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"Winds Of Change Continue To Blow In Iran"

Thu, 11-05-09 9:18 P GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Thu Nov 5, 4:35 PM ET This photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, and released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office shows Iranian student Mahmoud Vahidnia speaking in a meeting with supr
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"Can American Money Buy Peace In Afghanistan?"

Wed, 10-28-09 5:24 P GMT-06
US Army Ambushed by Taliban 2009Trumpeting a victory against careless spending, President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill that kills some costly weapons projects and expands war efforts. In a major civil rights change, the law also ma
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"The Audacity Of Israeli War Crimes Claims"

Mon, 10-12-09 8:35 P GMT-06
  Mon Oct 12, 12:01 PM ET  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem offices. Netanyahu said that Israel would not allow its citizens to be tried for alleged war crimes over the Gaza w
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"Is Afghanistan Really The Right War?"

Wed, 09-30-09 7:45 P GMT-06
During the presidential election campaign, Barack Obama maintained that Iraq was the wrong war for the US and Afghanistan was the right one. Now he seems to be having second thoughts. But in one of the most stark warnings a field commander has ever d
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"Fighting Terrorism Within The Rule Of Law"

Mon, 09-28-09 11:25 A GMT-06
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and one of his hardline lieutenants face the rare prospect of being held personally liable for alleged violations of individuals' rights in the aggressive aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks.High-ranking
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"Iran's Freedom Movement Is Not Dead"

Fri, 09-18-09 8:00 P GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Fri Sep 18, 7:39 AM ET Supporters of defeated presidential candidate and opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi show victory signs during a rally marking Qods (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran September 18, 2009. Iran security f
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"Israel Ain't No Saints"

Wed, 09-16-09 9:12 A GMT-06
 Gazans who lost loved ones during Israel's winter offensive against Hamas militants said Wednesday they're taking some solace from a U.N. report that accuses both sides of committing war crimes, but they're skeptical anyone will be
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"Afghanistan; What The Hell Are We Fighting For?"

Wed, 09-02-09 7:32 P GMT-06
A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country's deputy intelligence chief and 22 other people in a major blow to Afghanistan's security forces.The brazen assault occurred as te
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"Will Israel Allow Iran To Be Inspected?"

Thu, 08-20-09 5:45 P GMT-06
Mohamed ElBaradeiمحمد البرادعي4th Director General of the International Atomic Energy AgencyDr. Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei (Arabic: محمد البرادعي‎, transliteration: Muḥammad al-Barādaʿī) (born June 17, 1942, in Cairo, Egypt) is the Director Genera
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"Iraq's Recipe For Civil War"

Wed, 08-19-09 5:03 P GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Wed Aug 19, 1:18 AM ET Sunni Muslim Sahwa militiamen man a checkpoint in the southern Baghdad district of Dora. For fighters in Dora, known as Sahwa councils (Arabic for Awakening), there is a sense that good deeds are
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"Democracy Being Tested In Afghanistan"

Tue, 08-18-09 5:31 P GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Tue Aug 18, 1:27 AM ET An Afghan street vendor reads a pamphlet on a street in Kabul. After Soviet occupation, civil war and Taliban repression, Afghans are willing to dice with death to vote for a better future, but a
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"Will Israeli Hardliners Stifle Iran Reform?"

Mon, 07-27-09 6:51 P GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Mon Jul 27, 2:27 PM ET Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers the weekly Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University in June 2009. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was grappling on Monday with a n
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"No More Acceptable Civilian Casualties In Afghanistan"

Wed, 07-01-09 9:31 P GMT-06
Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with armor and helicopters Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country
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"Iranian Lion Women Standing Up To Ayatollah"

Wed, 06-24-09 2:45 P GMT-06
ReutersIran's supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not yield to demonstrators who want a disputed presidential election annulled, effectively closing the door to compromise with the opposition.The wife of opposition leader Mir
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"Another Revolution In Iran?"

Mon, 06-15-09 5:45 P GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Mon Jun 15, 4:02 PM A supporter of former presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi flashes victory sign while holding a campaign poster during a rally in Tehran, June 15, 2009.REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS
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"The Quandary Of Gitmo Detainees"

Tue, 06-09-09 7:02 P GMT-06
Under heavy guard, a Guantanamo Bay detainee walked into a civilian U.S. courtroom for the first time Tuesday, underscoring the Obama administration's determination to close the Cuban prison and hold trials here despite Republican alarms about br
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"Obama Did America Proud In Cairo"

Thu, 06-04-09 6:46 P GMT-06
 U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech in the Grand Hall of Cairo University June 4, 2009.REUTERS/Larry Downing Thu Jun 4, 6:05 PM ET We meet at a time of great tension between the United States and Muslims around the world, tension root
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"Winds Of Reform Blowing In Iran?"

Wed, 05-27-09 7:15 P GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Wed May 27, 12:50 PM ET President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen here on May 25, 2009, on Wednesday warned his rivals in June's election that their heavy criticism amounted to "insulting" the Iranian people, t
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"Diplomacy Don't Work With North Korea"

Mon, 05-25-09 8:08 A GMT-06
<!-- end photoProvider -->Mon May 25, 12:00 PM ET North Korea has carried out a controversial underground nuclear test on the same day it test-fired a missile, despite international pressure. Duration: 00:38(AFPTV) The U.N. Security Council swi
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"Obama's National Security Triangulations"

Thu, 05-21-09 5:38 P GMT-06
No higher resolution available.Khalid_Shaikh_Mohammed_after_capture.jpg‎ (700 × 535 pixels, file size: 87 KB, MIME type: image/jpegThe responsibilities we carried belong to others now. And though I’m not here to speak for George W. Bu
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"Sometimes National Security Trumps Politics"

Tue, 05-19-09 7:35 P GMT-06
Senate Democrats say they will strip out $80M in new funding in a wartime spending bill to begin the process of closing the Guantanamo detention facility. Photo: Reuters  President Barack Obama's promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison su
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"Pope Benedict: Courageous Friend Of Jew And Muslim"

Wed, 05-13-09 8:05 P GMT-06
Papal DiplomacyPope Benedict XVI travels to Jordan and Israel on an eight-day visit to the Middle East.Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday called for greater international pressure to create a Palestinian state, urged Israel to end its embargo of the Gaza
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"Is The Taliban A National Security Issue?"

Tue, 05-12-09 8:05 P GMT-06
The Obama administration is struggling to confront a central reality of the Afghanistan war it inherited — that more troops, more aid and a retooled strategy alone are not enough.It wants to energize the effort with new ideas, too — and d
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"Fighting Terrorists Within The Rule Of Law"

Fri, 05-01-09 7:37 P GMT-06
  In this 2001 handout photo from the Peoria County Sheriff's Office, Ali Saleh Kahlah al Marri,... In this 2001 handout photo from the Peoria County Sheriff's Office, Ali Saleh Kahlah al Marri, former graduate student at Bradley Univers
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"All Is Not Well On The Eastern Front"

Thu, 04-23-09 5:51 P GMT-06
Suicide bomb blasts tore through crowds waiting for food aid in central Baghdad and inside a roadside restaurant filled with Iranian pilgrims Thursday, killing at least 78 people in Iraq's deadliest day in more than a year.The toll — at lea
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