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Q&A: 'Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot'

Friday, November 20, 2009

In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.

U.S.: Obama Returns to Greater Middle East Mess

Friday, November 20, 2009

As Barack Obama arrives home from his weeklong tour of East Asia, he confronts a growing list of ever more urgent problems in the Greater Middle East that he inherited from George W. Bush's 'global war on terror'.

Rights-US: 'New' Military Courts Still Lack Basic Safeguards

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

While conservatives complain about Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other terror suspects from Guantanamo coming to New York for trial, many legal experts and human rights groups are being equally outspoken in their criticism of the 'new and improved' military commissions designated to try five other detainees.

Rights-US: Decision on 9/11 Trials Sparks Praise, Anger

Sunday, November 15, 2009

The U.S. government's decision to bring five high-profile terror suspects to the United States to face trials in a civilian court has drawn reactions ranging from praise to condemnation to confusion.

Rights-US: Rendition Redux?

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government - not the courts - can interfere with government-sponsored 'extraordinary rendition', a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court to tell the government it wasn't okay to secretly imprison and abuse him in three different African countries over a period of four months.

Rights-US: Obama's Terrorism Courts Still 'Fatally Flawed'

Monday, November 09, 2009

Human rights advocates and legal scholars are voicing sharp criticism of President Barack Obama's revisions to the George W. Bush administration's Military Commissions Act of 2006, characterising them as unnecessary and saying the new law will lead to further delays and create a system of 'second-class justice'.

Mideast: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again

Friday, November 06, 2009

As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.

Politics: U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet

Friday, November 06, 2009

The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as rewards for helping clinch his fraudulent reelection, IPS has learned.

Politics-US: No Sunset for Sweeping Patriot Act Powers?

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

The USA Patriot Act, rushed into law by a panicky U.S. Congress in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, gave the government broad surveillance powers to spy on innocent citizens. But it also stipulated that three of its more controversial provisions should expire next month unless reapproved by lawmakers.

Q&A: 'This Calm Will Not Last'

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Leila Khaled became an instant icon of the Palestinian struggle in 1969, when at 24 she was an operative in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacking of a Boeing 707, the first in a series of high-profile actions intended to put the Palestinians on the political map.

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