US Cell Phone Companies See Surveillance Requests Soar | 1.3 million demands for info in 2011
US Cell Phone Companies See Surveillance Requests Soar
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Pro-NATO Bloc Claims Early Lead in Libya Vote Count
Pro-NATO Bloc Claims Early Lead in Libya Vote Count | Libyans vote to cap off a violent campaign season
Egypt’s President Defies Junta, Orders Parliament Recalled
Egypt’s President Defies Junta, Orders Parliament Recalled | Liberals blase move as fueling ‘constitutional crisis’
Mass Protests: Thousands Rally in Pakistan Against US Supply Deal
Mass Protests: Thousands Rally in Pakistan Against US Supply Deal | Pakistan to ID all protesters entering Islamabad
Seven NATO Soldiers Among 35 Killed in Southern Afghanistan Bombings
Seven NATO Soldiers Among 35 Killed in Southern Afghanistan Bombings | At least six US soldiers among the slain
US: MEK Must Vacate Iraqi Base or Jeopardize Bid to Change Status
The US has again warned the Iranian dissident group Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK) that they must vacate vacate the Iraqi base Camp Ashraf and said if they don't leave it will harm their chances of being delisted from the State Department's list of terrorist organizations....
Iran to Sell Oil Through Private Consortium to Evade Sanctions
Iran is trying to sell some of its oil through a private consortium in an attempt t circumvent the US-led international sanctions regime inflicting enormous pain on the Iranian economy. "The head of the oil products exporters' union," reports Reuters, "said the...
Israel’s Mossad Carries Out Assassinations of Iranian Scientists, New Book Argues
Israeli Mossad agents are themselves the ones that have been assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, not Iranian dissidents working for Israel, according to a new book by veteran US and Israeli journalists. CBS reporter Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, a former...
Libya Election Sees High Turnout, Unrest From Militias
Libya's first election in six decades reportedly had a high voter turnout, but the day was plagued by still-formed rebel militias committing acts of violence and sabotage and preventing over 100 polling stations from opening. There have been reports of protesters...
UN Envoy Annan Says Peace Efforts in Syria Have Failed, Condemns Foreign Meddling
Facing little or no progress on his latest plan to stem the violence in Syria, UN envoy Kofi Annan said in an interview Saturday that the efforts so far have failed and that foreign meddling in the conflict has worsened the violence. In a meeting in Geneva last week...
