Pakistan Cracks Down on Taliban
Pakistani fighter jets and helicopters struck Taliban positions in the country's Swat Valley on May 7 as the military continued its offensive against...
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Pakistan: Sanctuary for Taliban, al-Qaeda
Back in February, Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted that the additional 17,000 U.S. troops scheduled to...
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North Korean Threat Grossly Overblown
In the midst of an economic crisis and worries over a global epidemic, North Korea’s creaky totalitarian state continues to occupy headline news....
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Demise of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers May Be Near
The long-running war in Sri Lanka, the impoverished Indian Ocean nation suspended like a tropical teardrop below India’s southern tip, appears to be...
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Iraq Accuses U.S. of Violating Security Pact
A pre-dawn U.S. military raid on April 26 that had targeted Iranian-backed Shi'ite militiamen but resulted in the deaths of two Iraqi citizens...
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North Korean Missile Launch Creates Crisis
As expected, North Korea launched its Taepodong-2 long-range rocket on April 5, a move President Obama called "provocative" and "clear violation" of a...
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Arab & South American Countries Hold Summit
Leaders of the 22-member Arab League and 12 South American countries met last week and agreed to an 11-point declaration on everything from...
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U.S. Journalists Face Trial in North Korea
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two U.S. journalists detained by North Korea on March 17, will be tried for "illegal entry and...
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North Korea Prepares to Launch Missile
Quoting from a senior U.S. military official, CNN has reported that North Korea has begun fueling its long-range missile. Such knowledge is readily...
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Tibet Marks 50th Anniversary of Lhasa Uprising
With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, Tibet has been called "the Roof of the World." But the view was unpleasant for Tibetans...
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China Calls for a Global Currency
China is calling for a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar. According to an AP report, the governor of China’s central...
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North Korea Adamant on Missile Launch
On March 24, the North Korean government warned the UN, the United States, and Japan against issuing sanctions in retaliation for its planned...
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North Korea Detains U.S. Journalists
Two journalists for the California-based online media outlet Current TV were taken into custody and detained by North Korean soldiers on March 17....
Read moreChina Wants Importers to Pay Its Carbon Tax
During a mid-March forum organized by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in Washington, China's top climate-change negotiator, Li Gao, said his...
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Taliban Militants Hit NATO Supply Convoy
As many as 50 suspected Taliban militants destroyed 15 trucks at the al-Faisal terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, early on the morning of March...
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