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AFRICA
January 6, 2005 - Jordan: Israelis confessed to arming Sudanese rebels
January 7, 2005 - Rebels, militia leaders get senior posts in new Sudan military
January 13, 2005 - Relief groups use satellite to find 1.5 million Dafour refugees
January 30, 2005 - Sudan renews attacks on civilians in Darfour
January 31, 2005 - Sudan again use Arab militia to attack black villages in Darfour
February 25, 2005 - Advanced systems boost Algeria in campaign against insurgents
March 14, 2005 - Report: Sudan fails to stop milita attacks on civilians in Darfour
March 21, 2005 - Militia in Darfour defying Sudan, threaten aid workers
April 26, 2005 - U.S. going to school on Algeria's counter-insurgency success
May 3, 2005 - Algeria captures insurgency leader
May 13, 2005 - Al Qaida targets Mauritania, funds Wahabi mosques
May 20, 2005 - Salafists quit Algeria for Morocco
June 5, 2005 - African Union to deploy troops to Sudan
June 10, 2005 - Raid on Mauritania base signals Salafist shift from Algeria
June 17, 2005 - Pious platitudes vs. real fixes for Africa's parade of horrors
June 24, 2005 - Algeria imposes civilian control, replaces military officers
June 27, 2005 - Sudan strikes in East claim many civilian casualties
July 1, 2005 - Guess who will be asked to pay for Comrade Mugabe's 'urban renewal'?
July 15, 2005 - The South African link to Iran's nukes
July 15, 2005 - Quid pro quo: U.S. to lift sanctions on Sudan after intel help
August 5, 2005 - U.S. ally in Mauritania overthrown by coup
September 2, 2005 - Half a world away, 700,000 have been uprooted by their own ruler
September 30, 2005 - Moroccans to carry world's first anti-terror smart card IDs
October 3, 2005 - Salafists reject Algeria's amnesty offer
October 3, 2005 - Sudan breaks ceasefire, resume attacks on Darfour
October 12, 2005 - Algeria renews sweep against Salafists after amnesty offer
October 25, 2005 - Renewed fighting blocks aid to Darfour
October 31, 2005 - Sudan hasn't disarmed Janjaweed militia, UN finds
November 14, 2005 - African nations fail to enforce Darfour ceasefire
December 16, 2005 - Report: Sudan government complicit in Darfour atrocities
EAST ASIA
January 5, 2005 - Report: North Korea armed Islamic group in Philippines
January 11, 2005 - Pyongyang targets longhairs
January 25, 2005 - No Three Mile Island scares as nuclear power booms in China
January 27, 2005 - Hu's view: Communism is 'correct road' for China
January 28, 2005 - Report: Missiles developed by China 'identical' to Iran's
February 2, 2005 - Seoul to push peace agenda with new media-savvy envoy
February 9, 2005 - 'Team America' unsettles Team Kim in Pyongyang
February 11, 2005 - Kim Il-Sung's 'revolution' to be continued by 'son and grandson'
February 16, 2005 - China seeks hackers for information warfare, follows Clinton's lead
February 17, 2005 - China policy, anyone?
February 18, 2005 - Report: N. Korea has developed new Scud missile for export
February 21, 2005 - What is China doing with its $162 billion trade surplus with the U.S.?
February 22, 2005 - Spy cameras to track spies in Korea's mine-infested DMZ
February 23, 2005 - Bush tends to trans-Atlantic alliance, but in Japan . . .
February 24, 2005 - Ex-agent: KCIA paid mob in Paris to kill former spy chief
March 2, 2005 - China charges U.S. monopolizes the Internet, seeks global control
March 2, 2005 - Terrorists are winning in Southeast Asia
March 15, 2005 - U.S. catches China supplying WMD tech to Iran
March 16, 2005 - Secret video from North Korea shows public execution
March 18, 2005 - North Korea: 'Human scum' Bolton is 'worst' UN envoy
March 21, 2005 - Ethnically-targeted weapons? Not in China!
March 23, 2005 - Ceaucescu's ghost rattles Central Asia, China
March 24, 2005 - China's ousted Jiang linked to Shanghai banking scandal
March 30, 2005 - Seoul blames 'neocons' for perceived policy rift with U.S.
March 30, 2005 - Defector provides graphic details on N. Korean executions
April 5, 2005 - China, Turkey talk arms, military cooperation
April 7, 2005 - China, India and the Himalayan 'strategic high ground'
April 12, 2005 - China's Internet censors allow racist/sexist Condi posts
April 14, 2005 - Do the South Koreans know what they are doing?
April 15, 2005 - Beijing's geopolitical agenda behind its Himalayan accord
April 18, 2005 - Seoul sets closer military ties with China, Russia as U.S. ties fray
April 20, 2005 - Has China's leadership lost its head?
April 20, 2005 - U.S.: China not a future challenge but 'a problem here and now'
April 22, 2005 - Beijing snubbed pope's funeral, seeks recognition from Benedict XVI
May 2, 2005 - Vietnam's path not taken until recently
May 13, 2005 - China ignores U.S. sanctions as missile sales to Iran thrive
May 25, 2005 - By China a world ensnarled
May 25, 2005 - Pakistan admits defense role of China-built Gwadar port
May 26, 2005 - Growing border trade breeds rich-poor gap in N. Korea
June 2, 2005 - China officials: Appeasement of N. Korea by South not helping
June 8, 2005 - China changes story on reporter arrested for espionage
June 9, 2005 - U.S. taking harder line toward China on all fronts
June 13, 2005 - The coming war with China, according to 'Atlantic Monthly'
June 16, 2005 - The truth about today's Vietnam, as told by Le Dang Doanh
June 20, 2005 - Anti-China bigots: The dictators or the dissenters?
June 22, 2005 - Bush moved by defector's account of N. Koreans' plight
June 23, 2005 - Kim Jong-Il charms S. Korean official, sparking debate in Seoul
June 30, 2005 - Poll: Many young Koreans say North didn't start Korean War
June 30, 2005 - Geopoliticonomical moment of truth: China's bid for Unocal
July 4, 2005 - Pro-China, anti-China dictatorship: Readers respond
July 7, 2005 - Oops: Propaganda film on hunger strike in Seoul backfires with hungry audiences
July 7, 2005 - Indian-U.S. ties haunted by Soviet ghosts, spooked by China
July 13, 2005 - China military shipment found in Ecuador
July 18, 2005 - The post-9/11 struggle for the Eurasian 'Heartland'
July 19, 2005 - China: Wake up, smell the coffee and check our archives
July 20, 2005 - New York Times' top guns oblige N. Korean hosts with column
July 21, 2005 - China's new destroyers feature Aegis tech copied from U.S.
July 25, 2005 - The latest Chinese threat: No slip of the tongue
July 27, 2005 - China lowers boom on arts and entertainment
August 1, 2005 - Islamic terror vs. the China threat: No contest
August 3, 2005 - N. Korea's new, taxing economy: One woman's story
August 9, 2005 - 'Let's safeguard socialism': Karaoke craze in N. Korea
August 11, 2005 - High stakes for Koizumi, and Asia, in coming Japanese election
August 15, 2005 - For Beijing, Taiwan is just another Tiananmen
August 23, 2005 - China evacuates villagers near exercises with Russia
August 25, 2005 - Kim Jong-Il gave Swiss watches while masses starved
August 25, 2005 - Upcoming: Hu vs. Bush in a game of new world poker down at the ranch
August 28, 2005 - American employee of the CCP writes on 'The Greatness of China'
August 29, 2005 - Japan airport closed after region-wide Al Qaida alert
September 5, 2005 - 5 million buried alive, and other historical facts about China
September 16, 2005 - Chinese warships cruise near gas field claimed by Japan
September 15, 2005 - The Koizumi revolution: Japan embraces change, for a change
September 23, 2005 - 240 S. Korean firms violated export rules for strategic items
September 29, 2005 - MacArthur's statue a flashpoint for S. Korea and its liberators
September 29, 2005 - Meeting a 'Rising China' with tough talk but no policy
September 30, 2005 - Taiwan and the UN The politics of exclusion
October 3, 2005 - China's not-so-secret, but unreported 'Program 863'
October 4, 2005 - Report: Kim Jong-Il has chosen 2nd son an NBA fan to succeed him
October 6, 2005 - Lesson from Vietnam: Don't judge an insurgency by its media
October 10, 2005 - The truth about China is not for sale
October 11, 2005 - Alternative energy: N. Korea opens first bicycle plant
October 14, 2005 - North Korea, 'purest nation', rattled by prostitution trend
October 16, 2005 - Another e-mail from the 'U.S. businessman in China'
October 18, 2005 - Movie-buff Kim Jong-Il seeks joint foreign film ventures
October 24, 2005 - China's 'shashou jiang' ignores Western 'rules' of geostrategy
October 27, 2005 - S. Korea completes 'Peace Dam' to block flood attack from North
October 27, 2005 - North of the border: Playing the China card with a limp wrist
October 31, 2005 - Why are members of Falun Gong tortured to death?
November 10, 2005 - China curbs text messaging, citing its 'massive influence'
November 16, 2005 - TV network official tied to Chinese spy ring
November 18, 2005 - Bush in East Asia: 'Freedom is an Asian value'
November 18, 2005 - Shanghaied? U.S. to question Beijing about Asian bloc
November 21, 2005 - Mass espionage by 'lovable' China and its 3,500 'front companies'
November 25, 2005 - UN, minus Seoul, condemns N. Korean rights abuses
December 1, 2005 - 'Soprano state': N. Korea called dependent on organized crime
December 1, 2005 - Add North Korea to the list of CNN-bashers
December 5, 2005 - China: The nanotech superpower of the 21st Century
December 9, 2005 - China now top arms supplier to Sudan, site of major oil investments
December 9, 2005 - N. Korea weighs lifting ban on top security threat: cell phones
December 9, 2005 - UN envoy condemns torture in China
December 13, 2005 - China admits trading in prisoners' organs
December 16, 2005 - Hard facts about Chinas 'soft power'
December 20, 2005 - Facing the ugly truth about the China threat
December 20, 2005 - China now consumes more than 20 percent of oil supplies
December 20, 2005 - China negotiating $100 billion energy deal with Iran
December 22, 2005 - South Korean spending power 32.8 times that of the North
December 23, 2005 - China recruiting U.S. IT grads
December 28, 2005 - Western souls are for saving, but individual Chinese are potential geostrategic assets
LATIN AMERICA
April 20, 2005 - A tale of two cardinals
October 25, 2005 - Intel report: Venezuela training Ecuador rebels
STATESIDE
January 7, 2005 - Pentagon to embed U.S. trainers in Iraqi units
January 16, 2005 - U.S. intel report: Iraq War could 'professionalize' Al Qaida
January 18, 2005 - U.S. Special Forces in Syria? 'Fanciful,' says Rumsfeld
January 18, 2005 - Media's coverage has distorted world's view of Iraqi reality
January 18, 2005 - Westerners avoiding travel to Saudi Arabia
January 20, 2005 - Western military train but no longer mentor Iraqi police
January 24, 2005 - U.S., Iraq launch 'Checkmate' to secure elections
January 26, 2005 - U.S. freezes assets of Syrian funding insurgency
January 30, 2005 - U.S., Israel to lobby EU parliamentarians on Iran
January 30, 2005 - U.S. airlines can't afford anti-missile systems
January 31, 2005 - U.S., Britain agree on exit strategy: First troops out in late 2005
February 1, 2005 - 232 contractors died during 4th quarter in 93 percent increase
February 3, 2005 - U.S. again warns of imminent terror strike in Kuwait
February 3, 2005 - Bush pledges $350 million for Palestinian reforms
February 3, 2005 - New non-lethal weapon lets troops microwave hostile crowds
February 7, 2005 - U.S. calls 40,000 Iraqi troops combat-ready
February 7, 2005 - Officers fault U.S. command for 'failure to surprise' in Iraq
February 7, 2005 - U.S. weighs pay-off plan for Palestinian insurgents
February 8, 2005 - Rumsfeld blames Syria, Iran for Iraq insurgency
February 8, 2005 - Rice names Gen. Ward to reorganize Palestinian security
February 10, 2005 - U.S. studies Iran threat scenarios as Bush talks tough
February 10, 2005 - U.S. replaces 1,280 convoy drivers in Iraq with airlifts
February 10, 2005 - Patriot test successfully downs unmanned aerial vehicle
February 14, 2005 - New unmanned, styrofoam drone spies for U.S. in Iraq
February 15, 2005 - A letter from LTC Tim Ryan: 'Things will get better . . .'
February 16, 2005 - More letters to the editor re: 'Media's coverage has distorted world's view of Iraqi reality'
February 21, 2005 - U.S. delivers 4th terror alert for Kuwait; 200 arrested
February 21, 2005 - On the ground in Iraq with the U.S. Marines
February 23, 2005 - Panel warns Iran nukes would trigger regional proliferation
February 23, 2005 - U.S. begins handing over military command to Iraqis
February 22, 2005 - Santorum seeks U.S. push for democracy in Iran
February 28, 2005 - U.S. deploys Aegis system after successful test
March 4, 2005 - New non-lethal weapon will sizzle, not fry Iraqi bad guys
March 7, 2005 - Army report: U.S. lost control in Iraq three months after invasion
March 9, 2005 - Proliferation terror: Time for a new deterrence strategy
March 9, 2005 - U.S. pledges military aid to Lebanon once Syria leaves
March 9, 2005 - U.S. Army readies Iraqi brigade to take over in Sadr City
March 10, 2005 - U.S. spy plane detects radioactive gas over N. Korea
March 10, 2005 - State Dept.: Al Qaida plan major strike against Americans abroad
March 14, 2005 - Person to Person with Condoleezza Rice
March 14, 2005 - U.S. to keep two forward bases in North Africa
March 16, 2005 - Illegal immigration in global perspective
March 16, 2005 - Dep. Sec. of Defense Wolfowitz cites WorldTribune.com
March 17, 2005 - GAO challenges Pentagon on readiness of Iraqi forces
March 17, 2005 - Pentagon awards contracts for naval deployment in N. Africa
March 17, 2005 - U.S. concerned Turkey may be siding with Syria
March 23, 2005 - U.S. reports sharp drop in Iraqi attacks
March 24, 2005 - U.S.-Iraq raid kills 85 in 'nerve center' of insurgency
April 4, 2005 - Pentagon report criticizes U.S. outreach to Muslims
April 5, 2005 - A farewell interview with Colin L. Powell
April 7, 2005 - UN report: War on terror has fueled Arab repression
April 7, 2005 - Love on the rocks: U.S. military lays off 1,000 Koreans
April 11, 2005 - Bush, Sharon meet in Crawford, but U.S.-Israeli severely strained
April 11, 2005 - U.S. official: N. Korea, Pakistan teamed up on Libyan nuke deal
April 12, 2005 - U.S., Libya in high-level oil talks
April 12, 2005 - Bush tells Sharon to withdraw from much of West Bank by 2006
April 12, 2005 - U.S.-Iraqi forces sweep isurgency neighborhoods, capture 65
April 14, 2005 - U.S. reports headway against roadside bombings
April 15, 2005 - Marines: One Arab speaker per unit in Iraq
April 15, 2005 - U.S. generals 'never more optimistic' about Iraqi forces
April 19, 2005 - Unclassified terror report has no stats; classified version cites spike
April 22, 2005 - U.S. warns of Al Qaida attack in Tunisia
April 22, 2005 - New intelligence unit declares war on roadside bombers
April 22, 2005 - Backers of massive resistance to pullout recruit U.S. Jews
April 25, 2005 - Private security firms hit hard in Iraq
April 26, 2005 - U.S. intel 'unable to rule out' WMD transfers to Syria
April 26, 2005 - U.S. presses Saudis to increase oil output
May 2, 2005 - Think tank pooh-poohs plan sold by Bolton to stop WMD
May 2, 2005 - U.S. cites progress by Palestinians' Abbas
May 6, 2005 - Western tourists warned to avoid Egypt
May 6, 2005 - U.S. upbeat over prospects for Iraqi special forces
May 6, 2005 - Warren Buffett and the bottom line on domestic terrorism
May 9, 2005 - Rand: Palestinian state will need crack, $7.7 billion security system
May 10, 2005 - Major U.S. offensive targets Zarqawi positions near Syria border
May 10, 2005 - House bill provides $81 billion for security aid to Mideast
May 12, 2005 - U.S. to send reinforced APCs to replace vulnerable Humvees
May 12, 2005 - U.S. tightens security at bases in Iraq
May 16, 2005 - Justice faults FBI intelligence: Unable to 'connect the dots'
May 16, 2005 - U.S. hails 'intelligence' gains from offensive on Syrian border
May 17, 2005 - U.S. weighs plan to make Iraq a federation of six states
May 20, 2005 - U.S. halts major deals with Israel over tech transfers to China
May 20, 2005 - Newsweek's consequences
May 20, 2005 - U.S. orders robots to lead fight against roadside bombs
May 23, 2005 - U.S. transfers more responsibility to improving Iraqi division
May 25, 2005 - House panel calls for ban on firms selling advanced tech to China
May 26, 2005 - Most arms exported by U.S. go to human rights abusers
May 27, 2005 - Bush agrees to monitor pullout, hails Palestinian security
May 27, 2005 - Rand: Only Israel, Russia willing to sell advanced tech to China
May 31, 2005 - U.S. Army intel: Insurgents 'losing popular support'
May 31, 2005 - Congressman stuns Abbas with Palestinian textbook
June 1, 2005 - Rice: U.S., allies have interdicted 11 WMD shipments
June 6, 2005 - U.S. finds huge, air conditioned insurgent bunker
June 7, 2005 - The New York Times is wrong about Guantanamo
June 10, 2005 - End of the U.S.-Turkey alliance: Ties 'more allergic than strategic'
June 14, 2005 - U.S. freezes military ties, shipments to Israel
June 14, 2005 - U.S. general: Insurgents upgrading explosives used in attacks
June 14, 2005 - U.S. indicts Franklin for passing Iran nuke intel to Israel
June 17, 2005 - U.S. reviewing all arms exports to Israel
June 20, 2005 - U.S. offensive near border with Syria kills 50 insurgents
June 21, 2005 - The future GI: 'Unstoppable'; Darth Vader?
June 24, 2005 - U.S. needs new combat vehicle to withstand IEDs
June 24, 2005 - Congress may drop Marxist Iranian opposition group from terror list
June 24, 2005 - Baghdad blues: Time to restate the mission
June 30, 2005 - U.S. again strikes insurgents near Syrian border
July 1, 2005 - Bush meeting with defector sent strong signal to Pyongyang
July 1, 2005 - Gen. Ward: Palestinian security forces 'dysfunctional'
July 1, 2005 - U.S.: Insurgents no longer capable of combat operations
July 6, 2005 - Firm markets anti-missile system for U.S. passenger jets
July 11, 2005 - U.S., Iraq launch 'Operation Scimitar' in Sunni Triangle
July 12, 2005 - CIA-backed tech can instantly spot terrorists in a crowd
July 12, 2005 - U.S., Israel in talks on aid for Gaza pullout
July 13, 2005 - CSIS reports improvement in Iraqi forces
July 14, 2005 - U.S. reports capture of leading Zarqawi commander in Baghdad
July 15, 2005 - Kidnap of European engineers prompts warning to Westerners in Gaza
July 15, 2005 - Bolton? No, real fight is over whether U.S. should surrender its sovereignty
July 21, 2005 - U.S. embassy alert: Al Qaida plans attack in Saudia Arabia
July 21, 2005 - Has Iraq fed international Islamicist terrorism?
July 25, 2005 - U.S. sets up system to transfer security role to Iraq
June 29, 2005 - 'CyberBug,' can drop in and quietly gather intelligence
July 29, 2005 - U.S. withdrawal in 2006 based on readiness, environment
July 29, 2005 - U.S. plans pullout: Rumsfeld pushes Iraqis on constitution
August 1, 2005 - U.S. seeks funds to help Fatah stop Hamas gains
August 1, 2005 - U.S. asks Israel to withdraw from land claimed by Lebanon
August 2, 2005 - Americans in Kuwait warned of Al Qaida strike
August 2, 2005 - U.S. to establish major base near Syrian border
August 3, 2005 - U.S. urges allies to shun Iranian crude
August 3, 2005 - U.S. presses Israel not to answer Palestinian attacks
August 3, 2005 - U.S. sets process to transfer control of cities in South
August 8, 2005 - U.S. claims gains against Al Qaida despite casualties
August 8, 2005 - U.S. maintains travel restrictions on Lebanon
August 9, 2005 - Year-old U.S. 'exit strategy' timed for midterm elections
August 11, 2005 - Rumsfeld: Roadside bombs 'unambiguously from Iran'
August 12, 2005 - Highway bill passes while Marines roll in 33-year-old death traps
August 12, 2005 - U.S. credits Iraqi battalion with gains against Zarqawi network
August 15, 2005 - Group: U.S. backing of pullout should have been debated
August 16, 2005 - Bush backs Sharon over pullout as Netanyahu gains in polls
August 17, 2005 - Koch: 'Time to declare victory and bring our troops home'
August 18, 2005 - Following Afghan embed model, U.S. units to train Iraq military
August 19, 2005 - World war on terror: Why U.S. must stay the course
August 22, 2005 - U.S. turning over forward bases in insurgent strongholds to Iraq
August 22, 2005 - D.C. station fires talk show host for comments regarding Islam
August 22, 2005 - U.S. troops in Kuwait down by 22,000 since 2003
August 22, 2005 - U.S. set to discuss normalization with Libya
August 21, 2005 - Post-nuclear superweapons and other jokes
August 23, 2005 - Needed: A Manhattan Project for oil
August 25, 2005 - U.S. presses Palestinians to reduce size of security forces
August 30, 2005 - One year later, Pentagon says building of Iraq Army on track |
