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AFRICA
December 13, 2007 - Sudan rebels storm base guarding China-run oil fields
January 15, 2008 - Security tightened for U.S. diplomats in Sudan after official killed in ambush
January 21, 2008 - Terror watch: U.S. embassy targeted in Algeria
January 21, 2007 - Algeria no safe haven for unguarded UN aid offices
January 23, 2008 - Algeria steps up war against Al Qaida
February 14, 2007 - Africa’s arc of crisis overwhelms the UN
February 18, 2008 - New violence in southern Sudan
March 4, 2008 - U.S. strike on Somalia takes out 'major Al Qaida target'
March 4, 2008 - African states examine solar energy prospects with Japan's help
March 21, 2008 - Al Qaida kills clerics in Algeria who criticized insurgency
April 4, 2007 - Comrade Mugabe teeters on the brink of his political grave
April 28, 2008 - If no blue helmets in Darfur, then whom would UN rescue?
May 2, 2008 - U.S. strike kills Al Qaida leader in central Somalia
May 29, 2008 - Russian pilots fly Sudan MIGs in Darfour missions
June 4, 2008 - U.S. loses interest in 'paper peace' for Sudan
June 4, 2008 - Peacekeepers or placeholders: The blue helmets show up — then what?
June 11, 2008 - UN responds to pirates in Somalia’s troubled waters with stern words, not armed patrols
June 13, 2008 - U.S. fails to find an African home for its new African Command
July 7, 2008 - Zimbabwe enters the 'heart of darkness': Only hope may be South Africa
July 16, 2008 - Al Qaida bailing: Out of Iraq, into Africa
July 16, 2008 - Algeria invites bids to explore 16 oil zones
EAST ASIA
December 20, 2007 - N.Y. Philharmonic concert to perform for an ultra elite N. Korean audience
January 4, 2008 - Seoul's new leader would tap Siberian resources using North Korean labor
January 11, 2008 - Chinese intelligence responds to reports it penetrated NSA listening post in Hawaii
January 11, 2007 - Inflation dragon that opened gates for Mao, now threatens regime, global economy
January 17, 2008 - Citing Google Earth, China's PLA calls secrecy 'deciding factor' in winning war
January 22, 2008 - State Department quagmire: North Korea falls off the tracks
January 24, 2008 - Report: North Korea to sell minisubs to Iran
January 28, 2007 - Marxism-Leninism is pretty much dead, but not for China's Hu Jintao
January 29, 2008 - South Korea's richest man visits Bush bearing an olive branch
February 1, 2008 - China and Russia competing for North Korean favor along borders
February 4, 2008 - China brokered sale of F-14 spare parts to Iran
February 4, 2007 - Readers agree: 'China Threat' film is urgently needed
February 7, 2008 - Journalist: Media criticism at Beijing Olympics may not be an option
February 8, 2008 - China has penetrated U.S. databases: 'They are already in and we have to find them'
February 8, 2008 - N. Korea: No mention in the State of the Union or by any reporter coverning any candidate
February 13, 2007 - About that woman who made trouble for Hu Jintao when he visited the White House
February 14, 2008 - U.S. envoy snubbed by N. Korea's Kim Jong-Il
February 15, 2008 - Is the party over in China? Massive unemployment looms
February 18, 2007 - What China plans in the event it does not 'collapse'
February 21, 2008 - Four years after train blast, N. Korea to lift ban on mobile phones
February 22, 2008 - Good news for Western contractors as India begins its military buildup
February 29, 2008 - Global cooling crisis in China: Record winter exacerbates record inflation rates
March 3, 2008 - Not all members of the N.Y. Philharmonic were on board with boosting Pyongyang's credibility
March 6, 2007 - Symphony in the North, pragmatism in the South: Springtime for Korea?
March 10, 2007 - Olympics focusing Beijing's mind on a Darfur fix
March 12, 2008 - China in a human rights pickle as Olympics near, criticism mounts
March 13, 2008 - Pentagon official: China may already be at cyberwar with U.S.
March 13, 2007 - Taiwan’s finest hour
March 14, 2008 - India has four of the world's top eight billionaires
March 14, 2007 - China’s military surge looks beyond Taiwan
March 17, 2008 - Violence, protests spread from Tibet to neighboring Chinese provinces
March 17, 2007 - The Bush administration has never once used the word 'dictatorship' to refer to China
March 19, 2008 - Rights group: China arms sales fuel violence in Darfur
March 19, 2008 - U.S. aircraft carriers vulnerable to China's Russian-made Sizzler missiles
March 21, 2007 - Tibet and the other 'national' threats to the Chinese regime
March 27, 2008 - China, Algeria sign nuclear accord
March 27, 2008 - North Koreans resort to auto batteries, bicycle generators to cope with electricity shortages
March 28, 2007 - Beijing caught between its 'autonomous' Tibet and a vibrant Taiwan
March 28, 2008 - N. Korea cuts rations, even to Pyongyang elites, as rice prices soar
March 28, 2008 - China sub scare near USS Kitty Hawk gave Navy a wakeup call
April 2, 2008 - Biofuel blowback: Fifty percent rice price hike could spell trouble
April 3, 2008 - Women revolt in North Korea, authorities back down
April 4, 2008 - Report: China seen sponsoring anti-CNN website
April 14, 2008 - Ith Chhun of Phnom Penh before the revolution: Gone but not forgotten
April 14, 2008 - Vietnam oil company on a roll
April 14, 2007 - Mysteries galore at roof of the world, but mainly in Beijing
April 25, 2008 - Seoul to lease land in Russian Far East to help feed N. Korea
April 25, 2008 - China spy sought Blackhawk helicopter parts, F-16 engines
May 2, 2008 - Villages north of the Korean DMZ get hope, food via balloons from the South
May 2, 2008 - Branding China: How about 'Warning, this country could be dangerous to your health'?
May 5, 2008 - North Korea's dictatorship cares more for its nukes than food for its people
May 8, 2008 - First reports of death by starvation in rural North Korea
May 8, 2008 - Defector: N. Korean commandos 'frequently' visit Japan in battery-powered mini-subs
May 9, 2008 - CIA: China's military could get 'adversarial'
May 12, 2008 - The ghosts of Jiang, Koizumi haunt Hu's visit to Tokyo
May 12, 2008 - War of wills? An absolutist China vs. an egocentric U.S.
May 13, 2008 - UN alert: One-fourth of world's wheat at risk from new fungus
May 13, 2008 - U.S. scrutinizes 18,000 documents for evidence they're worth what N. Korea seeks
May 15, 2008 - FBI: China may use counterfeit Cisco routers to penetrate U.S. networks
May 15, 2008 - Yet another Burma outrage: China again blocks UN action
May 20, 2008 - Not Katrina: Beijing's media monopoly spins quake disaster and avoids obvious questions
May 22, 2008 - Japan’s 'demographic time bomb' impacting workforce, economy
May 23, 2008 - Missile race? Japan OKs military applications for its space program
May 29, 2008 - S. Korea plans farm development in Sudan to aid starving N. Koreans
May 30, 2008 - IAEA working with Beijing on 'dirty' bomb Olympics threat
June 2, 2008 - Why China's next earthquake might be political
June 4, 2008 - Koreans's beef with U.S. beef plus Obama's letter to Bush may kill FTA with Seoul
June 5, 2008 - Coalminer's son: Film about a defector's family mesmerizes Koreans
June 5, 2008 - Unexpected karma: Taiwan's earthquake aid warms ties with Mainland
June 5, 2008 - China anti-terror measures for Olympics include removing doors to public toilets
June 9, 2008 - Change? Mainly rhetorical here, but revolutionary forces are quietly reshaping Asia
June 10, 2008 - China won't put up with spy satellites: Operation 'put on dark glasses'
June 12, 2008 - China keeps secret the quake damage to radioactive facilities
June 12, 2008 - New age, tech-savvy Korean protesters bewilder authorities
June 13, 2008 - Burma cyclone impacting world food supply; forced evictions make post-cyclone hell worse
June 13, 2008 - N. Korea’s latest rationale for nukes: It's like Israel
June 16, 2008 - Nuclear bombs are 63 and China is in the market for the new breakthrough weapon
June 20, 2008 - U.S. intel: Chinese hackers planted 'trap doors' in government computers
June 20, 2008 - Obama offers change Kim Jong-Il can believe in
June 23, 2008 - The amazing (and scary) People's Republic of China gets dressed up for the party
June 25, 2008 - Report: Kim Jong-Il invited to Beijing Olympics for possible meeting with Bush
June 26, 2008 - Don't ask, don't tell: North Korea gets much for declaring little
June 26, 2008 - U.S. proceeded with N. Korea deal despite new intel on uranium program
July 1, 2008 - China's No. 2 signs strategic accord with Saudis on first official trip
July 3, 2008 - North Koreans to get balloon-delivered plastic newspapers from the South
July 7, 2008 - Managing energy: U.S. could learn from Japanese model
July 7, 2008 - Project 863 in China and the 200,000 surveillance cameras on the Olympics
July 15, 2008 - Nano-weapons research booming in China with an assist from the USA
July 17, 2008 - After beating terror rap, North Korea mum on shooting death of South Korean tourist
July 18, 2008 - China training Sudan air force on fighter-jets used in Darfour
July 18, 2008 - World's largest gas supertanker set for delivery to Qatar
July 21, 2008 - Washington think tank 'experts' contemplate life in N. Korea as if it were on same planet
July 21, 2008 - Chinese security forces using Segways in violation of U.S. export laws
July 22, 2008 - China-Threat-myth myths (read the last sentence below)
July 25, 2008 - Koreans, Japanese ready to rumble over a pile of rocks in the Pacific
July 28, 2008 - Forbidden City: Socialism still doesn't work, even at Olympics
July 30, 2008 - Beijing threatens ExxonMobil over deal with Vietnam in South China Sea
LATIN AMERICA
January 7, 2008 - Comrade Hugo Chavez bids for the 'hearths and minds' of low-income Americans
February 28, 2007 - Farewell Fidel, Hola Raul! But please, Sen. Obama, there's nothing to talk about yet
March 14, 2008 - Billions for terror flowing from South America's notorious 'tri-border' area
July 7, 2008 - Administration charges Venezuela with helping fund Hizbullah
STATESIDE
December 28, 2007 - Predicting 2008: Real world challenges for new U.S. president
December 28, 2007 - Unreported: The State Dept. role in the Pakistan disaster
January 1, 2008 - The insanity of genius: Would Einstein be turned away by today's intelligentsia?
January 2, 2008 - U.S., Turkey operating joint intel center for northern Iraq
January 3, 2008 - Thousands in security detail for Bush trip to Israel, Mideast
January 7, 2008 - In last year, Bush to arm U.S. allies in Iran's neighborhood
January 7, 2008 - Threat to West doesn't worry candidates; It will take a movie
January 8, 2008 - As Bush visits Israel, ties strained by Iran NIE
January 9, 2008 - Bush travel plans in Israel changed at last minute due to missile threat
January 10, 2008 - U.S. sanctions Iranians, including general, for directing attacks in Iraq
January 11, 2008 - U.S. bombs Al Qaida safe havens, tracks down cash-starved operatives fleeing North, South
January 14, 2008 - Defective parts could ground F-15s worldwide
January 15, 2008 - U.S. intel alerted to threat of 'Forest Fire Jihad'
January 15, 2008 - U.S., Iraq headed for 'long-term strategic' alliance
January 16, 2008 - U.S. says munitions to Saudis would not alter military balance in region
January 16, 2008 - U.S. embassy vehicle was the target in Beirut bombing
January 17, 2007 - The media war against U.S. foreign policy
January 21, 2008 - U.S. plans to extend role of Iraq's successful Concerned Citizens Groups
January 21, 2008 - U.S. training Iraqi special forces to improve security for top officials
January 21, 2007 - For Sun Tzu's art of war, the Western mind is an easy mark
January 22, 2008 - The candidates: A whiter shade of pale
January 22, 2008 - Clinton's defense secretary: Gulf states fear U.S. withdrawal
January 22, 2008 - Soldiers' GPS uniforms would prevent friendly fire incidents
January 22, 2008 - U.S. not happy over Turkey's plan to become nuclear center
January 23, 2008 - 35 U.S. smart bombs take out 30 Al Qaida targets
January 25, 2008 - Soros nation: Hedge fund operator controlling Democratic politicians, media
January 28, 2008 - U.S. prepares offensive in areas of northern Iraq controlled by Al Qaida
January 28, 2007 - Time out world – the Americans need a few months to elect your leader
January 29, 2008 - U.S. Iran estimate lowers anxiety among mullahs
January 31, 2008 - U.S. increases outposts in greater Baghdad as security improves
January 31, 2008 - U.S. finds Mosul 'worse than imagined'
January 31, 2007 - Memo to the Democrats: Common sense on Afghanistan from a Canadian liberal
January 30, 2008 - U.S. sells Syria dual-use tech that could be used by Iran
February 4, 2008 - Language skills a major factor for U.S. forces in Iraq
February 4, 2008 - Media malpractice: Popular support for Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee not news
February 5, 2008 - Cheney: Eavesdrop because terrorists don't fight by the rules of international law
February 6, 2008 - What NIE? McConnell see possible Iran nuke by late next year
February 6, 2008 - U.S. anti-missile ship arrives in Israel
February 6, 2007 - Sub-prime economy? 'It’s high oil prices stupid!'
February 11, 2007 - Romney's swan song offers missing campaign theme: The 'China threat'
February 13, 2008 - Rand: U.S. alone can't stop Islamic insurgencies
February 13, 2008 - Lawsuits by American victims could bankrupt Palestinian Authority
February 14, 2008 - Change Obama can believe in: Socialism?
February 14, 2008 - Congress not phased by Saudi weapons deal
February 18, 2008 - U.S. military contradicts State on Iran: Hundreds of weapons caches found in Iraq
February 19, 2008 - Unmanned mini-sub to guard U.S. fleet against sabotage in the Gulf
February 20, 2008 - U.S. missile from Aegis warship downs satellite
February 22, 2008 - U.S. tab for translation services in Iraq could hit $4.6 billion
February 25, 2008 - U.S., Turkey in third summit this month
February 25, 2007 - The record on face-to-face diplomacy by top U.S. leaders? Damnably disastrous
February 28, 2008 - U.S. military asks game industry to help train troops for IEDs
February 28, 2007 - Memo to Oclintonama: Reworking talking points on security issues is not a strategy
March 3, 2008 - U.S. captures Iranian special forces commander near Baghdad
March 4, 2008 - Coalition rolls up 100-woman suicide cell in raid of Iraq safe house
March 5, 2008 - Petraeus: Al Qaida trying to 'come back in' — 'We can feel it'
March 6, 2008 - U.S. making no secret of its strategic buildup in the Pacific
March 7, 2008 - DNI warns: U.S. financial data, transportation, power supply at risk to foreign cyber attacks
March 10, 2007 - How the Democratic West has viewed slave states over the past 70 years
March 11, 2008 - U.S. military points to new evidence of Iran's involvement in Iraq
March 12, 2008 - USS Cole back in action: Fleet near Lebanon in warning to Syria
March 12, 2008 - U.S. denies Fallon exit means war with Iran
March 13, 2008 - Booze Allen: China's manufacturing-for-export boom is over
March 13, 2008 - Houston, we have a problem: Strobe Talbott and George Soros are pleased with all the candidates
March 20, 2008 - U.S. concerned about Sunni revolt against Maliki government in Iraq
March 24, 2008 - State Dept. helping Americans leave Yemen sector
March 24, 2008 - Cheney had one talking point for meeting with Saudi king: Oil
March 24, 2008 - U.S. offensive kills 12 Al Qaida operatives in Diyala province
March 24, 2008 - U.S. anti-rocket system fails test to protect Israel
March 24, 2007 - The decline of genius in the freest nation on Earth
March 24, 2008 - Koch on Obama's comments about his grandmother: 'For shame'
March 26, 2008 - U.S. training for Palestinians marred by errors: Manuals in English, lighters to simulate pistols
March 26, 2008 - U.S. details incident with Egyptian boats in the Suez
March 27, 2008 - U.S. charges Iran behind renewed violence in Iraq
March 28, 2007 - Leading the Free World is no beauty contest
April 1, 2008 - Koch 'dumbfounded' as Obama's numbers rise
April 7, 2008 - B-1 catches fire in 2nd U.S. air accident in Qatar
April 7, 2007 - How will the tolerant West assimilate Mulim migrants?
April 9, 2008 - No Western spies in Al Qaida after all these years
April 9, 2008 - Non-essential U.S. staff evacuated from Yemen
April 9, 2008 - Petraeus blames Iran for spike in Iraq violence
April 10, 2008 - U.S. Air Force sets up cyberspace command against continuing China attacks
April 10, 2008 - 7 Americans killed this month in Green Zone; U.S. responds with air power
April 10, 2008 - U.S. urban warfare training could shift from Ft. Polk, La., to Israel
April 16, 2008 - 'Landmark' deal ends U.S. stalemate with Israel over nuclear reactor
April 16, 2008 - Pope Benedict XVI at the White House; Bush rejects 'dictatorship of relativism'
April 17, 2008 - U.S. sent three carrier groups near Taiwan during elections
April 17, 2008 - U.S. credits growing evidence of Iran threat for Iraqi combat gains
April 18, 2008 - Opening soon in Baghdad: Largest U.S. embassy in the world with restaurants, 619 apartments
April 18, 2008 - U.S. intel to brief Congress on secret Israeli strike
April 18, 2008 - U.S. to provide Lebanon high-level security, law enforcement training
April 21, 2008 - U.S. and Gulf allies in exercise to block ships carrying WMDs
April 21, 2008 - Pope Benedict XVI at the UN: Sensible words devoid of hot air
April 21, 2007 - International crises will just have to wait until 2009
April 22, 2008 - Out of Yemen: UN, U.S. pulling out non-essential staff
April 22, 2008 - A dissident's warning [before he was hit by a truck]
April 23, 2008 - U.S. has 14,000 sailors in Persian Gulf area
April 23, 2008 - 84-year-old Connecticut man arrested as spy for Israel; Case linked to Pollard's
April 24, 2008 - CIA to Congress: Pyongyang planned reactor for Syria capable of plutonium for nukes
April 24, 2008 - Petraeus replaces Fallon at CENTCOM
April 24, 2008 - Critics see State Dept. behind timing of Israeli spy arrest
April 25, 2008 - Congress pushes for ultimatum to Gulf oil royals
April 25, 2008 - CIA can't rule out continue N. Korean assistance to Syria
April 28, 2008 - U.S. air strikes kill Al Qaida commanders in car, safe house
April 28, 2008 - Lots of talk about North Korea, but action plan from Israel
April 28, 2008 - U.S. warns Americans on travel to Syria
April 30, 2008 - CIA's Hayden: Syria was on verge of becoming nuclear power
May 1, 2008 - Second carrier group deployed to Gulf as U.S. approves plans for Iran counterstrike
May 5, 2008 - Barbara Walters' personal code of journalism ethics: An oxymoron?
May 5, 2008 - CIA: U.S. 'at war' with global terror while EU only sees a local security challenge
May 5, 2008 - FBI confirms stateside terror cells, credits U.S. Muslim community
May 5, 2008 - Koch If Obama wins on May 6, he is the nominee and will lose in November
May 7, 2008 - Walking the eco talk: A tale of two houses
May 6, 2008 - Joint Chiefs signal possible Iran strike
May 14, 2008 - Terror victims sue Swiss bank with Iran ties
May 16, 2008 - U.S. embassy in Lebanon supplied by helicopters as Hizbullah prevails
May 16, 2008 - U.S. military: Al Qaida's defeat in northern Iraq has revived oil industry
May 19, 2008 - Bush: Saudi boost in oil production 'doesn't solve our problem'
May 19, 2008 - Conservative: Obama, his elitist core values and our children
May 20, 2008 - History will be kind to George W. Bush
May 20, 2008 - U.S. reports improved discipline, accountability in Iraqi police
May 20, 2008 - GOP conservatives: Democrats' record is one of blocking U.S. energy supply
May 21, 2008 - Bush has 'no faith' his successor will deal with Iran, wants Rice as VP
May 22, 2008 - The oil price crisis: Not so difficult to understand
May 22, 2008 - U.S. issues warning: Syrian thugs mugging older Western women
May 23, 2008 - Top Arab-American agent: FBI incompetent on terror
May 23, 2008 - U.S. military takes a look at Egypt, Gaza, Israel border areas
May 23, 2008 - Bush, Congress at odd over suing OPEC
May 26, 2008 - The candidates and the communists [forgotten but not gone]
May 26, 2008 - Proliferation already top crisis for the next U.S. president
May 26, 2008 - Even the UN hasn't bought the gloom and doom scenario
May 26, 2008 - Remembering . . . The Gettysburg Address
May 26, 2008 - U.S. Navy expands facilities in Bahrain
May 27, 2008 - Why the West ignores the looming China threat
May 27, 2008 - Gates: Intel chief can't fire his own spies
May 30, 2008 - U.S. commitment to statehood a cash proposition for Palestinian commanders
June 2, 2008 - How did Scott McClellan end up with a network of leftists and Washington Post editors?
June 6, 2008 - U.S. assures Iraq: No permanent bases
June 9, 2008 - U.S. intel recruits immigrants from Mideast to bridge culture gap in war on terror
June 9, 2008 - Treachery, thy name is Scott McClellan
June 10, 2008 - Environmentalism as the new face of communism
June 12, 2008 - U.S. intelligence: Peace prospects postponed until new administration
June 16, 2008 - U.S. compromises with Iraq on agreement's terms
June 13, 2008 - Attention foreign audiences: it ain’t what it seems!
June 17, 2008 - U.S. reports it has neutralized IED threat in Iraq
June 17, 2008 - Air Force: Cyberwarfare could get physical
June 18, 2008 - U.S. trains Egyptians on tunnel detection system near Gaza Strip
June 19, 2008 - U.S. seeks nuke energy pacts with all Gulf states
June 20, 2008 - U.S. military's African outpost threatened by crime, not terror
June 23, 2008 - Truth in Obama’s advertising? Sure, say the 'fact-checkers'
June 23, 2008 - Intelligence cites terror robots among 'disruptive' new technologies
June 23, 2008 - Apocalyptic musings during the U.S. presidential campaign
June 24, 2008 - Former U.S. officer training Hamas military
June 24, 2008 - First cadets graduate from U.S.-financed Palestinian security academy
June 25, 2008 - U.S. military sees 10-year commitment in Iraq
June 27, 2008 - Missile defense success: First intercept of warhead after separating from missile
July 1, 2008 - An ex-mayor's lament: What has happened to New York?
July 4, 2008 - '. . . with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.'
July 7, 2008 - Chairman of Joint Chiefs warns of attack between administrations
July 10, 2008 - U.S. sees ground ops in Iraq ending by mid-2009
July 10, 2008 - U.S. 5-day exercise focused on securing Gulf oil
July 11, 2008 - Rand: Any attack on Iran would boost the regime
July 14, 2008 - U.S. sanctions firms tied to Syria's Assad
July 14, 2008 - U.S. intel agrees: Iran test-fired 'old missile'
July 14, 2008 - Administration negotiating major force reduction with Iraqis
July 16, 2008 - Only 16 Republicans opposed global AIDS bill backed by Obama, Soros
July 24, 2008 - Beneficiaries of Reid's spending bill: The UN, pro-Palestinian causes, orchids
July 28, 2008 - Obama abroad: 'Ich Bin Ein Globalist'
July 29, 2008 - A humane solution to totalitarianism: Defense
July 30, 2008 - U.S. plans air strategy to take effect as troops depart from Iraq
July 30, 2008 - Israel seeks U.S. Phalanx system for defense against rocket barrage
August 1, 2008 - Group charges religious discrimination case may have cost American lives in Iraq
MIDDLE EAST
December 31, 2007 - Al Qaida pushed toward Nineveh, points North
January 2, 2008 - Iraq security forces mopping up Al Qaida networks
January 2, 2008 - Think tank: Turkish invasion would fail to uproot Kurdish militants
January 2, 2008 - Report: Crude oil output declines in Bahrain, Oman, Yemen and Syria
January 3, 2008 - Suicide bombings in Israel down in 2007; Missile attacks sharply up
January 4, 2008 - Kurdish insurgents used Al Qaida technology in car-bomb strike
January 4, 2008 - Missile from Gaza reaches northern section of southern Israeli city
January 7, 2008 - McCaffrey: Al Qaida overreached in Iraq with 'alien and harsh practice of Islam'
January 7, 2008 - Israel, India deepening strategic ties
January 7, 2008 - Pakistan on the bigger subcontinental screen
January 8, 2008 - Al Qaida strikes back, kills Sunni commander
January 8, 2008 - Iran swarm incident 'most serious provocation of this sort that we've seen yet'
January 10, 2008 - Iran seeks partners for construction of 19 reactors
January 14, 2008 - Thousands of cameras looking for trouble on the streets of Istanbul
January 14, 2008 - Iran-backed Shi'ite youth attack Yemen Army
January 14, 2008 - Anbar to revert to Iraqi control in March
January 14, 2008 - Top Gaza clan split between Hamas, Fatah
January 14, 2008 - U.S., Turkey to team up on oil development in northern Iraq
January 15, 2008 - Israelis stop humanitarian aid truck filled with missile chemicals
January 15, 2008 - Oil reserve discovered in Yemen
January 17, 2008 - Israelis kill key terror operative; Gaza groups fire more missiles into Israel
January 17, 2008 - Egyptian plane on uranium search crashes
January 21, 2008 - Israel city within range of Gaza rockets emerging as regional energy hub
January 24, 2008 - Three of 10 Gazans entered Egypt; Hamas seized moment to smuggle explosives
January 24, 2008 - Egypt suppressing Muslim Brotherhood before elections
January 25, 2008 - Turkey installs hundreds of infrared cameras on Iraq border
January 25, 2008 - Terrorists assumed among hundreds of thousands who entered Sinai from Gaza
January 28, 2008 - Israel-Hamas tension escalating after breach of border wall
January 28, 2008 - Egypt struggling to contain Palestinians crossing border into Sinai
January 29, 2008 - Where have you gone, Anwar Sadat? 'Middle East peace' then and now
January 29, 2008 - Iraq Sunni volunteers joining security forces
January 29, 2008 - New Saudi prison system aims to rehabilitate Al Qaida inmates
January 31, 2008 - Egypt now regards Palestinian incursion as a natinal security threat
January 30, 2008 - Oman weighs first coal-burning power plant in Gulf region
January 31, 2008 - Israel arrests Jihad commander in Bethlehem
February 1, 2008 - New all weather spy satellite delivers first
high-resolution photos on stormy night
February 1, 2007 - Fixing Pakistan: After the Shah, Somoza and Diem, is U.S. really the solution?
February 4, 2008 - Hamas fired Iranian Nur rocket into Israel
February 4, 2008 - Hamas agents captured in Sinai after crossing border with 700,000 Palestinians
February 5, 2008 - Turkish fighter jets hit 70 targets in northern Iraq
February 8, 2008 - Hamas: 2,000 foreign fighters entered Gaza during breach of border
February 8, 2008 - Security lapses reported at Kuwait's airport
February 8, 2008 - Saudis to teach human rights to religious police
February 11, 2008 - Thousands from Palestinian surge over border remain in Egypt
February 11, 2008 - Iran credits Gulf state banks for helping foil U.S. sanctions
February 11, 2008 - Bin Laden may be dead, but living on through old sound bites
February 11, 2008 - Abducted: Palestinian attorney collecting settlement from Palestinian Development Fund
February 11, 2008 - Hold placed on funds to high-flying former Saudi envoy to U.S.
February 12, 2008 - West Bank clans seek reconciliation with Jewish 'residents'
February 12, 2008 - Israeli general staff sees Hamas bid to provoke war with Egypt
February 12, 2008 - Iraq's military goes shopping in Dubai, gets U.S. armored SUVs
February 13, 2008 - Terrorists or scumbags? Took the money and ran from Iraq
February 14, 2008 - Mughniyeh kill seen as intelligence coup, sends shockwaves region-wide
February 14, 2008 - Israelis conclude amnesty deal reduced violence
February 18, 2008 - Hamas fighting Egypt to keep border open
February 18, 2008 - New Israeli air force chief seen key to plans on Gaza
February 18, 2008 - Saudi prince warns UK: Corruption probe could end anti-terror cooperation
February 18, 2007 - Critical role of Pakistan's generals put to the test
February 19, 2008 - Palestinian leader wants Blackwater to take over his security detail
February 19, 2008 - Bank projects oil will hit $150 by year's end
February 20, 2008 - Syrian intelligence raid Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in aftermath of assassination
February 20, 2008 - Hamas leaders running scared, report assassination warnings
February 21, 2008 - U.S. kills recruiter of women suicide bombers
February 21, 2008 - Egypt prepares for April elections by cracking down on Muslim Brotherhood
February 21, 2008 - Israel plans for expected retaliatory strikes by Hizbullah
February 22, 2008 - Diplomats: Hamas operatives behaving suspiciously
February 24, 2008 - IAEA looks at U.S. evidence, rules there is no 'indication' Iran building nukes
February 24, 2008 - Turkish incursion sends 10,000 troops into Iraq for 15 days
February 24, 2008 - Pressure builds in Bahrain as nightly Shi-ite riots are backed by Shi-ite parliament
February 24, 2008 - Elite Israeli units already operating inside Gaza
February 25, 2008 - Scholar: MAD doctrine does not apply to Iran
February 27, 2008 - The latest terror craze: The 'Sticky IED'
February 27, 2008 - IAEA Iran assessment, while inconclusive, contradicts U.S. NIE
February 27, 2008 - Israelis threatened by rockets sue government over laser shield
February 29, 2008 - 40 rockets hit Israeli city in one day
February 29, 2008 - Iraqi oil exports mark uptick
March 3, 2008 - Saudi Al Qaida commander killed in Mosul
March 3, 2008 - Israel answers Hamas rocket salvos with major Gaza offensive
March 3, 2008 - Turkey withdraws, claims success, denies yielding to U.S. demands
March 4, 2008 - Terror site provides travel guide for Iraq-bound jihadists
March 5, 2008 - Israeli military: Palestinian Authority would fall to Hamas days afer West Bank pullout
March 6, 2008 - Iraq buildup: Half a million troops and growing
March 6, 2008 - Back to basics: Israeli commanders joined the action in Gaza
March 6, 2008 - Saudis on track for major new refinery
March 7, 2008 - Hamas celebrates first mass casualty attack on Israel since 2004
March 7, 2008 - Hamas says new air defense system kept Israeli helicopters at bay
March 10, 2008 - Iranians, Syrians were killed by Israeli strike on Gaza missiles
March 11, 2008 - Poll: World losing interest in blocking Iran
March 12, 2008 - Concerned about stability, Iran relaxes rationing, signs oil deal with Vietnam
March 14, 2008 - Ahmadinejad was booed by Shi'ites throughout organized tour of Iraq
March 18, 2008 - Israel conducts first test launch of 'Iron Dome' rocket defense system
March 18, 2008 - Blast kills guard near U.S. embassy in Yemen
March 20, 2008 - 90 percent of suicide attacks in Iraq by foreigners
March 20, 2008 - Al Qaida attempts to organize ethnic Turks in northern Iraq
March 20, 2008 - Israel captures trucks filled with chemicals for explosives in West Bank
March 20, 2008 - Israel's military push to stay in West Bank to stop rocket attacks
March 20, 2008 - Riots in UAE as Asian laborers go on a rampage
March 20, 2007 - Progress in Afghanistan despite ongoing horrors, international apathy
March 21, 2008 - Kuwait accepts Beijing's invitation to invest in its energy sector
March 24, 2008 - Egypt's army responds to food fight caused by bread crisis
March 25, 2008 - Israelis stop 14 transfers of 'dangerous substances' to West Bank
March 25, 2008 - Iran oil exports sets post-Shah revenue record
March 25, 2008 - Threats reported at Kuwait sites frequented by Americans; Bomb with note at school
March 26, 2008 - Saudis pledge action to stabilize oil market
March 26, 2008 - Egypt to replace Israel as Gaza's power supply
March 27, 2008 - Hamas fires 20 rockets into Israel in 2 days
March 27, 2008 - Iraq to sign oil deals with Western firms in April
March 31, 2008 - Green zone hit by rocket barrage; U.S. staffers wear body armor
March 31, 2008 - Saudis launch oil security force
March 31, 2008 - On order: Royal jet with infrared anti-missile system for Saudi king
March 31, 2008 - Jihadist posts anthrax-making instructions
April 1, 2008 - OPEC member: Weak dollar triggered high prices
April 1, 2008 - Israel readies largest exercise ever to prepare for Iran-Syria missile war
April 1, 2008 - Iraq needs 650,000 troops to fight off insurgencies
April 2, 2008 - Iraq's initial force buildup stage focuses on counter-insurgency
April 2, 2008 - U.S. troops get new body armor with added features, glitches
April 2, 2008 - Oman set to develop five new oil sectors
April 3, 2008 - Israel activates unmanned video-directed machine gun stations on Gaza border
April 3, 2008 - With Shi'ite unrest on the rise, Gulf states get serious about security
April 4, 2008 - Terror alert in Kuwait: Americans warned of looming Al Qaida strike
April 4, 2008 - Hamas seizes Palestinian university
April 4, 2008 - Libya to take part in NATO exercise
April 4, 2008 - Yemen sends in troops as North-South resentments simmer
April 7, 2008 - Israel conducting largest civil defense exercise in anticipation of missile war
April 7, 2008 - Manhunt in Egypt as Al Qaida infiltrators target Sinai resorts
April 7, 2008 - Iraqis defeated by Shi'ite militia in Basra
April 7, 2008 - Hamas renews war with major Palestinian clan
April 8, 2008 - Israeli intel projects a one-month war with Syria
April 8, 2008 - Syria reports Iran-Venezuela refinery deal
April 10, 2008 - Israel, Egypt on high alert for Hamas attack
April 14, 2008 - Saudis spurn U.S. appeal to increase oil supply
April 14, 2008 - Israeli soldiers using Facebook to face restrictions
April 14, 2008 - Report: Israel's tiny air space makes it vulnerable to 9/11-type attack
April 14, 2008 - Iraq used air force for first time in Basra
April 14, 2008 - Captured Palestinian says Hamas has formed a suicide combat unit
April 14, 2008 - Gulf state fears impact of Iran-backed violence on investment climate
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