Violence Threatened if Afghan Election “Stolen”
Supporters of the leading opposition candidate for the presidency of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, are threatening to take up arms and unleash a...
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Chinese Healthcare Workers May Refuse “Swine Flu” Vaccine
In the wake of dire warnings from the White House concerning the dangers of the H1N1 virus (the “Swine Flu”), concerns regarding the...
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Sri Lanka Frees Priests, but Still Holds 300,000 Tamils
The Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that “Sri Lanka on Wednesday freed nearly 600 Hindu and Catholic priests who were held in...
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Jerusalem Key Factor in Palestine Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began a four-day European tour in London on August 25, meeting with Britain's Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. The...
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Early Afghan Election Returns Show Close Vote
With about 10 percent of the votes in Afghanistan's presidential election having been counted on August 25, incumbent President Hamid Karzai and his...
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Adm. Mullen Says Afghan Situation Deteriorating
Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union" program on August 23, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, said the...
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The Afghan Presidential Election, Part 3
Citizens of Afghanistan — and the rest of the world — awaited the results of the nation's presidential election the day after the...
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Myanmar Asks for End to Sanctions
Commentary from Myanmar's military junta appearing in three official newspapers on August 20 proposed that western nations end their economic sanctions of the...
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Senator Webb’s Visit to Myanmar (Burma)
Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 19, U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) commented on his recent visit to Myanmar,...
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No State Sponsors, No Terror
“All warfare is based on deception.” — The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, Chinese General, military strategist (sixth century B.C.). It was...
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The Afghan Presidential Election, Part 2
The candidates in Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election were making their final appeals to voters on Monday, the 17th, the last legal day...
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India’s Swine Flu Panic
More people die every single day in India from tuberculosis and diarrhea-related diseases than the total number who have perished worldwide from the...
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Upcoming Afghan Presidential Election
With Afghanistan's presidential election to be held on August 20, candidates held campaign rallies across the country. Afghan and foreign troops deployed in...
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U.S. Launches Offensive Against Taliban
A joint U.S.-Afghan military assault began against Dahaneh, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on August 12. Associated Press journalists traveling...
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China Warns Against an Arms Race in Space
Building on a February 2008 proposal by the governments of China and Russia, the communist regime in the People’s Republic of China is...
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