International Conflict

Pro-Government Source Says Brega “Cleared of “Armed Gangs

Libyan state television Sunday reported a regime army source claiming that the Libyan armed forces have cleared “armed gangs” from the key oil town of Brega in the east of the capital, Tripoli.  read more »

Nuclear bomb material found for sale on Georgia black market

Exclusive: Georgia trial reveals how sting netted highly enriched uranium that had been smuggled via train inside lead-lined cigarette box.  read more »

The Iraq Archive: The Strands of a War

A huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of Iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of Iran.  read more »

Obama's speech on August 31 declares combat in Iraq over

Saying it is "time to turn the page" on one of the most divisive chapters in American history, President Obama declared the U.S.  read more »

Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water resources.  read more »

Vendors Who Alerted Police Called Heroes

Even in Times Square, where little seems unusual, the Nissan Pathfinder parked just off Broadway on the south side of 45th Street — engine running, hazard lights flashing, driver nowhere to be found  read more »

The model and the blood diamond

THE curious tale of the diamond that arrived in the night has returned to haunt supermodel Naomi Campbell, who is entangled in a web of allegations against Charles Taylor, the former Liberian presiden  read more »

Obama tells Karzai to clean up corruption

United States president Barack Obama has urged Afghan president Hamid Karzai to clean up corruption and rallied troops to defeat the Taliban during a surprise visit to Afghanistan.  read more »

Jihad Jane

After viewing the video clip below:

1) What is your response?

2) Search Fox News, CNN and Msnbc to see what their reactions are.  read more »

China Lodges Protest of Dalai Lama's White House Meeting With US Ambassador

Officials in Beijing have summoned the U.S. ambassador to China to protest President Barack Obama's meeting Thursday with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.  read more »

Danish cartoonist defiant despite threats

Copenhagen: Kurt Westergaard has remained defiant in the face of repeated death threats following his controversial drawing of the prophet Mohammed, AFP reports.  read more »

The Impact of War on the World at Large

When allied nations rally together, what happens? Read the attached article and share what you think about the following:  read more »

The Impact of War on YOU

Since his inauguration, President Obama has (as of yesterday) more than doubled the amount of US troops in Afghanistan. Read this article and post your response to these questions:  read more »

The Story of Veterans Day

1.November 11 is Veterans Day. A veteran is a soldier who has served his/her country.  read more »

Army used profiles to reject reporters (Afghanistan)

WASHINGTON — The secret profiles commissioned by the Pentagon to rate the work of journalists reporting from Afghanistan were used by military officials to deny disfavored reporters access to Americ  read more »

Alert level raised on North Korea

South Korean and US troops have gone on higher alert after North Korea announced it is scrapping the armistice in force on the peninsula.  read more »

Pope Benedict XVI calls for Palestinian state on visit to refugee camp

The Pope gave his most forthright endorsement of a Palestinian state yesterday as his Holy Land pilgrimage took him to a refugee camp in the shadow of Israel’s controversial “separation barrier”  read more »

Not Aiding Africa

Aid to Africa has been under fire recently due to the continuing poverty and violence in many African countries. In this editorial, Greg Mills looks at some of the problems with aid to Africa.  read more »

Buthelezi takes Dalai Lama issue to court

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has brought an urgent court application to order the government to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama "in the nearest future" to enable him to participate in a postponed pe  read more »

Holiday marks Tibet 'liberation'

The Chinese authorities are marking the first of a new national holiday - "Serfs' Liberation Day".  read more »

NKorea says rocket launch not a problem

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea insisted Thursday that plans to send a satellite into space posed no threat as it came under intense pressure to call off what Washington and its allies say would be a  read more »

Pentagon exploring robot killers that can fire on their own

WASHINGTON — The unmanned bombers that frequently cause unintended civilian casualties in Pakistan are a step toward an even more lethal generation of robotic hunters-killers that operate with limit  read more »

Obama speaks of 'reaching out' to Taliban

The US president admits that the 'anti-terror' operations in Afghanistan will not lead to victory, urging dialogue with insurgents as a cure.  read more »

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