantánamo Prisoner Makes Video-Link Plea for His Freedom
Iran
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns Led Secret US Back Channel to Iran
Iran Seen Getting Gold, Petrochemicals, Autos Sanctions Relief
Republicans Attack Iran Deal Before It's Announced
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran: Netanyahu Wants Iran's Surrender, Not Negotiated Deal
Syria
Activists: Government Airstrikes Kill 44 in Syria
Syrian Islamist Rebels Claim Capture of Key Oilfield
Syrian Rebels, Inc.
Syrian Opposition to Meet Diplomats in Geneva
Syrian Minister Survives Attack on Car
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Lebanon
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Iraq
Northern Iraq Suffers Bombing Attacks; 51 Killed, 97 Wounded
Sunnis Close Iraqi Capital Mosques To Protest Attacks
Iraq Oil Sales Recover From Lows, but Still Below Peak
PYD Leader Warns of War With Arab Settlers in Kurdish Areas
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Palestinians Smash Hole in the West Bank Separation Wall
Occupier Demolishes Villagers' Water Tank — Ending the Vegetable Harvest
Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Wound Four Palestinians: Medics
Hollywood Heavyweight Admits to Israeli Arms Dealing in the '70s
Yemen
Yemen Wedding Bloodbath as Three Shot Accidentally During Gangnam Style Dance
Americas
Security, Military Police Dominate Honduras Vote
US Concerned About Nicaragua Plan to End Presidential Term Limits
 
Pakistan
Pakistan Officials Irked as Govt Refuses to Take Hard Line on Drones
Pakistan Interior Minister: 'Pakistan Not in Position to Trust US Any More'
Concerns Grow in Pakistan and India Over Border Violence
Pakistan People to Declare Jihad if Terrorism Not Stopped, Says MQM Chief
NATO Container Burnt Down Near Balochistan's Dasht Area
Pakistan Militants Kidnap 11 Teachers in Polio Vaccination Campaign
Security of US Consulate in Peshawar Put on High Alert
Thousands Rally in Twin Cities to Protest Ashura Incident
Pakistan Protest: Peace Cannot Be Attained Till Drone Strikes Are Stopped, Says Imran
TTP Claims Twin Bomb Attacks in Karachi
Pakistan: No Protest Demos on Sunday: Shia Ulema Council
China
China Imposes Airspace Restrictions Over Japan-Controlled Senkaku Islands
Military Experts Explain China's Air Defense Identification Zone
Asia
US Military Scales Down Aid Efforts in Philippines
Political Tensions Rise in Thailand Amid Corruption Claims
Could Korean War Vet Detained in North Be Paying for Another Man's Past?
Egypt/Turkey
Egypt Tells Turkish Ambassador to Leave Over Support for Muslim Brotherhood
Erdogan Slams Egypt's Army-Backed Rulers After Cairo Expels Turkish Ambassador
Diplomatic Ties Fraying Between Egypt and Turkey
Egypt Detains US Citizen, 38 Others for Torching Tram
Prison Visit Sheds Light on Plight of Egypt's Pro-Morsi Inmates
Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Unspeakable Horrors in a Country on the Verge of Genocide
Central African Republic Rejects International Genocide Concern
Africa
Nigeria Raid: Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kill 12
Kenya Armed Militia 'Surround 900 Villagers'
Islamists Poised to Enter Parliament as Mauritania Goes to Polls
Ukraine
Ukraine Marks Tragic Date Amid Setback on EU Hopes
The War at Home
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Americans Still Dying
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11/22/2013
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