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• December
• Pakistani Confesses to Mumbai Attacks: Official
• Pakistan Closes NATO Supply Route to Fight Militants
• Christmas Massacres "Killed 400"
• Teo Ballve | Obama Should End Cuba Embargo
• Arrest of 'blogfather' confirmed in Tehran Iranian-Canadian made trips to Israel, criticized Iran, Washington
• Ann Wright | Iranians Ponder Their Future With an Obama Administration
• Witnesses Report Massacre at Congo Church
• Pakistan Cancels Army Leave as India Tensions Rise
• Bomber Kills Up to 30 in Pakistan
• J. Sri Raman: Anniversary of an Assassination
• Police Detain Brazil Rancher Linked to Stang Death
• Could Saber-Rattling Lead to War Between India and Pakistan?
• Pakistan Moves Troops Toward Indian Border
• Iranian leader delivers 'alternative' Christmas message
• Mexico: The Next Disaster
• "Living Under the Trees"
• Local Defense Militias Planned for Afghanistan
• Instability, Violence Threaten Upcoming Afghan Elections
• Russia to Raise Nuclear Missile Output Fourfold
• Zimbabwe Faces Bleak Christmas Amid Food Crisis
• J. Sri Raman | Waiting for the Bangladesh Verdict
• Military "Seizes Power" in Guinea
• Amazon Unsafe 20 Years After Crusader's Killing
• Bush Pushes Persian Gulf Nuclear Agreement
• Agents: Suspected US Drones Kill Seven in Pakistan
• Bolivia declares literacy succes
• Pentagon Wants to Double Force in Afghanistan
• Michael Winship | Corruption Destroys Afghanistan
• Pentagon Seeks Private Firm to Oversee Contractors
• A Car in Every Port
• Canadian government plays divide and conquer with Algonquin indigenous peoples over logging
• Youths attack French Institute in Athens
• Gilles Anquetil | Let's Negotiate With Iran!
• UN Special Rapporteur Decries Free Trade Harm to Agriculture
• December 18: The Lebanese television channel NTV offered a job to al-Zaidi. NTV said that if al-Zaidi accepted the job offer, that he would be paid "from the moment the first shoe was thrown".
• UN Tribunal Jails Rwanda Genocide Mastermind for Life
• US Military to Launch Pilot Program to Recruit New Local Afghan Militias
• Bill Moyers Journal | What's Next for Afghanistan?
• J. Sri Raman | India's Right Wing Wants Nuclear War
• Somali Government Splits Amid Fight for Control
• "Thousands Made Slaves" in Darfur
• Why Doesn't Harper Fire Flaherty? by James Laxer
• Nude models brave cold to protest low pay
• The Case of Spain A Forgotten Genocide
• Maya Schenwar | Afghanistan: A Way Forward
• Taliban Tax: Allied Convoys Pay Enemies for Safe Passage
• Steve Weissman | Obama's Pakistan Problem: No, We Can't!
• Soul for sale -- Rod and Satan have a talk" by Carl Hiaasen
• Bush Plans to Sign Nuclear Pact With UAE
• UN Confirms Afghan Mass Grave Site Disturbed
• J. Sri Raman | India's War on False Antiterrorism
• Frida Berrigan | Mumbai Wake-up Call
• US Keeps Silent as Afghan Ally Removes War Crime Evidence
• Cholera Does Not Exist in Zimbabwe, Says Mugabe
• CIA Helped Shoot Down 15 Civilian Planes
• GMO Contamination in Mexico's Cradle of Corn
• This Year's Death Toll in Mexico's Drug War Is Double 2007's
• Le Monde | European Climate
• Bodies Pile Up as Mugabe Wages War on Diamond Miners
• US to Increase Troops in Afghanistan
• Suspected US Strike Kills Six in Pakistan
• Sara Daniel | "We Are Going to See a Bloodbath."
• US Forces Mistakenly Kill Six Afghan Police
• On human rights, Spain is different
• Le Monde | Greece Without a State
• Greenpeace Bids to Turn Japan Against Whaling
• Herve Kempf | Economic Crisis, Societal Opportunity
• Obama Might Change Cuba Policy
• Lost Daughters - An Ongoing Tragedy in Nepal
• Suspected Taliban Militants Destroy 160 NATO Vehicles in Pakistan
• Mystery Phone Call Put Pakistan and India on the Brink of War
• Pakistan Arrests Suspect in Mumbai Attacks
• Canadian Leader Suspends Parliament to Stay in Power
• Jennifer Acosta | The Colombia FTA: A Less Attractive Face for Trade?
• Berlusconi Plans to Use G8 Presidency to "Regulate the Internet"
• The ousting of the autocratic ruler of the Maldives in a free election made possible by a nearly decade-long nonviolent struggle
• Bernard Descoteaux | Political Crisis in Ottawa
• Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Emergency
• Historic Signing of Cluster Munitions Treaty Absent: USA, Russia, China, Pakistan, Israel
• Anand Gopal | Who Are the Taliban?
• Uruguay leader leaves party post
• Indian Opposition Demand Action Against Pakistan
• Mumbai: Where Are the 14 Other Pakistani-Trained Terrorists?
• Pain and Protest on the Day of the Butterflies: Violence Persists Against Women in Mexico
• The Chronicles of Favilla | Alienated Patrimony
• Roma Children Dying of Lead Poisoning
• Climate Change: Save the Planet from Capitalism Evo Morales
• Millions of birds could die from oilsands development: report
• Chevron cleared in 1998 shootings at Nigerian oil platform
• Sara Daniel | Al-Qaeda Succeeding in Pakistan
• Pakistan May Move Troops From Afghan to Indian Border
• J. Sri Raman | India's 9/11?
• Matthew Yglesias | How to Repair Our Relationship With Europe
• Liberals, NDP, Bloc sign deal on proposed coalition
• November
• Details of proposed Liberal-NDP coalition emerge
• Spain says it will investigate report that previous government allowed Guantanamo flights
• Death Toll in Nigeria Clashes Rises to Around 400
• Indian Security Chief Resigns After Mumbai Attacks
• Mumbai Terrorist Siege Over, India Says
• Mumbai, the NYT's revisionism, and lessons not learned
• Sarkozy 'voodoo doll' may be sold
• Afghan Leader Demands Plan for NATO Withdrawal
• Did a criminal mastermind stage the Mumbai nightmare?
• At Least 150 Dead in Mumbai; India Blames Pakistani "Elements"
• First hand story from Mumbai, India: a friend who luckily survivedi
• India Terrorist Attacks Leave at Least 101 Dead in Mumbai
• At least 80 die, hostages taken as gunmen attack tourism sites in Mumbai
• Defiant Thai Premier Rejects Army Pressure to Quit
• Le Monde | Progress in Pakistan
• Zimbabwe on Brink of Collapse as Outbreak of Cholera Spreads
• Venezuela vote emboldens Chávez
• French Socialists declare winner
• J. Sri Raman | New Deal on South Asian Nukes?
• Getting Rid of the Hell of Fiscal Paradises
• US Said to Keep Personal Files on Blair
• Robert Fisk | Once More Fear Stalks the Streets of Kandahar
• Local elections test Chavez support
• Suspected US Drone Kills 4 in Pakistan
• Carter, Annan, Others Refused Entry to Zimbabwe
• French Socialists in run-off vote
• Children Dying in Haiti, Victims of Food Crisis
• Steve Weissman | I'm a Slave to Socialized Medicine
• FBI seeks alleged eco-terrorists in Canada
• Report: US Uses Aid to Promote Non-Humanitarian Goals
• Suspected US Missiles Strike Deep Inside Pakistan
• TransCanada invades Lubicon Territory
• Accused appear in Russian court as Politkovskaya trial begins
• Michael Shank | Somalia Resurfaces
• French Socialists dogged by rows
• Ecuador keeps up oil cleanup fight against Chevron
• Sudan Police Detain 63 Journalists
• Tariq Ali | Operation Enduring Disaster: Breaking With Afghan Policy
• Hundreds bid farewell to Makeba - with VIDEO
• Sarkozy Backs Russian Calls for Pan-European Security Pact
• Missiles Hit Pakistan, Chaos Continues
• Eurozone Sinks Into Recession for First Time
• John Feffer | The North Korean Conundrum
• The Center for American Progress | Part I: A New Progressive Direction
• J. Sri Raman | Can Obama Say No to Nuclear Weapons?
• Socialist Party of Malaysia: Building socialism while capitalism crumbles
• UN Sounds Alarm Over Democratic Republic of Congo Forces' Looting, Rapes
• U.S. Attacks Syria
• Bill Quigley | Anger and Hope: Haitian Families Furious Over School Collapse
• Helene Crie-Wiesner | American Patriotism: Another Planet
• DRC: The Cost of War
• Judge orders exhumations from Franco basilica
• Court halts Franco-era exhumation
• US Missile Kills Ten in Pakistan
• J. Sri Raman | Obama Inspires Hope in India, Pakistan
• Refugees Flee Latest Fighting in East Congo
• Royal leads Socialist Party race
• Socialists seek new leader to end feuding and challenge Sarkozy
• Georgia Claims on Russia War Called Into Question
• NATO Says Russian Missile Deployment Threatens Arms-Control Efforts
• Terror, mentally ill threaten 2010 Games
• US Airstrike Reported to Hit Afghan Wedding
• Seymour Hersh: The Man Who Knows Too Much
• Le Monde | Why Obama
• Beena Sarwar | "New US President Must Review Pakistan Policy"
• Pakistan Warns US Commander Over Missile Strikes
• "Looters’ War" in the Congo UN report exposes role of Canadian mining companies
• Terrorism Financing Blacklists At Risk Global System Faces Multiple Challenges
• Le Monde | The American Firm
• October
• Suspected US Missile Strikes Kill 27 in Pakistan
• Kenyan MPs dispute poll findings
• J. Sri Raman | A South Asian Pitfall for President Obama
• The Guardian UK | Suffering Without End
• "Human Catastrophe" Grips Congo
• Panic Grips Congo as Rebels Advance on Town of Goma
• Serial Bombs Kill at Least 65 in India
• Colombia Killings Cast Doubt on War Against Insurgents
• Pakistan Protests US Attacks Within Its Borders
• Five Suicide Bomb Attacks Hit Somalia
• Europe's Secret Plan to Boost GM Crop Production
• Matt Renner and Maya Schenwar | US Raids Ignore International Law
• Lionel Beehner | Striking Out in Syria
• Syria's Al-Moallem Calls On US to Investigate Raid
• Brazil's ruling coalition dominates nationwide race for city halls
• "US Missile Strike" Targets Village in Pakistan
• Former Marxist revolutionary on track to become Rio's next mayor
• N Korea urged to end executions
• Beijing Angered by Recognition of AIDS Activist
• Fallout of US-India Nuke Deal
• Thousands of Iraqi, Afghan and Georgian Exiles Pour Into Graeco-Turkish Border
• Camillo "Mac" Bica | The Case Against the Escalation of the War in Afghanistan
• Officials: Suspected US Strike Kills 11 in Pakistan
• Pakistan Stares Into the Abyss
• Foreign Troops Kill Nine Afghan Soldiers: Ministry
• Organic Farming "Could Feed Africa"
• Sara Daniel | Pakistan: Meeting With the Uzbin Taliban
• Pakistani Offensive Creates Refugee Crisis
• Taliban Kill Dozens in Brazen Bus Hijacking
• Afghanistan's Emerging Antiwar Movement
• Somebody local with a grudge targeting oilpatch? Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun
• Austrians praise deceased Nazi admirer Haider
• US Policies May Have Contributed to Iran Revolution, Study Says
• Canada: Halt oil pipeline, Lubicon Cree and Amnesty urge
• Canada: Pipeline construction can't start: Lubicon Cree
• Canada: Pain Compliance as Indigenous Relations
• Colombia 'blocking militia probe'
• Chile jails death squad officers
• Spanish judge to probe Franco era
• Targeting Unions in Colombia
• Jean-Marcel Bougereau | Europe Always Creates Itself in the Crucible of Crisis
• New Intelligence Report Says Pakistan Is "on the Edge"
• Bruni backed Red Brigades woman
• Mexican townspeople help illegal Central American migrants escape from police
• Warm Welcome for House Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cell
• North Korea Allows Nuclear Inspectors
• Haider death stuns friends and foes
• Brazil's president says emerging market nations must have say in new financial order
• Anand Gopal | The Surge That Failed: Afghanistan Under the Bombs
• South Africa ruling party is threatened with split
• Haidar's Struggle and the fate of Western Sahara
• George Monbiot: "Shut down the tar sands, as quickly as possible."
• Rampant Violence Is Latin America's "Worst Epidemic"
• Police attack Algonquin families at highway 117 blockade in northern Quebec [VIDEO]
• Canada: Liberals inch closer to Tories, poll suggests
• US Military Admits Killing 30 Afghan Civilians
• Pakistan Facing Bankruptcy
• Algonquin protesters blockade Quebec highway
• Canada heading for recession, say economists
• Canada: Tory support dips to new low
• Reports Link Karzai's Brother to Heroin Trade
• South Africa's ANC at brink of split
• Brazil's Lula takes center stage in Latin America
• Le Monde | Talking to the Taliban?
• J. Sri Raman | Dealing With the Nuclear Deal
• Afghanistan: the case against the “good war”
• Senate Approves India Nuclear Deal
• Mustafa Qadri | Pakistan, United States: Brink of War?
• Leaked Memo Questions War Strategy in Afghanistan
• Brazilian Officials Face Charges Over Amazon Destruction Caused by Logging
• September
• Ecuador votes to lock in its shift to the left
• Austria in crisis as far right wins 29% of vote
• Major political shifts mark Austrian and German elections
• Mohawk protester Brant gets light penalty for blockades
• China's Milk Scandal Now Seen as Risk in Europe
• Unions in China Still Feeble, but Gaining Foothold
• J. Sri Raman | Why Indians "Deeply Love" Bush
• Far right 'gains in Austria vote'
• Le Monde | Multipolar World
• Dion asks Liberal candidate to step down over 9/11 comments 'No room' for 'odious' anti-Semitic conspiracy theories: Jewish group CEO
• Pakistan and US Troops Exchange Fire
• Pakistani Military Probes US Drone Crash
• "Agrarian Neocolonialism" Gains Ground
• North Korea Bars International Inspectors From Nuclear Facility
• J. Sri Raman | A Week to Watch for South Asia
• A Modernized Taliban Thrives in Afghanistan
• South African President Thabo Mbeki Resigns
• Pakistani Troops Fire at US Choppers as Tensions Rise
• Blast Kills Dozens in Pakistan
• Conservatives down, Liberals down more.....
• Evaporating credit to hurt smaller oilsands players Consolidation expected amid lack of capital
• U.S. and Bolivia Stephen Zunes
• Morales Adherents Gunned Down in Pando
• Republican Party Foreign Policy Stephen Zunes
• Phillip Cryan | Labor and the Colombia Free Trade Agreement
• US Missile Strike Escalates US-Pakistan Tensions
• Tar Sands - the New Toxic Investment
• Revolt of the Rich
• Gas Underlies the Bolivian Crisis
• Sixteen Killed in US Embassy Attack in Yemen
• J. Sri Raman | Fighting Terror, the Far-Right Way
• America and Russia: The Same Machiavellianism
• Pakistan Says US Forces Repulsed by Military
• Expulsions Stoke US-Latin American Dispute
• Dispute Over Bolivia's Natural Gas Resources Sparks Diplomatic Crisis
• CEPR | US Should Disclose Funding for Opposition Groups in Bolivia
• J. Sri Raman | Can Democracy End Kashmir Dispute?
• The Chronicles of Favilla | Fire on the Elites!
• Another US Raid Kills 12 in Pakistan
• Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan
• Stephane Bussard | Human Rights Are Crumbling
• Fabien Deglise | The New Obscurantism
• Russia to Ramp Up Military Presence in Georgian Territories
• North Korea's Leader May Be Seriously Ill, US Officials Say
• J. Sri Raman | How India's Nuclear "Waiver" Was Won
• Bush to Decrease Troops in Iraq, Increase in Afghanistan
• Christophe Jaffrelot | The Afghan Impasse and How to Get Out of It
• Video Contradicts US Casualty Reports of Airstrike
• US Attack Kills Several in Pakistan
• Evidence Contradicts US Denials in Afghan Airstrike
• Civilian Rule Returns to Pakistan as Zardari Becomes President
• Deforestation and Poverty Behind Haiti Flood Crisis
• Hurricane Ike Hampers Relief Effort in Haiti
• Scores Killed by Pilotless US Aircraft
• Bhutto's Widower Wins Pakistan's Presidency
• US Raid Complicating Pakistani's Presidential Bid
• U.S. hunting season, political style
• Canada's Tar Sands Lobbyists Focus on Democrats
• Le Monde | No to Edvige!
• J. Sri Raman | Where Politics Crucifies the Poor
• US Troops Enter Pakistan, 20 Dead
• Herve Kempf | The Responsibility Imperative
• US Is Set to Announce $1 Billion in Aid for Georgia
• EU Eases Off on Economic Threats After Russia Suggests Troop Pullback
• Michael T. Klare | Putin's Ruthless Gambit
• Bernard Weiner | Violating Someone's "Sphere of Influence" Can Be Dangerous
• Al-Qaeda Has Free Movement in Pakistan, Top Official Concedes
• Auguat
• China Quake Kills 27, Destroys 180, 000 Homes
• Putin Asserts Link Between US Election and Georgia War
• Luc Bronner | "We Are All White Mice!"
• J. Sri Raman | Kashmir: Hate in a Heaven
• Nepalese Man Sues KBR on Human Trafficking Charges
• The War in the Caucasus; a Test for Europe Paul Quiles, Le Figaro: France's former minister and the Socialist Party's defense expert examines Europe's response to events in the Caucasus.
• Power Struggle Rages in Pakistan
• UN Finds Evidence 90 Civilians Dead in US-Led Strikes
• J. Sri Raman | Children Die in an Outsourcing Boom
• Serge Truffaut | Algeria After Iraq
• North Korea to Suspend Nuclear Disablement
• Russian Parliament Recognizes Breakaway Georgian Enclaves
• Les Echos | In Ten Years, Russia Has Gone From Bankruptcy to Material Affluence
• Steve Weissman | Russian Jerks Meet Western Knee-Jerks
• Pakistan Bans Taliban After Suicide Bombings
• Pakistan's Ruling Coalition Collapses Amid Dissent
• US Probes Afghan Assertions That Raid Killed 70 Civilians
• US Cold-War Waste Irks Greenland
• Party Picks Bhutto Widower for Pakistan President
• Karzai Denounces US Airstrike That Killed Civilians
• Report: US-Led Airstrikes Kill 76 Afghan Civilians
• Canadians Suffer Deadliest Day This Year in Afghanistan
• Florence Aubenas Interviewed by Emilie Jardin | "We Fell Into a Trap."
• Setting an Important Precedent for Indigenous Lands
• Russia Begins Sluggish Pullout From Georgia
• Russia Blocks Georgia's Main Port City
• J. Sri Raman | Post-Musharraf Challenge for Pakistan
• Suicide Attack at Pakistan Arms Plant Kills 60 People
• Le Monde | Justifying Afghanistan
• Pentagon Plans to Send More Than 12,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan
• India Nuclear Deal Could Trigger Arms Race
• US, Poland Sign Missile Shield Deal
• NATO Freezes Russian Ties Over Georgia
• Weissman | McCain's War: Playing With Nuclear Fire
• Serge Truffaut | The Great Accomplice
• Dozens Killed in Algerian Police Bombing
• In Musharraf's Wake, US Faces Political Disarray
• Musharraf Announces His Resignation, Avoids Impeachment
• Quebec Wal-Mart Workers Unionize
• J. Sri Raman | A Prachanda as a Prime Minister
• McCaskill Says McCain Undercut Bush on Georgia
• Tour of Tskhinvali Undercuts Russian Claim of Genocide
• US Watched as a Squabble Turned Into a Showdown
• The U.S. and the Georgia crisis Zunes 08-17
• Michael Dobbs | "We Are All Georgians"? Not So Fast
• Russia Signs Georgia Truce, Uncertainty Remains
• Mark Weisbrot | Bolivia Gets the Change It Asked For
• Pakistan's Musharaff Expected to Resign
• Serge Truffaut | Russia Unleashed
• Paul J. Saunders | Georgia's Recklessness
• Russia: Poland Risks Attack Because of US Missiles
• Poland and US Agree on Missile Defense Shield
• Steve Weissman | Big Bad Russkies and Nasty Neocons
• We Had No Choice Gorbachev on Georgia 08-14
• US Troops in Georgia; Russia Not Backing Down
• Bush Sends Army, Navy, Rice to Georgia on "Aid Mission"
• Georgia, Russia Claim Cease-Fire Violations
• Emmanuel Derville | Afghanistan: Marines Fruitlessly Attempt to Win Over Population
• J. Sri Raman | Where Do Musharraf and Pakistan Go Now?
• Alexandre Sirois | Musharraf Is No Longer the Americans' Man
• Ethiopia Faces Famine Again
• Georgia on My Mind by Dacid McReynolds
• Russia's Medvedev Orders Halt to Military Action in Georgia
• Russia Pushes Deeper Into Georgia, Rejects Ceasefire
• Bruce Anderson | The West Must Share the Blame for War in Georgia
• Costa Rica Bids to Go Carbon Neutral
• Shelley Stark | Halliburton's Hidden Treuhand
• At Least 100 Killed in Pakistan Tribal Region
• Russia Expands Bombing Blitz in Georgia
• Taunting the Bear
• Georgia Declares "State of War" as Russian Bombs Fall
• Russia, Georgia on Brink of War
• 1,100 Tibetan Protesters Arrested in Nepal Ahead of Olympics
• Favilla's Chronicles | China Has Already Lost the Olympic Games
• US General: Pakistan Intelligence Complicit in Afghan Violence
• 500: Deadly US Milestone in Afghan War
• Afghan Roadside Bomb Incidents Hit Four-Year Peak
• Pakistan Rulers Agree to Begin Musharraf Impeachment
• US Presses World Powers for More Iran Sanctions
• Europe "Ignoring French Role in Genocide"
• J. Sri Raman | The Games They Play in Burma
• The Waste-Pickers of Delhi
• Jean-Marc Vittori | America Out of Economic Ammunition
• Texas Executes Mexican Amid International Protests
• Hiroshima Marks Bomb Anniversary With Hope for US Change
• China Fails to Keep Promises It Made to Win Olympic Games
• Report: 125,000 Gorillas Found in African Zone
• AIDS Epidemic Reveals Health System Flaws
• Court: Brazil on the Brink of Civil War
• US Pushes for More Sanctions on Iran
• J. Sri Raman | Pakistan's Frontier Revives Nuclear Fears
• China Jailing Dissidents Before Games
• Fighting Swells in Afghanistan, So Does a Refugee Camp
• Nuclear Watchdog Boosts US-India Atomic Deal, Despite Concerns
• Serge Truffaut | Neither Fish Nor Fowl
• Renaud Girard | Warmongering Loses Ground in Washington
• Scott Ritter | Acts of War
• Fallon Reemerges to Speak Out on Iran
• Seven-Square-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose in Canada
• Half of Haitians Face Starvation
• Curse of the DNA Register
• Zimbabwe Crisis Talks Adjourn Amid Rumors of a Breakdown
• Sam Ferguson | The Fatima Massacre
• Beijing Weighs Added Pollution Plans for Olympics
• J. Sri Raman | The Larger Toll of India's Terror Blasts
• Pakistani PM Warns Bush Against "Unilateral" Action
• Law Suit a Tar Sands Stopper? Win for Alberta Cree band could clog up oil ambitions.
• Bombs Strike Istanbul Neighborhood, Killing 17
• Bombing Kills 45 in India
• Bosnian Genocide, No Apologies
• US Strengthens Zimbabwe Sanctions
• Brazen protesters tag Syncrude pond
• Europe Fails to Endorse Milk and Meat From Clones
• Why Are Neocons Attacking Turkey?
• Taliban Tightens Grip Near Pakistan Border
• Civilian Airstrike Deaths Probed
• TransCanada closes in on Alaska State House of Representatives votes in favour of licence; Senate is final obstacle
• Plan Would Use Antiterror Aid in Pakistan on Attack Jets
• Francois Gere | The Benefits of Peaceful Dialogue With Iran
• Obama in Berlin Looks to Restore Transatlantic Ties
• Rising Food Prices Pushing East Africa to Disaster, Warns Oxfam
• J. Sri Raman | Another "Bipartisan" Victory for Bush-Singh Deal
• PNWER study on Energy "Recommendations" for the Region
• Russia and Venezuela Will Coordinate on Energy
• Venezuela's Chavez calls for alliance with Russia
• Interview with G. Chaliand | "Victory in Afghanistan Is Impossible"
• US Removes Oil Giant From Burma Sanctions
• Pakistan Accused of Disappearing Terrorism Suspects
• Serge Truffaut | Fannie and Freddie
• Zimbabwe: Mugabe Succumbs to Pressure and Starts Secret Talks With Opposition
• Serbia: Karadzic Arrest Opens Doors to EU
• US, Afghan Forces Kill, Wound More Than 30 Taliban
• Gary Brecher | The Taliban Strikes Back
• Matthew Blake | US-Africa Relations to Militarize?
• Iran Given Two-Week Deadline to End the Nuclear Impasse
• J. Sri Raman | South Asia Awaits Another Secret War
• Iran Rules Out Suspending Enrichment Program
• Pierre Rousselin | George W. Bush's About-Face on Iran
• Mandela at 90 Makes Call for Poor
• In Burma, Opposition Eyes Escalation
• US Prepares to Boost Its Afghan Forces
• US-Led Forces Confirm Killing Afghan Civilians
• Le Monde | Saudi Overture
• The Dark Side of the Toyota Prius
• Glasgow East: The part of town New Labour forgot Socialist Worker
• Mathieu Carbasse Interviews Olivier Mouton | "Belgium Is the Laboratory for Europe."
• US Troops Withdraw From Afghan Outpost
• J. Sri Raman | Deadlines and Democracy
• Marek Halter | Assad in Paris: I'm For It
• Ontario Premier Pledges to Preserve Portion of Northern Boreal Forest
• 2010 Organizing and the Tar Sands: Inspiring the SPP and helping the Olympics (Macdonald Stainsby)
• Karzai Opposes US Use of Afghan Soil Against Iran
• Sudanese President Charged With Darfur War Crimes
• David Bacon | The Right to Stay Home
• Afghanistan, 9 US Soldiers Killed, Battle Continues
• Russia, China Veto UN Sanctions on Zimbabwe Regime
• J. Sri Raman | Blasts That Shake South Asia
• Sudanese Leader to Be Charged With Genocide
• Latin America Revolted by European Union's Immigration Policy
• Tom Engelhardt | Reality Bites Back: Why the US Won't Attack Iran
• Double Blow In Le Devoir, Serge Truffaut deplores European passivity over US plans to install new military outposts in Eastern and Central Europe.
• Seven UN Peacekeepers Killed in Ambush in Darfur
• Peruvian Farmers Block Roads, Machu Picchu Rail
• Hard Like Iron
• Six Die in Attack on US Post in Turkey
• J. Sri Raman | A Raw Deal for India
• The Independent UK | A Worthless Gust of Hot Air
• James Chapman | A Summit That's Hard to Swallow
• Pakistani Soldiers Won't Confront Taliban
• Obama: Iranian Missile Test Calls for Talks
• US Draws Russian Fire, Signing Missile Defense Deal
• US, Czech Republic Sign Missile Defense Deal
• Trita Parsi | Reading Solana in Tehran
• Olympics Near, China Grows Anxious
• G-8 Leaders Pledge Emissions Cuts by 2050, Avoid Short-Term Goals
• Kleinhaus and Schenwar | Oaxaca's Government Land Grab
• India: World's Shipping Toxic Waste Dump
• FactCheck: Glasgow worse than Gaza? Channel 4 07-07
• As G-8 Meets, Free Trade Under Fire
• Secret Film Reveals How Mugabe Stole Election
• US Knew of Mass Korean Killings
• Suicide Attack Kills 40 in India's Afghanistan Embassy
• Afghanistan Orders Investigation Into US Attack
• Pentagon Extends Tour of Marines in Afghanistan
• Kathy Kelly | Istiklal
• US Navy Won't Let Iran Shut Gulf
• In Colombia, a Bloodless Rescue
• US, Poland Agree on Outlined Deal for Missile Bases
• Iran "Seriously Considering" New Nuclear Offer
• Arnaud Parienty | Why Europeans Continue to Say No to Europe
• Swedes Outraged Over New Email Spying Law
• Mexico in Uproar Over "Torture" Videos
• Chairman of Joint Chiefs Says More Troops Needed in Afghanistan
• US, NATO Deaths in Afghanistan Pass Iraq Toll
• Human Toll Yet to Be Counted in Zimbabwe
• Ex-Agent Seeks Declassified CIA Documents on Iran
• June
• Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan
• J. Sri Raman | The Deal That Derails
• Iran Threatens to Shut Down Persian Gulf Oil Lanes if Attacked
• Preparing the Battlefield
• Interminable Failure in the Anti-Cocaine War in Colombia
• Matt Frei | Washington Diary: Tackling Zimbabwe
• The "Great Satan" Headed for an Unprecedented Return to Iran
• US to Take North Korea Off Terror List
• The Village That Aims for Energy Autarky
• $2 Billion in US Aid to Pakistan Questioned
• UN on the Trail of Syria's Nuclear Secrets
• Zimbabwe Defies International Calls to Postpone Vote
• Waxman Says US Embassy in Albania Concealed Info About Arms Shipment
• Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner | Congressional Resolution Demands Bush Act on Iran
• EU States Agree to New Sanctions on Iran
• From Afghanistan, NATO Shells Militants in Pakistan
• Mugabe's Rival Pulls Out of Zimbabwe Vote
• Zimbabwe: This Is No Election, This Is a Brutal War
• Torch in Tibet, China Denounces Dalai Lama
• A Wide-Open Battle for Power in Darfur
• Europe and Immigration: The Populist Option for Repression
• EU Agrees to Lift Sanctions Against Cuba
• J. Sri Raman | Bush Army in Brzezinski's Afghan Trap
• Ahmadinejad Says Oil Prices Are Faked
• Lebanon Now Artist Display
• John Feffer | North Korea: A Global Crisis Canary
• US, Activists Decry Darfur "Failure"
• Jean-Gabriel Fredet | There Will Necessarily Be a Break
• Jean-Pierre Chevenement | Europe Must Be Built With Respect for Its Peoples
• J. Sri Raman | Partnership in Pious Hypocrisy
• A Sober Assessment of Afghanistan
• The Long Life of the Frontier Mullah
• "Worst Massacre in Argentine History" Goes to Trial
• Burma Gives "Cronies" Slice of Storm Relief
• Robert Naiman | "What About Afghanistan?"
• Ireland Derails a Bid to Recast Europe's Rules
• The South Turns the Tables Le Monde's editorialist ponders a world in which economic power has moved south.
• British PM Wants 1,000 New Nuclear Power Plants
• Maya Schenwar | Plan Mexico
• Racism in the Tar Sands: Exploiting Foreign Workers and Poisoning Indigenous People by Macdonald Stainsby
• Marie-Noelle Lienemann | Say No to Lisbon to Say Yes to Another Europe
• Rights Group: Ethiopia Committed War Crimes, US Kept Silent
• Strike on Iran Nuclear Sites Under Discussion Again
• Death Squads in Oaxaca
• Pakistan Says US Airstrike Killed 11 of Its Soldiers
• Huge Protest in Seoul Threatens to Topple Government
• Spanish Truckers Block Border With France to Demand Fuel Relief
• J. Sri Raman | Dislodging Defeated Dictators
• Lebanon Intrusion
• Japan: Oil Prices Could Spur Global Recession
• Greg Grandin | Losing Latin America
• The New York Times | Politics and Hunger
• US Military Is Iraq's Top Problem, Says Iranian Leader
• A Tattered Afghanistan Reflects on Past Six Years
• Militants' Rise in Pakistan Points to Opportunity Lost
• Burma's Junta Evicting Cyclone Victims From Shelters
• Burma: Thousands of Children Orphaned by Cyclone Nargis
• US Green Groups Warn of Oil Sands "Poison"
• Le Monde | Overpaid Bosses
• Canada's House Backs War Resisters
• China Urged to Release Tiananmen Square Prisoners
• Rice Calls Dialogue With Iran Pointless
• Australia Ends Iraq Combat Operations
• Bush Continues Support for Musharraf
• Global Warming Africanizing Spain
• May
• Monks Succeed in Cyclone Relief as Generals Falter
• American Companies Build High-Tech Chinese Police State (Rolling Stone)
• Mario Roy | War Games
• Amartya Sen | The Rich Get Hungrier
• Oil Crisis Rage Spreads
• US Cluster Bombs to Be Banned From UK
• G8 Frustrates Green Groups
• Argentina's Ex-Army Chief on Trial for "Dirty War" Crimes
• Burmese Police Seize Suu Kyi Backers
• Donors Press Burma to Let Aid Workers In
• Colombia Says Top Rebel Commander Is Dead
• Brazil Rainforest Analysis Sets Off Political Debate
• Amazon Indians Battle Against Plan to Flood Rainforest
• Burma Agrees to "All" Cyclone Aid Workers
• Russian, Chinese Leaders Denounce US Missile Defense Plans
• New Fears on Long-Term Global Oil Supplies
• US Navy Aircraft Violates Venezuela's Airspace
• House Passes Bill to Sue OPEC Over Oil Prices
• Threat of Georgia-Russia War Escalates
• US Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan
• Burma Raises Cyclone Death Toll to 78,000
• Burma Cyclone Death Toll Soars Above 43,000
• J. Sri Raman | Terror, Tensions in India Endanger Pakistan's Experiment
• India's Jaipur Bombing Called "Terror Plot"
• David Ignatius | The Squeeze on the Middle East's Moderates
• Burma Police Block Aid Workers, Food Piles Up
• EU Condemns US Resumption of Executions
• China Quake Toll Nears 15,000
• Saudis Sends Sharp Warning to Iran Over Lebanon
• Lebanon Conflict Damages Bush's Credibility in Mideast
• Amazon Defender Quits Brazil Environment Post
• Richard Heinberg | Oil and Politics
• Lawmakers Want to End Oil Shipments to US Reserve
• Le Monde | GMO: Cooks and Vintners Appeal
• G-8 Labor Meeting Calls for Work-Life Balance
• Brazil's Activists Fear Death Squads Back
• Pakistani Party Quits Cabinet Over Justices
• Conyers Mounts Opposition to Iran Attack
• Death Toll in China Quake Put at 10,000
• UN Leader Tells Burma to Hurry on Aid
• Burma Exports Rice as Cyclone Victims Starve
• Thousands Feared Dead as Strong Quake Hits China
• Ann Wright | Protest Camps Against American Military Bases in Japan and Italy
• Tragedy of Dead and Survivors in Burma Grows Worse
• Burma Seizes UN Food Aid, Blocks Foreign Experts
• Ex-Guantanamo Commander Removed from Pakistan
• J. Sri Raman | India's Nuclear Anniversary
• New Signs of Attacks in Zimbabwe as Mbeki Arrives
• Latin America: Food Summit Declares Regional Emergency
• Crude Jolt for US as Iran Scraps Oil Trade in Dollar
• Burma's Leaders Play Politics With Disaster
• Could Preservation Have Averted Burma Disaster?
• UN Says 1.5 Million People Affected by Burma Storm
• Burma: Junta Referendum Priority Over Cyclone Relief
• Whole Towns Wiped Out as Burma Death Toll Soars
• 100,000 May Have Died in Myanmar Cyclone
• Marines Ignore Poppy Crops to Pacify Afghan Locals
• Protege in Russia Is Sworn In
• Arielle Thedrel | The European Right's Powerful Push
• Call for Inquiry Into US Role in Somalia
• Carbon Emissions: Catch Them if You Can
• B.O. | Insurmountable Dilemma for Central Banks
• Burma: Junta Holds Up International Relief as Cyclone Toll Climbs
• Burma Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000
• Up to 10,000 Feared Dead in Burma Cyclone
• Hundreds Stage Anti-Pollution March in China
• Rainforest Seeds Revive Lost Paradise
• Russian Scientist Discovers Gassy Permafrost
• Clashes in Bolivia on Vote Over More Autonomy
• Top US Officer Warns Against Conflict With Iran
• US Weighs Sending Thousands More Troops to Afghanistan
• J. Sri Raman | Undo Nepal's Polls: India's Hawks
• US Navy Resuscitates South Atlantic Fourth Fleet
• Bad Omen for Musharraf: Pakistan's Chief Justice Back
• Zimbabwe Officials Announce Election Run-Off
• What's McCain Thinking When He Says Boot Russia From G-8?
• Canada Reaches Out to Taliban
• Serge Truffaut | Goodbye to Anti-Fascism
• Environmental Group: Chevron Complicit in Burma Human Rights Abuses
• Pepe Escobar | The Iranian Chessboard
• Iran Complains to UN About Clinton Comment
• US Officials: Decision on Confronting Iran Up to Iraq
• April
• Child Labor Cases Uncovered in China
• Georgia Accuses Russia of "Full-Scale Military Aggression"
• J. Sri Raman | Anniversary of an Arrest
• US Marines Launch Mini Surge to Weaken Taliban
• Navy Adds Carrier in Gulf as "Reminder" to Iran
• Pierre Rousselin | Middle East Peace Goes Through the Golan
• Iraq Jumps Into US-Iran Tussle
• Steve Weissman | Bomb Bomb Iran by Summer's End?
• Afghanistan's Insurgency Spreading North
• Le Monde | Clouds Over Europe
• Leave Taliban Alone, Afghan President Tells West
• Iran Reportedly Says No Confrontation with US in Gulf
• Pentagon Preparing for Iran
• Mugabe's Party Loses in Recount
• US Afghan Supply Lines Depend on Islamic Warlord
• J. Sri Raman | Referendum and Resistance
• Canada, US, Mexico Accused of Interference With NAFTA Watchdog
• Ship Hired by US Military Fires Warning Shots in Persian Gulf
• In Shift, China Offers to Meet With Dalai Lama Envoys
• Frederic Lemaitre | The Revenge of Agriculture
• US to Heighten Afghan Role?
• US Labor Presses CAFTA Complaint Against Guatemala
• Europe Returns to Coal, Raising Climate Fear
• US Backs Arms Embargo, Saying Mugabe Lost
• Southern Africa Ports Shun Ship Carrying Arms for Zimbabwe
• George Monbiot | The Empires of Murdoch and China
• Serge Truffaut | Ersatz Experts
• UN Says Darfur Conflict Worsening, With Perhaps 300,000 Dead
• Un-"threat"-ing Iran: An Interview With Stephen Kinzer [VIDEO]
• Dalai Lama Calls for Environmental Responsibility
• Bill Quigley | America's Role in Haiti's Hunger Riots
• The Connection Between Inequalities and Ecology
• J. Sri Raman | Tears Over Tibet
• US Lacks Plan to Operate in Pakistani Tribal Areas, GAO Says
• US Lacks a Pakistan Plan, Report Finds
• NATO Admits Mistakenly Supplying Arms and Food to Taliban
• South Africa Calls on Zimbabwe to Release Election Results
• Le Monde | Hunger Hypocrites
• Women dominate Spain's new cabinet
• Ecuadoran Activists Fighting Chevron Receive Award
• Nepalese Police Detain 500 Tibetan Protesters
• UN's Louise Arbour Under Fire Over Rwanda
• J. Sri Raman | Maoist Victory in Nepal
• Manuel Perez Rocha and Sarah Anderson | Three Amigos Summit
• Busy in Iraq, US Faces Surging Violence in Afghanistan
• Top Emitters Meet in Paris, Worries on UN Overlap
• Management About to Ruin Le Monde's Editorial Credibility
• Strike Over Vote Falters in Zimbabwe
• Iran Says US Aids Rebels at Its Borders
• Unofficial US-Iran Group Holding "Secret" Nuclear Program Talks
• Zimbabwe Court Refuses to Release Vote Results
• Union Killings Peril Trade Pact With Colombia
• Clashes in Darfur, Protests Mark Five Years of War
• Afghan Fighting Poised to Escalate
• Le Monde Staff to Stop Presses Rolling
• Why Food Costs Are Climbing
• Shell Warns Europe on Emissions Permits
• Nepal Votes in Historic Election
• J. Sri Raman | Food and South Asia's Future
• Helene Rey | Money and Happiness
• House Votes to Put Off Trade Deal Bush Sought
• Labor Gears Up Campaign Against Colombia Free Trade Pact
• Canada Logging May Ignite "Carbon Bomb": Greenpeace
• In Zimbabwe: "Vote Mugabe or You Die"
• GMO: Europe Says Yes; Member States Don't Follow
• Fifty-Four Burmese Migrants Killed in Thailand
• Olympic President Makes Rare Rebuke of China
• Protesters Press China on US Olympic Torch Run
• French Law Protecting Journalists' Sources
• Pelosi to Prevent Colombia Vote
• Lobby for Colombia Trade Pact Casts Wide Net
• Renewable Energy Jobs Soar in Germany
• Zimbabwe High Court Takes Up Election Results
• Le Monde | Inconsistency and Injustice
• Paris Olympic Torch Relay Descends Into Chaos
• Bush to Force Vote on Colombia Trade
• Alarm Over Tactics of "Union-Busting" Firm
• Protest Disrupts Torch Relay in Paris
• Tibet Vows Trouble-Free Olympic Torch Relay
• Iranian Blogosphere Tests Government's Limits
• J. Sri Raman | New Test for Nepal
• Richard Werly | American Impotence Destabilizes Its Allies
• Nike Plant in Vietnam Still Closed
• Child Workers in Egypt a Growing Problem
• Chinese Police Kill Eight in Attack on Tibetan Protesters
• Group Says GE Supplier in China Subjects Workers to Toxins
• Prominent Chinese Rights Activist Is Jailed
• Zimbabwe Elections: Leader in Waiting
• Hotel Housing Foreign Reporters Raided in Zimbabwe
• Yifat Susskind | The US-Colombia Unfair Trade Agreement
• Robert Kennedy Jr. Visits Chile to Protect Patagonia
• NATO Allies Turn Down Bush Request
• Bill Moyers Journal | Hope in the Congo
• Yves Threard | Controversial French Troop Increase to Afghanistan
• Le Monde | Turkish Demons
• IOC Tells Beijing: Don't Block Internet
• Mugabe Faces Potential Replacement
• March
• Canada Orders Sea Shepherd to Stay Away From Seal Hunt
• Tibet Protest at Olympic Ceremony
• German Chancellor to Boycott Olympics in Beijing Angela Merkel becames the first world leader to decide not to attend the Olympics in Beijing.
• Jean-Jacques Mevel | Winks and Twitches
• Somalia's Government Teeters on Collapse
• J. Sri Raman | A Shadow Prime Minister on a "Strategic Partnership"
• Lhasa Monks Accuse Beijing of Lying Over Unrest
• Colombian Union Leader Builds Opposition to Free Trade Deal
• Million Acres of Guyanese Rainforest to Be Saved in Groundbreaking Deal
• Spain Sees Success With Wind Energy, Opposes Nuclear Power
• Le Monde | Afghan Disenchantment
• Pakistan's New Leaders Tell US: We Are No Longer Your Killing Field
• European Leaders Press China Over Tibet
• http://www.indianz.com/News/2008/007854.asp
• Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans
• Afghans Lack $10 Billion in Aid, Report Says
• Police launch Mohawk drug raids [ Were these Mohawk drug raids or drug raids in Mohawk territory with co-operation of Mohawk bands?]
• US Mistakenly Sent Nuclear-Missile Detonators to Taiwan
• Mass Arrests in Tibet
• Unrest at Shuttered Gateway to Tibet
• No Carville Apology for Judas Remark
• The Truth About Tibet
• "No Momentum" for Olympic Boycott
• Pakistani Prime Minister Frees Judges
• Pakistan PM Orders Judges Freed
• US Firm Lays Claim to "Potentially Vast" Arctic Oil Resources Randy Boswell, The Ottawa Citizen, reports: "A US-based company that has controversially laid claim to nearly all of the Arctic Ocean's undersea oil said yesterday that new geological data suggest a 'potentially vast' petroleum resource of 400 billion barrels."
• China Lashes Out at Crackdown Critics
• Japan's Okinawans Rally Against US Military Crimes
• Bhutto's Party Picks a Consensus-Builder to Be Pakistan's Next Premier
• Pakistan to Try New Approach to Militants
• Germany Warns China Olympics at Risk
• Dalai Lama: "I Am Prepared to Face China. I Will Go to Beijing"
• China Blankets Tibetan Areas With Troops
• Tibetans Say Several Died in Latest Riots
• Legality of Guantanamo On Trial in Canada
• Extrajudicial Slayings on Rise in Colombia
• Annan Warns Against Conflict With Iran
• Bush Makes False Claims on Iran
• J. Sri Raman | America, the Army and Pakistan's Anti-Terror Priority
• Pakistan's Parliament Elects First Female Speaker
• US-Led Force Kills Afghan Civilians in Raid
• Aged Ships a Toxic Export
• Philippe Marliere | Zapatero: A Consistent Liberal
• Simmering Resentments Led to Tibetan Backlash
• Bill Powell | Tibet and the Ghosts of Tiananmen
• Worldwide Protests Over Tibet Crackdown
• Dollar Dips Against Euro Before Fed Rate Call
• Sarkozy's UMP suffers poll rebuke
• Pascal Riche | The Left Is Back in the Saddle, but Still Without a Horse
• UN and NATO Troops Clash With Serbs in Kosovo
• China "Holds Tibetan Dissidents"
• Tibet Governor Promises Harsh Consequences
• Albania: Scores of Civilians and US Military Staff Feared Dead
• China Cracks Down in Tibet and Beyond as Protests Spread
• Exile Group Says 30 Killed in Tibet
• Top Blair Aide: We Must Talk to al-Qaida
• Britain and France Push EU to Look at Green Tax Plan
• J. Sri Raman | India as a Poll Issue in Nepal
• Monk Protests in Tibet Draw Chinese Security
• Bush to Force Vote on Colombian Trade Deal
• The Monstrous Monsanto Universe
• Tibetan Exiles Go On Hunger Strike
• Sara Daniel | Iran: The Revolution of the Kepis
• Fallon's "No Iran War" Line Angered White House
• Afghan Deaths Soar to 8,000
• Socialists Re-elected in Spain, After a Bitter Campaign
• Pakistan Rivals Join to Fight Musharraf
• Vatican Calls Pollution a "New Sin"
• Le Monde | France's Right on the Defensive
• Bush, Colombia and Narco-Politics
• Crisis Over Colombian Raid Ends in Handshakes
• J. Sri Raman | India Under New Pressure on Iran
• The Lost Children
• Jean-Marcel Bouguereau | A Break From the Past American-Style?
• Greg Grandin | Fidel Castro, the First Super Delegate
• Venezuelan Troops Arrive at Town Near Colombia's Border
• Serge Truffaut | Proscribed
• Regional Bloc Criticizes Colombia Raid in Ecuador
• "NAFTAgate" Began With Remark From Harper's Chief of Staff
• Troop Depression on Rise in Afghanistan
• Iran Sanctions Vote Signals a Global Rift
• US Officials Defend Drug Spraying in Colombia
• Venezuela Mobilizes Forces to Colombia Border
• Crisis at Colombia Border Spills Into Diplomatic Realm
• Colombian Military Incursion into Ecuador Sparks Regional Crisis
• Gilles Kepel | Now Europe Must Take on the Ahmadinejad Challenge
• US Warship Stirs Lebanese Fear of War
• Canadian PM Accused of Interfering in US Elections
• US Forces Fire Missiles Into Somalia at a Kenyan
• US Launches Missile Strike in Somalia
• Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 42 in Pakistan Province
• UN Approves New Sanctions Against Iran
• Medvedev Wins Landslide in Russian Election
• Venezuela, Ecuador Mass Troops at Colombian Border
• Chavez Orders Troops to Colombian Border
• Russia Holds Election to Replace President
• J. Sri Raman | Moeen as Bangladesh's Musharraf
• February
• Le Monde | Cyber-Searches
• US Embrace of Musharraf Irks Pakistanis
• Kenyan Rivals Agree to Share Power
• Serge Halimi | Simplified Democracy
• Karzai Only Controls One-Third of Afghanistan
• In Sudan, Another Conflict Could Eclipse Darfur
• Divide and Rule
• Jean-Marcel Bouguereau | Dangerous Men and Dangerous Laws
• Shocking Stories About the Forgotten War in Afghanistan
• Report From a US Military Outpost in Afghanistan
• Peru National Agrarian Strike Against U.S. Trade Deal, Four Dead After Government Crackdown Dan Denvir
• A Natural Disaster Wrought by Drug Trade
• Kosova declares (semi-) independence Yes to full self-determination for Kosova. No to continuation of colonial-ruled state
• J. Sri Raman | Whether Musharraf Has Wings
• Fate of Ousted Judge Hangs Over Pakistan
• Jeremy Scahill: Behind Kosovo's Independence
• Brian Beutler | Getting the Strait Story
• Iran Rejects US Weapons Evidence
• Pakistan Shift Could Curtail Drone Strikes
• US Payments to Pakistan Face New Scrutiny
• Proposed Pakistan Coalition Could Oust Musharraf
• NATO - A Sense of Crisis
• Canadian TV Network Seeks Release of Afghan
• British Columbia Introduces Carbon Tax
• Thank Carbon for Air Cars
• Kosovo and the Politics of Recognition
• Protesters Attack US Embassy in Belgrade
• China Accuses US of Double Standards Over Satellite Strike
• Rare Cooperation to Save Gorillas
• Pakistan Victors Want Dialogue With Militants
• NATO Troops Called to Kosovan Border
• US Military Imposes Curbs in Japan
• Fidel Castro Announces Retirement
• Most Destructive Project on Earth Federal and provincial health officials in Alberta are trying to cover up 'the most destructive project on Earth,' aboriginal leaders said yesterday during the release of a report on the oilsands sector.
• Cayman Islands Bank Gets Whistleblower Site Taken Offline
• British Prewar Intelligence "Sexed Up"
• Pakistanis Deal Severe Defeat to Musharraf in Election
• Vote in Pakistan May Not Yield Clear Winner
• Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia
• Doubts on Fairness and Security as Pakistani Vote Nears
• Pakistan Election Office Blast Kills 37
• J. Sri Raman | Pakistan: What After the Weekend?
• Pakistani Official Taped Saying Vote Will Be Rigged
• Saudi Prince Threatened British With Terrorism
• China's Ties to Sudan Causes Olympic Planning Controversy
• Venezuela Halts Oil Sales to Exxon Mobil
• John Feffer | Asia's Hidden Arms Race
• Rising Deforestation in Amazon Undermines Brazil's Environmental Policies
• US, Iran to Meet in Days for Iraq Security Talks
• East Timor Declares State of Emergency
• Authorities Confronted Over Abductions in Daghestan Republic
• Burma's Announcement of New Elections Met With Skepticism
• China: Crackdown Violates Olympic Promises
• Cambodian Official Confesses Role in "Killing Fields" Genocide
• Blast Kills Dozens at Pakistan Rally
• Bhutto's Party Disputes Scotland Yard's Findings
• Exxon Flexes Political Muscle Against Venezuela
• Changes Aimed at Foreign Farm Worker Pay
• US Free Trade Accords Face Rocky Road
• US Soldiers Help in War Against Rebels in Colombia
• Over Five Million Dead in Congo?: How Truth is Hidden, Even When it Seems to Be Told
• Chris Toensing | The Next US President's Iran Dilemma
• Kenya Death Toll Surpasses 1,000
• Insurgencies Spread in Afghanistan and Pakistan
• South Africa: Two economies –- or one system of superexploitation
• Germany: Die Linke electoral breakthrough
• Portugal: Where is the Left Bloc going?
• Thousands Flee Fighting in Chad
• Letter from Malaysia: Why the government attacked the January 26 protest
• NATO Allies Divided Over Growing Afghan Crisis
• Ruthie Ackerman | Firestone's Superbowl Fumble
• Rain Forests Fall at "Alarming" Rate
• Kenya: Media Not Innocent
• Life Is Worth More Than Gold, Say Anti-Mining Activists
• How Kenya's Election Was Rigged
• January
• How Kenya's Election Was Rigged
• Burma Arrests Blogger, Watchdog Says
• Saul Landau | Afghanistan - The Next Disaster
• Do the Suburban Enclaves Need an Umpteenth Plan?
• Serge Halimi | Jacques Attali, Magician
• Australian Plan: Buy Forests to Help Environment
• J. Sri Raman | A Spy Satellite and a Strategic Partnership
• Kenya Death Toll Near 800 in a Month
• Venezuela: Draft program and principles of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)
• Chavez on food sovereignty [VIDEO]
• Indianismo and Marxism: The mismatch of two revolutionary rationales
• Indonesia's Suharto Dies
• Pakistan collapsing, Musharraf must go
• Pakistan Bans International Observers From Exit Polling
• Amazon's Rescue Reversed Tom Phillips, reporting for The Guardian UK, writes "Space imaging gives the lie to Brazil's recent 'great achievement' of halting rainforest destruction."
• Counterinsurgency in Chiapas
• Ten Die in Mistaken Afghan Firefight
• Canadian Military Has Quit Turning Detainees Over to Afghans
• Rice Pushes Colombia Free Trade Deal
• Missing Trader Causes French Bank 4.9 Billion Euro Loss
• US Makes Plans to Train Security Forces in Pakistan
• Six Powers Agree on Draft Iran Sanctions
• The Whole World Was Watching Burma
• The Boomerang Effect (New York Times)
• Time for us to say "No More Oil for War" to the US Ricardo Acuna: There are few things we progressive Albertans enjoy more than the opportunity to take a holier-than-thou attitude towards the United States.
• Rich Countries Owe Poor a Huge Environmental Debt
• J. Sri Raman | Himalayan Concerns of India's Far Right
• Latin America Banks on Independence
• Awaiting Wall Street's Open, Asia Markets Plunge
• Stock Markets Plunge in Asia and Europe
• Torture watchlist 'wrongly' names Canadian allies: Bernier
• Canada Manual: US Prisoners Face Torture
• Canadian Manual Has US on Torture List
• Le Monde | Environmental Justice
• Myret Zaki | Open or Die
• Rebecca Solnit | Revolution of the Snails
• Pakistan Loses Control of Militants
• J. Sri Raman | Beyond Death: Bhutto and Democracy
• Lebanon Blast Hits US Embassy Car
• Europe May Ban Imports of Some Biofuel Crops
• China: Anger After the Brutal Death of a "Citizen Journalist"
• 3,200 U.S. Marines Prepare for Afghan Tour
• U.S. Congress Likely to O.K. Saudi Arms Deal
• Legal Mist Stokes US-Iran Tensions in Strait
• Media Did Pentagon's Bidding in Reporting Naval "Provocation" With Iran
• Japan's Whale Kill Halted
• Mysterious Crowd Suddenly Stopped Bhutto's Car, Officer Says
• Mexican Authorities Move to Crush Copper Strike
• Pakistan Warns US on Attacking Al Qaeda on Its Own
• Africa "Being Drained of Doctors" BBC News: "Many African countries now have more doctors and nurses working in richer countries abroad than they have at home, research shows."
• Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel [VIDEO]
• Environmentalists Target Airlines Over Oilsands Fuel
• China's Air Pollution Data Questioned as Olympics Approach
• Taped Voices May Not Have Come From Iranian Boats
• Iran: Khatami Prepares Reformers' Comeback
• Pentagon Weighs Sending 3,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
• Evidence of North Korea Counterfeit Scheme Lacks Credibility
• Former CIA Agent Philip Agee Dies in Cuba
• Gulf Video "Fabricated," Iran Says
• Bhutto's Son Urges UN Assassination Probe
• Afghan Civilians Were Killed Needlessly, Ex-Marine Testifies
• Joelle Kuntz | Asia Hobbled by Its Military
• J. Sri Raman | What the US Presidential Election Means to India
• Marc Ash | Provocation in the Strait of Hormuz
• War Crimes Trial Opens With Grisly Video
• US Detention Center in Afghanistan Criticized by Red Cross
• Pakistani Army Rejects Covert US Presence
• US Considering New Covert Push Within Pakistan
• Musharraf Has Muzzled Legal Critics in Pakistan
• Two Describe Massacre at Fujimori Trial
• In Kenya, a Spiral of Killings
• Scotland Yard to Aid in Bhutto Investigation
• Mexican Farmers Protest NAFTA
• Violence Grows in Kenya
• Kenya: A Political Revolt, Not Ethnic Conflict
• Pakistan Vote Delayed to February
• Bhutto Report: Musharraf Planned to Fix Elections
• US Casualties in Afghanistan Hit Record
• J. Sri Raman | A Year-end of Yearning for Democracy