N. Korea Threatens War Over S. Korean Charges
AP reported a North Korean statement on May 20 asserting that South Korea fabricated evidence implicating the North in a torpedo attack that...
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Afghanistan: Still Getting Worse Before It Gets Better
The United States invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. Six years later then-Senator Barack Obama, in a speech entitled “The War We Need to...
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Israel Still Averse to UN Plan for Nuclear-free Zone
Reuters news reported on May 7 that Israel does not plan to review its nuclear policies, despite efforts by the United States and...
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Iraqi Prison: Torture Was “Routine”
The New York-based Human Rights Watch reported April 27 that a secret Iraqi prison maintained by the current lame-duck Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki...
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The Aftermath of the Sinking of the South Korean Ship Cheonan
Reuters cited an April 22 Yonhap News Agency report that the South Korean military believes a torpedo fired from a North Korean submarine...
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Iraqi Secret Prisons: Taking a Cue from the United States?
The Iraqi government has run a secret prison where minority Sunni Muslims were kept outside of the ordinary Iraqi system of justice and...
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Continued Human Rights’ Violations in China — Where’s Michael Moore?
China never fails to top itself when it comes to human rights violations. Even as Michael Moore attempts to defend communist regimes, world-wide...
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G8 Pushes Iran Sanctions, Meets Resistance
As the world’s leading economies gathered this week for a “Group of Eight” summit, government leaders urged the international community to increase pressure...
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Being Realistic About the China Threat
Item: In an article entitled “China’s military bluster camouflages toothless bite,” Reuters reported on March 8, "China’s military has far to...
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Opposition Candidates Arrested in Iraq After Maliki’s Party Losses
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's party, the State of Law Coalition, lost the March 7 parliamentary elections in a fractured vote, but...
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Afghanistan’s Karzai Meets With Insurgents
The Washington Post has reported that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met with representatives of Hizb-i-Islami — a major Taliban-linked insurgent group —...
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“Quartet” Meets For Middle East Talks
The quartet — a group comprised of the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations that focuses on Middle East...
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Pakistan Indicts Five Americans for Terrorism
Major news sources reported on March 17 that five U.S. men who were arrested in Pakistan in December were charged this day with...
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India-Pakistan ‘Proxy War’ Complicates Afghanistan
After several attacks on Indian targets by militants in Afghanistan, officials and analysts claim that the governments of Pakistan and India are waging...
Read moreU.S. Steps Up Military Aid to Yemen
The Pentagon has approved more than $150 million in military assistance to the government of Yemen, more than doubling last year’s budget of...
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