Amid Mounting Criticism, Kai Eide Steps Down as UN Afghan Envoy | Statement insists move isn’t technically ‘resignation’
Officials: Blackwater Participated in CIA ‘Snatch and Grab’ Operations
Officials: Blackwater Participated in CIA ‘Snatch and Grab’ Operations | Line between military, CIA and Blackwater ‘blurred’
Houses Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill
Houses Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill | The new wartime economy: massive spending bills every few months
Pakistan Tightens Travel Controls on Western Muslims
Pakistan Tightens Travel Controls on Western Muslims | Change sparked by capture of five Americans
Maliki Blames Rivals for Lapses in Baghdad Bombing
Maliki Blames Rivals for Lapses in Baghdad Bombing | Umbrella group claims credit for coordinated blasts
10 Civilians Killed as Somali Govt Shells Mogadishu
10 Civilians Killed as Somali Govt Shells Mogadishu | Dozens wounded in indiscriminate firing
Obama: No Rush on Afghan Drawdown
Obama: No Rush on Afghan Drawdown | President careful to avoid the word ‘withdraw’
Peace Doesn’t Work, Obama Informs Nobel Committee
Peace Doesn’t Work, Obama Informs Nobel Committee | Accepts peace prize by defending merits of war
The Nobel Prize for Irony
The Nobel Prize for Irony | Even Obama understands he doesn’t deserve this award
Maliki Blames ‘Foreign Support’ for Baghdad Bombings, Vows More Executions
Maliki Blames ‘Foreign Support’ for Baghdad Bombings, Vows More Executions | Interior Ministry says explosives originated abroad