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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says UN proposal on women will destroy the worldThe Muslim Brotherhood of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has greeted a UN proposal designed to reduce violence against women with unabashed horror.
Terrorism and freedom fighting along the Syria-Iraq borderWhen some rebel groups kill Syrian government soldiers, the US applauds. When others do the killing, it's 'terrorism.' Why?
With aid to Afghanistan, past performance is a predictor of future returnsA lot of aid to Afghanistan has been squandered. The latest project indicates that the US still doesn't seem to understand the country's basic needs.
US in Afghanistan: Why throw more good money after bad?That two more US troops were killed by an Afghan soldier today is a reminder that the Afghanistan 'surge,' which ended last year, accomplished few of its objectives.- Report: UK stripping terrorism suspects of citizenship, US killing some of themSo says an investigation by The Independent, a London-based paper.
Will limited US aid to Syria rebels hasten the end of war, or prolong it?The US has promised to do a lot more to help Syria's rebellion against the government of Bashar al-Assad, but is stopping well short of the kind of aid that might prove decisive.
Bradley Manning to admit partial guilt in WikiLeaks caseUS Army Private Bradley Manning indicated he intends to admit guilt for passing classified documents to WikiLeaks in court tomorrow in an apparent bid to discuss his political motives.
Taliban attacks in Afghanistan not down after allThe NATO-led coalition said a data entry error led to a claim last week that Taliban attacks had fallen 7 percent last year. In fact, there's little change. So what did we get for the surge?
Is a third Palestinian intifada coming?Someday, something is going to have to give in the cold peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. But that's been true for years.
Hamid Karzai is mad as heck and he isn't going to take it anymoreAfghan President Hamid Karzai would like to make it very clear that he doesn't like the US, his principal protector and patron.
Egypt's economy is collapsing, and no one is stopping itEgypt's economic problems do have a possible solution: politics. But Egypt's politicians are failing.
WikiLeaks discover ties between Nigerian scammers and StraftorSort of.
What we know about the death of a Mossad agent named 'Prisoner X' 鈥� and what we don'tIsrael has released some details on the death in prison of Australian-Israeli Mossad agent Ben Zygier in a secret prison in 2010. But many questions remain unanswered.
Egypt's political elites and their estrangement from the poorEvidence abounds that Egypt's political elite, both within and outside of its ruling Muslim Brotherhood, aren't engaged with the issue that brought them to power.- So, this is the office that will investigate Afghanistan's Kam Air?Key questions about the credibility of the Afghan attorney general's office as it prepares to investigate accusations that Kam Air is involved in drug-smuggling. 聽
Afghan corruption, opium, and the strange case of Kam AirKam Air, an airline owned by a politically-connected Afghan businessman, was blacklisted by the US military in Afghanistan for opium smuggling. Then the Afghan government complained.
In the new Egypt, the police still hew to their old torturing waysWhen Hosni Mubarak ruled Egypt, torture of suspects and citizens was commonplace among Egypt's police. Under President Mohamed Morsi, not much has changed.
The French are winning handily in MaliEnough with the facile Vietnam and Afghanistan analogies.- Egypt shudders, with leadership nowhere in sightWhen the head of Egypt's military starts darkly warning of state collapse, it's time to worry.
Tahrir, the saddest square in the world?Some days it feels like it. The reporter takes a walk through Tahrir Square, the heart of the 2011 uprising against Egypt's Hosni Mubarak.
