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There’s Gold in Them There Shires!

To paraphrase an axiom: "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach him to use a metal detector and...

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 25, 2009

Zelaya’s Return to Honduras Incites Protests

September 22, 2009

Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was forcibly exiled to Costa Rica on June 28 by military forces acting on the orders of...

McChrystal Afghanistan Report Calls for More Troops

September 22, 2009

What had previously been suspected from reports leaked from private sources is now official: U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S....

McChrystal Wants More Troops in Afghanistan

September 17, 2009

A Fox News report on September 16 cited sources that said U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces...

Karzai Denies Afghan Vote Fraud, Blames Media

September 17, 2009

Speaking at his first press conference since Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election, President Hamid Karzai on September 17 denied that massive fraud had...

Japan May Withdraw Support for Afghan War

September 17, 2009

Yukio Hatoyama took office on September 16 as Japan's new prime minister, following an August 30 electoral victory in which he led the...

Karzai Gets 54% of Afghan Vote, Dispute Continues

September 17, 2009

Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission released figures on September 16 showing President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent of the vote in the first complete...

China Calls for WTO to Settle Trade Dispute

September 16, 2009

China's Ministry of Commerce on September 14 called for the World Trade Organization to help settle a tariff dispute with the United States...

Will the U.S. Learn From Japan?

September 15, 2009

“Imagine a team of doctors who think more poison is the solution to poisoning.” That’s the attention-getting opening sentence leading off an invitation...

U.S. and UK Eye Post-election Afghanistan

September 11, 2009

Weeks after Iraq's August 20 presidential election, with disputed returns giving incumbent President Hamid Karzai more than 50 percent of the vote —...

Save the Planet: Take Off Your Coat and Tie

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 10, 2009

Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, has ordered male government employees to stop wearing suits, jackets, and ties to save electricity. By...

U.S. Amb. to Karzai: “Don’t Declare Victory”

September 10, 2009

On September 7, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry briefed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the status of that...

Israel Approves More West Bank Building

September 4, 2009

Israeli officials announced on September 4 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will approve the construction of hundreds of new Israeli housing units in...