Where would Moammar Gadhafi run? CNN | By Andrew Meldrum, GlobalPost | Where is Gadhafi? Where is that convoy of more than 50 heavily armed vehicles going? And what is in it? | With his grip on Libya reduced to just four towns that are all under siege, deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi has not been seen for weeks. | Gadhafi has vowed t...
Hey, America: Take a vacation! CNN | By Fareed Zakaria, CNN | These are the dog days of summer, and in this hot, sweltering weather most Americans are busy working. (I know, I know, not you folks in the Hamptons.) Meanwhile, most Europeans are busy vacationing. Thus it has ever been - only it's getting worse. | Nowadays the ave...
Dead, captured and wanted CNN | Ten years after the devastating attacks on America, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently said the U.S is "within reach of strategically defeating al-Qaeda." His comments came following the successful joint U.S. intelligence and mil...
Taliban says Afghans had no role in 9/11 but still suffered m&c; | Kabul - Afghanistan had no role in 9/11 but tens of thousands of innocent Afghans shed blood for it, Taliban said Saturday, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of September 2001 attacks on the United States. | The Taliban have been fighting a bloody...
Pakistan Could Be Vital To 'Afghan-Led' Peace Process National Public Radio | An end to the war in Afghanistan is slowly beginning to come into view, 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Few countries have been as deeply affected by the decade of fighting as Pakistan. | Since 2001 Islamist extremism fueled by the Afghan conf...
Afghan official: talks on track for longterm pact Herald Tribune | WASHINGTON - A senior Afghan official predicted Friday that the United States and Afghanistan will soon sign a broad deal for U.S. use of Afghan soil for counter-terrorism missions and U.S. obligations to the fledgling democracy it has sponsored si...
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Karzai: Court cannot change election results Al Jazeera Karzai's decree says the Independent Election Commission, not the courts, is the final authority on election results [Reuters] | Afghan president Hamid Karzai issued a cryptic decr...
Bashar al Assad isolated as Saudis condemn Syria crackdown London Evening Standard Syrian president Bashar al Assad was facing increasing isolation in the Middle East today as Arab neighbours broke their silence and condemned his bloody assault on the opposition....
Afghan official: talks on track for longterm pact Denver Post | Click photo to enlargeFILE - In this Jan. 23, 2007 file photo, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Spanta says the U.S. and Afghanistan are nar...
Afghan official: talks on track for longterm pact Philadelphia Daily News | ANNE GEARAN | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - A senior Afghan official predicted Friday that the United States and Afghanistan will soon sign a broad deal for U.S. use of Afghan soil for counter-terrorism missions and U.S. obligations to the fl...
Gaddafi men flee to Niger, hunt for leader goes on The Star | TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Some senior Muammar Gaddafi loyalists are among a new group that has fled to Niger, security sources there said on Friday, a day before a deadline expires for the surrender of some of the deposed leader's remaining strongholds in Libya. A picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is seen in the city of Misrata, 200 km east of t...
America's Terrible Decade Middle East Online | After the massive violence and killings of the past decade -- in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but also in Somalia, Yemen and elsewhere -- the tenth anniversary of 9/11 next Sunday might be a suitable moment to take stock. | A good place to start might be to try to understand the motives of the men who flew the hijacked planes into the twin tow...
