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Iran Test Fires New Long-range Missile

Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on November 12, that Iran had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile capable of...

November 13, 2008

North Korean Blackmail Beats the U.S. Blacklist

Steven J. DuBord November 12, 2008

ITEM: In an article entitled "U.S. says North Korea stuck to nuclear promises," Reuters reported on October 17: "North Korea has kept its...

Christians In Iraq

November 11, 2008

With the dismantling of Saddam’s regime, anarchy has reigned in Iraq, and members of religious minorities — especially Christians — have been threatened...

Supply Convoy Bound for Afghanistan Hijacked

November 10, 2008

A convoy of 13 trucks carrying supplies to U.S. and other Western military units in Afghanistan was hijacked in the famed Khyber Pass...

China and Taiwan Agree to Closer Economic Ties

November 5, 2008

The governments of the Republic of China on Taiwan and the communist regime on mainland China signed four agreements on November 4 that...

Melamine Concerns Widen

Denise Behreandt November 3, 2008

In the last several weeks, Romer Labs, an international diagnostic testing lab for the agricultural, food, and feed industries, discovered 30 samples of...

U.S. Embassy in Damascus Closed to Public

October 30, 2008

The United States closed its embassy in Damascus to the public on October 30 because of security concerns stemming from anti-U.S. demonstrations in...

Pakistan Complains to U.S. About Attacks

October 29, 2008

A Pakistani government spokesman announced on October 29 that the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Anne Patterson, had been summoned to receive a formal...

Iraq Government Wants Kurds Out of Mosul

October 28, 2008

According to a New York Times report of October 28, the U.S.-backed, Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has been forcing...

Syria Protests Reported U.S. Raid

October 27, 2008

The Syrian government has condemned what it said was a U.S. helicopter raid inside its territory on October 26, resulting in eight civilian...

Pakistan Plans to Arm Militias Near Afghan Border

October 24, 2008

Pakistani officials in Washington announced on October 23 that their government will supply arms to tribal militia in its northwestern tribal region, which...