Escalation: Israel Green-Lights Invasion of the Gaza Strip | Israel promises to delay attacks 24 hours at Egypt’s request
Escalation: Israel Green-Lights Invasion of the Gaza Strip
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Bahrain Probe Finds Torture Was Systematic
Torture of Bahraini detainees was systematic, according to the independent human rights probe tasked with investigating widespread abuse since the outbreak of Arab Spring protests in Bahrain. “It is not possible to justify torture in any way, and despite the small...
DHS Struggles to Farm Twitter, Facebook for ‘Intelligence’
DHS Struggles to Farm Twitter, Facebook for ‘Intelligence’ | Officials baffled by social media
Dual US-Libyan Citizen Appointed New Libyan Prime Minister
Abdurraheem el-Keib, a dual US-Libyan citizen, has been elected prime minister of Libya by members of the National Transitional Council who voted in a televised event on Monday, sticking ballots into a transparent box. Expectations are high for el-Keib in a country...
New Kyrgyzstan President Wants US Military Base Closed
Kyrgyzstan's president-elect firmly told the United States on Tuesday to leave its military air base just outside the capital Bishkek when its lease expires in 2014. Almazbek Atambayev is the prime minister but won the presidential election on Sunday. "When I was...
Kenya Attacks Somali Refugee Camp: Five Killed, 52 Wounded
Kenya Attacks Somali Refugee Camp: Five Killed, 52 Wounded | Witnesses say warplanes attacked food distribution center
Honduras Becomes Cocaine Transit Hub
Almost half of the cocaine imported to the United States now passes through Honduras — a total of 20 to 25 tons each month, according to U.S. and Honduran estimates, as the country becomes the western hemisphere's cocaine hub. The drug trade in Honduras is changing...
Gunbattle in Tripoli Raises Fear Over Revenge Attacks
Gunbattle in Tripoli Raises Fear Over Revenge Attacks | Al-Qaeda flag in Libya’s Benghazi ‘no surprise’ to US
Leader of “Kill Team” Pleads Not Guilty
The US Army staff sergeant in charge of the notorious "Kill Team" in Afghanistan admitted in court on Monday to cutting the fingers off of the corpses of three Afghan civilians as trophies, but denied foreknowledge of a series of premeditated murders of Afghan...
NATO Chief: No Intention of Attacking Syria
NATO Chief: No Intention of Attacking Syria | Says Libya-style intervention ‘out of the question’
