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Missing Russian Cargo Ship Located

“A Russian-manned cargo ship that vanished last month in the Atlantic was found Friday [August 14] near Cape Verde off the coast of...

Steven J. DuBord August 14, 2009

Upcoming Afghan Presidential Election

August 14, 2009

With Afghanistan's presidential election to be held on August 20, candidates held campaign rallies across the country. Afghan and foreign troops deployed in...

Hillary Clinton in Liberia

August 13, 2009

Nearing the end of her 11-day tour of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the Liberian capital of Monrovia on August...

U.S. Launches Offensive Against Taliban

August 13, 2009

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...

China Warns Against an Arms Race in Space

James Heiser August 12, 2009

Building on a February 2008 proposal by the governments of China and Russia, the communist regime in the People’s Republic of China is...

Paris Burning Again

R. Cort Kirkwood August 12, 2009

Nearly four years after their first car-burning spasm of mayhem, vandalism, and violence, those "restive youths" in Paris are at it again. ...

“Three Amigos” Summit Accomplishes Nothing

Thomas R. Eddlem August 11, 2009

The so-called “Three Amigos” summit among the executive leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico in Guadalajara last weekend ended August 10...

Crescent Over Europe

R. Cort Kirkwood August 11, 2009

The latest news on the Islamization of Europe is grim. By 2050, the Telegraph of London reports, Europe will be 25 percent Muslim....

U.S. Targets Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban

August 10, 2009

The United States has placed 50 suspected Afghan drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban on a Pentagon target list of 367 insurgents...

Report: Holder Will Order Torture Probe

Thomas R. Eddlem August 10, 2009

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that sources inside the U.S. Justice Department claim Attorney General Eric Holder will likely soon order a Justice...

North American Leaders Summit This Weekend

Thomas R. Eddlem August 8, 2009

President Barack Obama will meet with Canadian President Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon this weekend in Guadalajara, Mexico, for a North...

Pakistan’s Taliban Chief Baitullah Mehsud Is Killed

August 7, 2009

Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, told reporters in Islamabad on August 7, "According to my intelligence information, the news [that Taliban leader...