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AFRICA

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
August 5, 2008 – Russia delivers MiG-29 fighter-jets to Sudan
August 7, 2008 – Military coup seizes power in Mauritania
August 15, 2008 – Sudan begins new ‘massive’ offensive in Darfour
September 9, 2008 – Heavy fighting in Darfour: Sudan reportedly bombing civilian areas
September 12, 2008 – Russian pilots believed flying MiG-29 fighters in new Darfour strikes
September 25, 2008 – EU: Sudan using white aircraft resembling UN’s for Darfour attacks
October 8, 2008 – Ukrainian tanks on ship held by pirates were destined for southern Sudan
October 22, 2008 – 16 pirates died after handling substance on captured Iranian ship
October 29, 2008 – U.S. Navy establishes anti-piracy command
November 3, 2008 – Austrian hostages released by Al Qaida in Mali
November 17, 2008 – Sudan already using new MiG-29s from Russia for Darfour strikes
December 1, 2008 – UN report details human rights abuses in Sudan, not including Darfour
December 5, 2008 – Zimbabwe: From breadbasket to tragic basket case
December 8, 2008 – Sudan building up troops to counter challenge by rebels in Darfour
December 9, 2008 – Iraqis deploy improved polygraph to weed out Al Qaida infiltrators
December 22, 2008 – Mauritania releases ex-president in bow to international opinion

EAST ASIA

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
August 5, 2008 – Seoul brothers: Hounded by defeated left, Lee welcomes Bush
August 5, 2008 – Beijing’s summer spectacle! Just now I’ll take the Riviera
August 6, 2008 – Dissident: China under martial law; U.S. failing democratic forces
August 7, 2008 – Group reports sharp increase in North Korean rights violations
August 8, 2008 – What Koppel’s ‘documentary’ reveals about China
August 8, 2008 – North Koreas urged to use ‘self-reliance’ to overcome hunger
August 14, 2008 – Amnesty International: Quarter million Chinese in ‘re-education’ camps
August 14, 2008 – Chinese intel targeting visitors’ wireless devices
August 22, 2008 – Terror vicitms sue the Bank of China
August 29, 2008 – No joy in Pyongyang as Russian bear awakens
August 28, 2008 – The 2008 Beijing Olympics was a business bust
August 28, 2008 – Chinese military leaders told to surf the Internet to ‘get real’
September 1, 2008 – Oil deal would give China a 20-year supply of Iraqi crude
September 4, 2008 – The next world war will be waged with nano-weapons
September 5, 2008 – North Korean use of false defector recalls Nosenko-Golitsyn dispute
September 9, 2008 – When friction between Asia’s two behemoths is not a love-in
September 12, 2008 – GOP platform offers more gravitas on E. Asia policy
September 16, 2008 – China got strategic drone tech from grad student in Tennessee spy case
September 17, 2008 – Conquering the world may be easier than running China
September 18, 2008 – Top defector: China will be in driver’s seat if North Korea comes unhinged
September 24, 2008 – Pyongyang tour guide dismisses ‘propaganda’: Kim Jong-Il ‘is fine, excellent’
September 26, 2008 – Beijing limits coverage of U.S. financial crisis by state media, websites
September 30, 2008 – Missing in the great debates, 2008: China, original ideas
October 3, 2008 – N. Koreans said working at secret site near Teheran on nuke warheads
October 6, 2008 – Taiwan case again confronts China at UN door
October 9, 2008 – Closing the gap: Hu Jintao hails beginning of end of U.S. ‘world domination’
October 14, 2008 – Letter from Taiwan on the 97th anniversary of the Republic of China
October 14, 2008 – North Korea allows nuclear inspectors in Yongbyon, but nowhere else
October 15, 2008 – China dictators not more evil than Stalin and Hitler; they are under more pressure
October 17, 2008 – Taiwan intelligence: Beijing converting SARS to bioweapon
October 20, 2008 – Chinese oil officials abducted by Darfour rebels
October 27, 2008 – Global speculation about Kim’s health beginning to penetrate N. Korean society
October 27, 2008 – Biden doctrine: Let’s start with China
October 29, 2008 – Readers ask about China: What can we do?
October 31, 2008 – No sympathy for the ‘Dear Leader’: U.S. activist accuses Kim Jong-Il of ‘genocide’
November 11, 2008 – Chinese nuke sub spotted by Japanese tracking USS George Washington near Korea
November 13, 2008 – Hard landing in North Korea for balloon-mailed leaflets from the South
November 17, 2008 – Reports: China secretly subverting India, is now top supplier to rebels
November 26, 2008 – Rulers of China, Chinese in New York, and the NY Times
December 2, 2008 – Invasion of the videotapes: S. Korean films sparking quiet cultural revolution in the North
December 2, 2008 – Memoir: Born and raised inside a North Korean concentration camp
December 3, 2008 – When the going gets tough, Hank Paulson heads for the People’s Republic of China
December 5, 2008 – Millions of waterproof leaflets via balloons force North Korean authorities to scramble
December 4, 2008 – No worries by U.S. leaders on China’s ‘little [cyber] fishes’
December 15, 2008 – China’s barely-noticed economic war with the U.S.
December 16, 2008 – North Korea invites Kissinger as outlaw state, elder statesman eye coming of Obama
December 17, 2008 – After N. Korea gets dropped from U.S. terror list, U.S. gets nothing; Now it’s Hillary’s turn
December 18, 2008 – China’s motives for anti-piracy support questioned
December 19, 2008 – UN slams N. Korean on rights; Defending regime were China, Cuba, Iran, Burma, Russia, Venezuela, Syria
December 22, 2008 – Meltdown gives rise to worrisome Asian contagions
December 23, 2008 – PLA’s eagerness to attack pirates seen signaling push for greater power projection
December 24, 2008 – Axis of Evil gifts: ICBMs from N. Korea to Iran
December 24, 2008 – The invisibile war by the owners of China
December 29, 2008 – N. Korean elites get their cell phones back, while an Egyptian firm gets a monumental headache
December 29, 2008 – The sea-going Chinese navy and its rapidly-expanding submarine fleet
December 31, 2008 – Top diplomatic quote of 2008 (Rice): ‘You’d have to be an idiot to trust the North Koreans’

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

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
August 4, 2008 – State Department backing terror backers?
August 7, 2008 – Air Force may cut fuel costs for flight training
August 7, 2008 – Bush, in Seoul, surprises with return to hard line on North Korea
August 8, 2008 – Major contractor for U.S. military is also wanted by the FBI
August 14, 2008 – U.S. nixed Israel’s request for bunker-busters
August 18, 2008 – It’s a jungle out there: Do the candidates really want to win?
August 21, 2008 – The history of failed efforts by major powers to win wars without good intel
August 22, 2008 – U.S., Iraq agree on withdrawal timeline
August 25, 2008 – Obama’s mentor was definitely a communist, but also a pervert
August 25, 2008 – U.S. drone smart bombs an Iraqi car bomb
August 25, 2008 – U.S. captures two more Al Qaida leaders in Iraq
August 26, 2008 – Koch: Both candidates honorable compared with what we just saw in Beijing
August 27, 2008 – Plagiarism fails to stop Biden; Soros media site attacks accurate news reports
September 2, 2008 – Lawsuit: Major U.S. defense contractor engaged in human trafficking
September 4, 2008 – U.S. preparing military agreement with Libya
September 8, 2008 – Rice pitched Gadhafi on U.S. African Command
September 8, 2008 – U.S. arms Palestinian forces via Jordan
September 11, 2008 – Bush proposes $10 billion arms package to Mideast allies
September 12, 2008 – U.S. sanctions on Iran have no teeth, diplomacy failing, Ros-Lehtinen charges
September 15, 2008 – U.S. to sell Israel ‘bunker-busters’ bombs that could be used in Iran strike
September 15, 2008 – U.S. military gunning for Hizbullah leaders in Iraq
September 16, 2008 – U.S. military focused on what could go wrong during transition in Iraq
September 17, 2008 – Bush pressured on ‘bunker-buster’ bombs but opposes Israeli strike on Iran
September 19, 2008 – Drone wars: U.S. sanctions Iranian contractor that supplies UAVs
September 19, 2008 – GOP platform offers more gravitas on E. Asia policy
September 19, 2008 – Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus: The American taxpayer
September 22, 2008 – Bipartisan report: U.S. Iran strike feasible
September 23, 2008 – New U.S. technology bends light to render troops, equipment invisble
September 26, 2008 – Statement by McCain on bailout talks, Obama, debate
September 26, 2008 – Bush at UN: Respect for political freedom makes nations better neighbors
September 29, 2008 – Neither candidate mentioned terror war in simplistic debate
September 30, 2008 – Petraeus plans region-wide strategic assessment for new president
October 1, 2008 – Reagan: Enron pales in comparison to the Fannie/Freddie catastrophe
October 1, 2008 – U.S. fears weapons sent to Lebanese military could be reaching Hizbullah
October 2, 2008 – Senate package would bail out major foreign investors, including China
October 2, 2008 – U.S. judge rules PLO attacks on Americans were ‘international terrorism’
October 3, 2008 – Nuclear terrorism threat to the continental U.S. ‘real and growing’
October 3, 2008 – Globalization, here we come!
October 7, 2008 – U.S. may seek to lure Syria from Iran axis
October 10, 2008 – Contractor stole millions in fuel from U.S. in Iraq
October 10, 2008 – U.S. reduces aid to Egypt over security failures
October 13, 2008 – Pentagon will pay up to $300 million to tweak U.S. image in Iraq
October 14, 2008 – Non-stop, media-fed anxiety
October 16, 2008 – McCain-Palin statement on FBI investigation of ACORN
October 20, 2008 – Correcting the spinners: U.S. government interference was root cause of global crisis
October 21, 2008 – Democrats quietly defeat resolution authorizing Iran blockade
October 21, 2008 – First post-meltdown election — in Canada — offers lessons for South of the Border
October 23, 2008 – U.S. Treasury sanctions Iran bank, 3 offshoots including one in Venezuela
October 23, 2008 – Vote the bums out . . . and Big Media too
October 24, 2008 – As Obama era looms, Gates drops ‘Islamist’ from characterization of terrorism
October 24, 2008 – Letter to America’s editors: To tell the truth, you lied and should be fired
October 24, 2008 – Occidental to invest half billion in Gulf oil fields
October 28, 2008 – A few questions about exactly how the meltdown came to pass
October 28, 2008 – Power politics at the UN Security Council carousel
October 31, 2008 – Embassy warns Americans Syria may retaliate
October 31, 2008 – U.S. projection: 80 percent of Iraq’s 2008 budget from oil revenues
November 3, 2008 – McCain rejects ideology of redistributing wealth: We will survive this crisis and ‘come out stronger’
November 3, 2008 – After the ball is over …
November 4, 2008 – Rice leaves on transition tour; Obama advisor calls for new Iran policy
November 5, 2008 – Change Fidel can believe in? UN again calls for lifting of U.S. embargo
November 5, 2008 – U.S. offers to airlift UN, African Union troops to Darfour in Sudan
November 5, 2008 – Then and now: FDR’s critical Manhattan Project and China’s army of engineers
November 7, 2008 – Obama returned calls from nine heads of state
November 6, 2008 – The bankrupting of the nation for political gain
November 10, 2008 – Bush orders offensive to stabilize Iraq before exit
November 10, 2008 – The financial ‘rescue’ that will destroy our children’s future
November 10, 2008 – U.S. allows return of military families to Bahrain
November 10, 2008 – Obama, the law of perception, and geopolitics
November 5, 2008 – Obama promises U.S. reconciliation with Syria
November 11, 2008 – Report: Obama views ‘have serious implications for Israel’
November 11, 2008 – Dark days of Jimmy Carter come full circle
November 12, 2008 – AEI: U.S. needs bases throughout Mideast, Central Asia to protect Gulf from Iran
November 12, 2008 – A school fable, recalled after election of 44th U.S. president
November 14, 2008 – U.S. blocks ‘U-turn’ transfers by offshore banks on behalf of Iran
Novemer 18, 2008 – Bush’s finest hour, as the world’s deep thinkers gathered for pheasant and wine
November 19, 2008 – U.S. military: Shi’ite militias trained by Hizbullah, armed by Iran’s Quds Force
November 20, 2008 – Chairman of Joint Chiefs says ‘nexus of terror’ in Mideast remains top threat to U.S.
November 20, 2008 – Geostrategic reality, freedom and willful ignorance
November 21, 2008 – Hayden: Al Qaida down in Muslim polls, but still ‘clear and present danger’
November 24, 2008 – U.S. upgrading key Iraqi naval base as part of $1 billion in infrastructure projects
November 25, 2008 – U.S. tracking multiple signs of Iran-North Korea missile ties
December 1, 2008 – U.S. planning space theme parks in Gulf region
December 1, 2008 – U.S. leaned on Israel not to invade Gaza during economic crisis
December 8, 2008 – U.S. forces in Iraq get new rules of engagement after agreement
December 8, 2008 – U.S. appeals court upholds ruling against groups that raised funds for Hamas
December 12, 2008 – Obama may have to deal with Somalia’s longterm crisis, including the pirates
December 15, 2008 – Doomsday: U.S. report warns of ‘strategic shock’ leading to massive unrest
December 15, 2008 – Intelligence book: Israel is riddled with U.S. spies
December 15, 2008 – U.S. combat troops will remain in Iraqi cities beyond July 2009
December 16, 2008 – U.S. commission questions IAEA’s competence as world’s nuclear watchdog
December 17, 2008 – U.S. to sell Iraq $1 billion worth of patrol boats
December 22, 2008 – Blackwater down? Arrests could cost contractor its Iraq license
December 24, 2008 – In one week, U.S. will need Iraqi permission to conduct operations
December 31, 2008 – 2008: The year the U.S. media lost relevance

MIDDLE EAST and SOUTH ASIA

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
April 15, 2008 – Al Qaida using silencers for stealth killing in Iraq
April 15, 2008 – Iran ‘very active’ in southern Iraq, U.S. reports
April 16, 2008 – Israel attack fails to stop rocket production at refugee camp
April 17, 2008 – Iran puts air force on parade: ‘Military is in the heart of the nation’
April 17, 2008 – Iraq qualifies 35 firms for oil and gas contracts
April 18, 2008 – Prospect of Iran nukes frightens Saudi royals ‘to their core’
April 18, 2008 – Israel: Hizbullah financing West Bank cells
April 21, 2008 – Hamas attempts mass casualty attack on Israeli border post
April 21, 2008 – Jordan Air Force blames technical flaws for all 3 F-16 crashes this year
April 22, 2008 – Iraq air force back in action for first time since Saddam
April 22, 2008 – Hamas suppressing Fatah protests, media
April 23, 2008 – Iraqis find Iran warhead for medium-range missile
April 24, 2008 – Israel report terms Mideast ‘hate industry’ a strategic threat
April 25, 2008 – Confronted by domestic instability, Egypt increasingly at odds with U.S. over rights
April 28, 2008 – New pro-U.S. Palestinian police chief is son of anti-Arafat dissident
April 28, 2008 – Saudi Aramco plans major increase in oil drilling, investment
April 28, 2008 – Turkey adopts policy change toward non-radical Kurdish groups
April 29, 2008 – Azerbaijan blocks Russian nuke shipment to Iran
April 29, 2008 – Iraqi forces gaining traction against Shi’ite fighters
April 29, 2008 – Iraq oil production up 3.3 million barrels in March over February
April 30, 2008 – No protests or celebrations in Gaza without a permit from Hamas
May 1, 2008 – Terrorism redux: Pakistan aided, paid in blood for 2007 rebound
May 2, 2008 – Thousands of absentees and the dead survive on Iraq police payroll
May 2, 2008 – Iran stops selling oil for dollars, urges neighbors to follow suit
May 7, 2008 – Gulf state recruits Airbus for plan to become regional aerospace hub
May 8, 2008 – Lebanon heats up following surge of infiltrators from Syria
May 9, 2008 – Pro-Iran Hizbullah tightens its grip on Beirut
May 14, 2008 – Al Qaida’s ‘prime minister’ of the ‘Islamic state of Iraq’ captured
May 14, 2008 – Principal at UN school was missile developer for Islamic Jihad
May 14, 2008 – Rights groups: Half of all executions by Saudis are foreigners
May 14, 2008 – Iraq upgrading more refineries
May 14, 2008 – Hamas still battling militias for control in Gaza border areas
May 15, 2008 – Saudis see oil revenues peaking in 2008
May 15, 2008 – Libyan military delegation tours S. Korean defense firms
May 15, 2008 – Shi’ite insurgency takes aim at Yemen’s Sunni leaders
May 15, 2008 – Iran now says mosque explosion was a bomb, not a gas leak
May 15, 2008 – Rocket hits shopping mall in Askelon as Bush meets Israeli leader in Jerusalem
May 16, 2008 – UAE increasing oil production
May 16, 2008 – Israeli military intel: Tel Aviv within range of Hamas rockets by 2010
May 19, 2008 – Iran accuses U.S. of backing terror network, bombing plot
May 19, 2008 – Iraq reports success with Al Qaida amnesty offer
May 20, 2008 – Egypt’s interior minister seeks riot-control budget as food prices spike
May 20, 2008 – Palestinians: Future state must have armed forces
May 20, 2008 – Gulf firm plans major energy investments in Iraq, Egypt, UAE
May 22, 2008 – UN forces stand down following Iran-backed takeover in Lebanon: ‘They are tourists . . .’
May 22, 2008 – Kuwait doubles oil export capacity, effective March ’09
May 23, 2008 – Iraq air force sorties up 80 percent over ’07
May 26, 2008 – Egypt investigates Muslim Brotherhood network said to feed Hamas buildup
May 26, 2008 – Records identify 6,000 suicide bombers in Iraq, most foreigners
May 26, 2008 – Iraqi forces to meet their manpower goals by end of 2008
May 26, 2008 – Turkey resisting U.S. demands to X-ray containers bound for U.S.
May 26, 2008 – Israeli: Hamas buildup on border has reached ‘alarming proportions’
May 27, 2008 – Al Qaida turns to teens for suicide bomb missions
May 27, 2008 – Other Gulf oil states willing to increase production
May 28, 2008 – Report: Iran pays with drugs, money to kill British soldiers in Iraq
May 28, 2008 – Evidence against Olmert ‘overwhelming’
May 29, 2008 – U.S. and Iraqi forces secure Diyala, one-time Al Qaida stronghold
May 29, 2008 – Saudis now an advocate for nuclear energy over solar, wind alternatives
May 30, 2008 – ‘Alarming’: IAEA obtains Iran blueprint for nuclear warhead
May 30, 2008 – Iraqi forces honing combat tech skills
May 30, 2008 – Bahrain to invest $2 billion in refinery/production upgrade
June 2, 2008 – Libya still owes Pan Am bombing victim families $2 million each
June 2, 2008 – Iran cracking down on growing number of converts to Christianity
June 2, 2008 – Rogue combat robots sidelined in Iraq
June 2, 2008 – Iran-backed Hamas leadership turns on its own prime minister
June 2, 2008 – Olmert pushed satellite deal with Venezuela
June 3, 2008 – IISS: Iran nukes would pose direct threat to Saudis
June 3, 2008 – Out of Iraq: Shi’ite insurgents flee to Iran
June 3, 2008 – Palestinian leadership void: Abbas wants out
June 3, 2008 – Iran commits to 7 refineries in bid to end exports
June 4, 2008 – Iraq balks in talks over terms of U.S. military presence
June 6, 2008 – Top Hizbullah commander captured in Iraq
June 6, 2008 – Iraq violence at lowest level in four years
June 6, 2008 – Report: Oil engineer shortage hurting production
June 6, 2008 – Egypt sees Israel preparing for Gaza invasion
June 9, 2008 – Report: Hizbullah chief assassinated after alerting Syria’s Assad to coup plot
June 9, 2008 – Turkey’s military confronts government over scarves for women students
June 10, 2008 – Saudis to host summit on oil price crisis
June 12, 2008 – Power to the Iranian people: The only realistic U.S. policy
June 11, 2008 – Saudis invite fugitive wanted by Interpol for Argentina bombing
June 11, 2008 – Fighting in Lebanon continues despite Hizbullah dominance
June 13, 2008 – 22,000 police now on duty in Baghdad
June 13, 2008 – Saudis to spend billions on energy project from China to U.S.
June 16, 2008 – Gulf firm is first international port operator to be certified for security by U.S.
June 16, 2008 – Iraq sets new attack on Iran-backed insurgents in the South
June 16, 2008 – Gulf states cut Official Selling Price for oil
June 16, 2008 – Saudis’ religious police face growing hostility from younger generation
June 17, 2008 – Planned Gulf state pipeline would bypass Iran, Straits of Hormuz
June 18, 2008 – Jordan not thrilled by the idea of an independent Palestinian state
June 18, 2008 – Windfall: Gulf states projecting a 31.2 percent budget surplus in 2008
June 18, 2008 – Aiding Afghanistan, doing ourselves a big favor
June 20, 2008 – Turkey sees black gold in Black Sea
June 23, 2008 – ‘Read the script’: Israel to ‘take military steps’ if diplomacy with Iran fails
June 23, 2008 – Report: Hamas gears up for West Bank takeover
June 23, 2008 – Sunni insurgency leader in Iraq reports on new weapons, tension with Al Qaida
June 24, 2008 – Iraqi intelligence corps get specialized training at military academy
June 24, 2008 – Iraq Air Force, trained in surveillance, graduate to combat ops
June 25, 2008 – United Arab Emirates may build Arab world’s first nuclear reactor
June 26, 2008 – Training video shows Hamas practicing abductions of Israeli soldiers
June 26, 2008 – Infighting between Turkey’s military, government jeopardizes counter-terror campaign
June 27, 2008 – Bahrain fears uprising by its Shi’ites who ‘follow Iran’s religious leadership blindly’
June 27, 2008 – Kuwait vows major oil boost by mid-2009
June 30, 2008 – Former Zarqawi aide killed in Iraq; aide captured with $100,000
June 30, 2008 – Israeli government under fire for transferring millions to Hamas
June 30, 2008 – U.S. transferes first 1,000 of 8,000 humvees to Iraqi forces
June 30, 2008 – Iraqi forces take advantage of lull in violence for delayed training
July 1, 2008 – Rights group asks Hamas to stop manufacturing explosives in private residences
July 2, 2008 – Turkish tensions: Islamist government cracking down on secularists
July 2, 2008 – Israel reassures West: No Iran attack in 2008
July 2, 2008 – Israel re-establishes Gaza buffer zone
July 2, 2008 – Iraq oil production deals to be signed in July
July 2, 2008 – The Pakistan crisis deepens – with Washington’s assistance
July 3, 2008 – Chairman of Joint Chiefs to Iran: Let’s talk
July 3, 2008 – Israel: Egypt dropping the ball on weapons smuggling to Gaza
July 3, 2008 – Hamas suspected of pressuring Arab employees of Israel security forces
July 3, 2008 – Yemen seeks to roll up Shi’ite network
July 7, 2008 – Reports: Syrian prison guards gun down 25+ during Islamist riot
July 7, 2008 – Israelis open fire on Palestinian boats suspected of smuggling arms
July 9, 2008 – Lebanese banks with U.S. branches sued for servicing Hizbullah accounts
July 9, 2008 – Israeli military wins approval to shut down Hamas charities in West Bank
July 9, 2008 – Israelis open fire on Palestinian boats suspected of smuggling arms
July 9, 2008 – India oil giant signs contracts in northern Iraq
July 9, 2008 – Hamas to use new Russian weapons to break Israelis’ will following invasion
July 9, 2008 – Saudis cuts price of light crude shipments to U.S. effective in August
July 10, 2008 – Al Qaida tied to blast near U.S. consulate
July 10, 2008 – U.S. and Israel differ on range of Iran missiles
July 11, 2008 – Kuwait weighs contingencies: ‘If war breaks out there will only be confusion’
July 11, 2008 – Israeli intel: 40,000 missiles, rockets in Lebanon
July 11, 2008 – Corporate jet market booming in Mideast
July 11, 2008 – Israelis: Nothing advanced about Iran missiles
July 14, 2008 – Israeli liberals said to hamper preparations for war with Iran
July 14, 2008 – If only the war on terror were limited to Iraq
July 15, 2008 – Hizbullah victims file $650 million lawsuit in Manhattan
July 15, 2008 – Russian energy giant Gazprom signs deal to develop major Iran oil fields
July 16, 2008 – Report: Swap of insurgent for Israeli bodies set ‘appalling precedent’
July 17, 2008 – U.S., Iraq forces close in on Al Qaida command
July 17, 2008 – Israelis warn West Hamas cannot guarantee security for VIPs
July 17, 2008 – Kuwait parliament demanding answers on kingdom’s readiness for Iran war
July 18, 2008 – Salafi fundamentalists competing with Hamas for hearts and minds
July 18, 2008 – Military independence urged for Gulf states as Iran’s regional clout grows
July 18, 2008 – Iran role suspected as Shi’ite violence on the rise in Bahrain
July 18, 2008 – Virtual terror: Al Qaida recruiting, training online; sinners may apply
July 21, 2008 – Israeli chief of staff in Washington for 2nd round of talks on Iran in a month
July 21, 2008 – Americans traveling in Jordan warned
July 21, 2008 – Pipelines to deliver oil, gas, water, data to Israel from Turkey
July 21, 2008 – Geopolitics made simple: Obama’s take on Afghanistan
July 22, 2008 – Pipelines to deliver oil, gas, water, data to Israel from Turkey
July 22, 2008 – Iris-scan systems to secure Arab states’ borders
July 22, 2008 – Israeli intensifies heat on Hamas financiers
July 23, 2008 – U.S. reports sharp drop in infiltrators to Iraq
July 23, 2008 – Israeli intelligence: Iran will wait for Bush exit
July 24, 2008 – Iraq preparing knockout blow against Al Qaida
July 24, 2008 – Violence in Israel up in 2008; Intelligence fears decline in deterrence
July 24, 2008 – Extended-range Hamas missiles could reach additional Israeli cities
July 25, 2008 – Libya cuts off oil to Switzerland over arrest of Gadhafi’s son
July 25, 2008 – World’s first armored tractor designed for farmers near combat zones
July 25, 2008 – Israel presses Egypt to stop arms smuggling to Gaza by Bedouins
July 25, 2008 – Small, but expanding Iraqi navy aims to guard nation’s oil infrastructure
July 28, 2008 – Iran agents leading militias captured in Baghdad
July 28, 2008 – Iran discovers major new oil field
July 28, 2008 – Inflation pricing Gulf states out of the market for foreign labor
July 28, 2008 – Counterattack: Hamas hit by Fatah bombings
July 29, 2008 – Female terrorists self-detonate among Shi’ites in Baghdad
July 29, 2008 – Rights report details torture practices by Hamas, Palestinian Authority
July 29, 2008 – Iraq oil exports up by 10 times over last year
July 29, 2008 – Sunday attack seen as start of terror campaign in Turkey
July 31, 2008 – Iraq, U.S. launch offensive to eliminate Al Qaida leadership
July 31, 2008 – Iraq has increased police force by 200,000 since 2006
August 1, 2008 – Military academies producing new generation of Iraqi officers
August 1, 2008 – Dissidents accuse: Palestinian officials misusing U.S. security assistance
August 1, 2008 – Shakeup coming for Turkey’s military after Islamists survives court challenge
August 4, 2008 – U.S. sale of tanks to help Iraq guard borders
August 4, 2008 – Israel rescues Fatah fighters at Palestinians’ request
August 4, 2008 – Assassination of Syrian general seen as revenge
August 4, 2008 – And now, as if the world had forgotten, Indian terrorism
August 5, 2008 – Hamas threatens takeover of West Bank
August 8, 2008 – Egypt discovers 20 tunnels, oil pipeline to Gaza
August 8, 2008 – Iraq conducts oil exploration for first time since 1980s
August 5, 2008 – U.S. seeks to expedite Libya’s final payout to Lockerbie victims
August 5, 2008 – Turkey’s Islamist government shakes up its military command
August 5, 2008 – Kuwait sees oil prices remaining over $100
August 6, 2008 – Israelis giving robots the nod for border duty
August 6, 2008 – Hamas stepping up the militarization of Gaza
August 6, 2008 – U.S. report finds Palestinian Authority not ready for nationhood
August 7, 2008 – Assassinated general was No. 2 in Syria, liaison with N. Korea, Hizbullah
August 11, 2008 – Turkish police report top generals weighed coup against Islamist government
August 11, 2008 – Ceasefire with Shi’ite movement reported in Yemen
August 11, 2008 – Israeli security forces replacing rubber bullets with ‘Skunk’ gas
August 12, 2008 – Hamas militia operating 300 summer camps for 50,000 children
August 13, 2008 – Israeli security firms say U.S. blocked them from major contracts at the Olympics
August 13, 2008 – New Iran claim: Unmanned ‘smart’ stealth sub
August 13, 2008 – U.S. freezes assets of 5 Iranian firms involved with WMD development
August 13, 2008 – New oil reserve discovered in Libya
August 14, 2008 – Al Qaida tied to bomb attack on the army of Hizbullah-backed Lebanon government
August 15, 2008 – Senior Iran official predicts imminent demise of Gulf state royals
August 15, 2008 – U.S.-Libya deal clears way for normalized ties
August 15, 2008 – Iraq’s near-final timetable calls for 2012 pullout
August 18, 2008 – Al Qaida using Saddam’s hometown as safe haven
August 18, 2008 – Saudi royals avoid massive lawsuit over 9/11
August 19, 2008 – Israeli missile defense system detects Syrian tests
August 19, 2008 – Al Qaida strikes in Algeria; U.S. embassy staff returning in Yemen
August 19, 2008 – Unpaid Asian laborers set for rampage in Kuwait
August 20, 2008 – Musharraf’s exit seen ending Pakistan’s contacts with Israel
August 20, 2008 – Jordan, Hamas step up dialogue
August 20, 2008 – Turkey’s new military chief called pro-U.S. secularist
August 20, 2008 – Monitor: UN peacekeepers in Lebanon co-opted by Hizbullah
August 21, 2008 – Israeli tourists warned on abduction threat
August 21, 2008 – U.S. denies Israel’s request for tanker aircraft
August 21, 2008 – Russian, Swiss and Canadian firms bidding on Iran reactor projects
August 21, 2008 – Iraq readies $1.2 billion oil deal with China
August 22, 2008 – Syria becomes oil importer as production continues to decline
August 25, 2008 – Israel, Turkey, U.S. in Mediterranean exercise
August 26, 2008 – Report: Hundreds of Iraqis on new Iran death list
August 26, 2008 – Tug of war in Beirut over geopolitical loyalities of next military chief
August 27, 2008 – Report: Iran missile defense ready by 2009
August 27, 2008 – Turkey joins NATO early warning exercise
August 27, 2008 – Israelis: Palestinian unit kidnapping dissidents
August 27, 2008 – Environmentalists: Oil project could kill Dead Sea
September 1, 2008 – Saudis create massive fingerprint data base for Ramadan pilgrims
September 1, 2008 – Iraqis take back control of key Anbar province
September 2, 2008 – Freighter with chemicals seized in Gulf of Aden; U.S. aids search
September 2, 2008 – Israel conducts first civilian exercise to prepare for ‘dirty bomb’ attack
September 2, 2008 – Hamas reports 200 smuggling tunnels said to benefit its regime
September 3, 2008 – Report: Syria orders Hamas leader to Sudan
September 3, 2008 – Iran’s satellite capability claims said to be just talk
September 3, 2008 – Turkey’s new chief of staff warns fundamentalists state will remain secular
September 3, 2008 – Opium-funded Taliban taking aim at European allies
September 4, 2008 – Report: S. Asian workers at U.S. base in Kuwait deprived of rights
September 4, 2008 – Iran to introduce indigenous fighter jets in ’09
September 8, 2008 – New, intensive Iran air defense exercise prepares for U.S., Israeli attack
September 8, 2008 – Palestinians on strike in Gaza, West Bank
September 8, 2008 – In cobbling together rockets, Hamas finds steel hard to get
September 9, 2008 – F-16s to Iraq spurs fears of power shift in Gulf
September 10, 2008 – U.S. releases Al Qaida-fighting ‘Sons of Iraq’
September 10, 2008 – 145 U.S. pickups struck in a Jericho parking lot: No money for gas
September 12, 2008 – Iraq pushing for military independence in 2009
September 12, 2008 – Jordan sees curtains for the Palestinian Authority; Negotiating with Hamas
September 12, 2008 – Gulf states to invest $300 billion for new crude production capacity
September 15, 2008 – Libya can’t explain disappearance of nuke plans
September 15, 2008 – Iraqi fighters against Al Qaida may get U.S. visas
September 15, 2008 – Russians have started work on major Syrian port
September 16, 2008 – Iran’s largest air exercise ever geared to defense
September 17, 2008 – 12 die in 9-hour battle between Hamas, Palestinian clan
September 17, 2008 – Iran replaces its navy, hands Gulf operation over to elite IRGC
September 17, 2008 – Bahrain to double oil production by 2011
September 18, 2008 – Turkey military reports major gains against terror
September 18, 2008 – Hamas tells Abbas he’s history after Jan. 9
September 18, 2008 – Al Qaida wore police uniforms in Yemen attack on U.S. embassy
September 18, 2008 – Iran plans to surpass Saudis in refining capacity by 2012
September 19, 2008 – Report: Jordan fears Israel going wobbly
September 19, 2008 – Building tunnels for smuggling from Sinai a major business in Gaza
September 19, 2008 – Israel to train Indian commandos
September 21, 2008 – Banking crisis felt in Gulf: Oil price drop seen
September 22, 2008 – Al Qaida fleeing Diyala, hiding along Tigris River
September 22, 2008 – Foreign oil teams on alert in Yemen
September 21, 2008 – Yemen coast guard forms unit to police pirates
September 23, 2008 – Iraq upgrading air force from Soviet-era fighters to U.S. F-16s
September 23, 2008 – Ahmadinejad hits corrupt gas deal with UAE
September 23, 2008 – Conflicting reports as tourists abducted in Egypt
September 24, 2008 – Hundreds of Iraqi Shi’ites returning from Iran for IED bombing campaign
September 24, 2008 – Hamas plotting West Bank takeover in early 2009
September 25, 2008 – Israel on high alert for mass-casualty strikes
September 25, 2008 – Iraq military planners eye parity with Iran, Turkey by 2020
September 26, 2008 – Syria has quietly deployed 10,000 troops along Lebanon border
September 26, 2008 – Report sees oil remaining over $100 per barrel until after election
September 29, 2008 – Syria’s intelligence community again hit by major car bomb
September 29, 2008 – Pirates seize Ukrainian ship with battle tanks, holds crew hostage
October 1, 2008 – Hamas clamps down on Palestinian resistance in Gaza
October 2, 2008 – Officers assassinated in Syria were wanted by UN in connection with Hariri killing
October 3, 2008 – Israel gets X-Band anti-missile radar one year ahead of schedule
October 3, 2008 – Kuwaitis believe refinery fires could be sabotage
October 6, 2008 – Syria rejects request by IAEA nuclear inspectors to visit military sites
October 6, 2008 – Abbas opts for appeasement as Hamas mounts West Bank challenge
October 6, 2008 – U.S. kills Al Qaida operative behind recent Iraq suicide attacks
October 6, 2008 – Kurdish insurgents renew war efforts
October 7, 2008 – Mentally-disabled children, ‘who have no clue’ conduct suicide attacks in Iraq
October 7, 2008 – Hamas plan to deal with arms-smuggling tunnels: Regulation
October 7, 2008 – United Arab Emirates to host NATO conference on threat to energy sources
October 8, 2008 – Kuwait five-year plan calls for $75 billion in energy investments
October 10, 2008 – U.S.-funded Sunni ‘Awakening Council’ forces being absorbed by Iraqis
October 10, 2008 – Qatar reduces oil output in bid to spur prices
October 8, 2008 – Fear in Lebanon as Syrian forces mass on border
October 13, 2008 – Oil price plunge hurting mullahs: Ahmadinejad suspends tax hike after merchant revolt
October 13, 2008 – New Shi’ite violence reported in Iraq despite U.S. reconciliation efforts
October 13, 2008 – Hamas allows Abbas to stay on until summer
October 12, 2008 – Memo to America’s enemies: Be careful what you wish for
October 14, 2008 – Missile defense needs boost total U.S. military aid to Israel
October 14, 2008 – Scores of Egypt-Gaza tunnels operating openly
October 16, 2008 – New Iraq estimate warns of renewed violence in 2009
October 16, 2008 – Israeli air force planning answer for missile war
October 16, 2008 – Iranians, Saudis competing for influence with Hamas
October 17, 2008 – West Bank Palestinian security agencies riddled with Hamas infiltrators
October 17, 2008 – Iraq wants F-16 jet fighters as farewell gift from Bush administration
October 20, 2008 – Iraq announces Al Qaida defeat, warns neighbors
October 20, 2008 – Saudi mosques incubating Al Qaida terrorists, Interior Minister admits
October 20, 2008 – OPEC moves up emergency meeting to Friday
October 20, 2008 – Turkey report successes in border battles with Kurdish insurgents
October 21, 2008 – Hizbullah upgrades operations in Iraq
October 22, 2008 – 16 pirates died after handling substance on captured Iranian ship
October 22, 2008 – Military holds sway over Hamas government
October 22, 2008 – Iran tests air defenses, reports increase in western intel ops
October 23, 2008 – 2nd Israeli attack on Jihad leader fails
October 23, 2008 – Egypt launches major exercise as largest Arab naval power
October 23, 2008 – Iran, Russia announce plan to set up ‘Gas OPEC’
October 24, 2008 – Israel submits security plan for withdrawal from West Bank
October 24, 2008 – Israeli intel admitted as evidence in Hamas trial
October 27, 2008 – Easy-going Gulf states seen getting hit hard
October 27, 2008 – 450 tunnels straddle Egypt-Gaza border; Economic impact thwarts crackdown
October 28, 2008 – Syria blasts first U.S. strike in its territory as ‘terrorist aggression’
October 28, 2008 – Iraq adds new Russia-origin helicopters to fleet
October 29, 2008 – Hamas women cops must wear robes and may not bear arms or arrest men
October 29, 2008 – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers building major police training site in Mosul
October 30, 2008 – Saudis to draw the line at $50/barrel
October 30, 2008 – U.S. to link artillery for ‘network-centric warfare’ in Iraq
October 30, 2008 – Focused on their ties with the West, Gulf states struggle with regional unity
October 31, 2008 – Iran opens new naval base in Straits of Hormuz
November 3, 2008 – Israel monitoring Egyptian buildup in the Sinai
November 3, 2008 – Libya’s Gadhafi makes final Lockerbie payment
November 3, 2008 – Iraq has taken charge in 13 of 18 provinces
November 4, 2008 – Gulf states getting serious about security as U.S. chooses new leader
November 4, 2008 – Libya offers Moscow a port, strategic alliance
November 4, 2008 – Saudis are top arms buyer in developing world
November 6, 2008 – Hamas seen exploiting vacuum of power in the U.S. and Israel
November 6, 2008 – Guard pigs’ sensitive snouts secure West Bank settlements
November 7, 2008 – Iraq reinforces Syrian border with major buildup
November 7, 2008 – Saudis shake up energy sector as oil prices drop
November 10, 2008 – Iran maintains combat readiness despite Obama election
November 10, 2008 – Israel’s Olmert is gung-ho on Palestinian state; to meet Obama this month
November 10, 2008 – Tribal uprising in S. Libya: 33 casalties
November 10, 2008 – Mubarak’s son under scrutiny for links to scandals
November 11, 2008 – Oil prices set for ‘sustained increase’ over winter
November 11, 2008 – Hamas relying on underground supply lines, cut-rate fuel from Egypt
November 12, 2008 – Iran downplays timing of solid-fuel missile test
November 12, 2008 – Iran, Qatar And Russia take gas cartel plan to second stage
November 13, 2008 – Al Qaida ‘butcher’ known for beheadings of innocents, captured in Diyala
November 13, 2008 – Uprising spreads to second city in Libya
November 13, 2008 – Qatar looking to nuclear energy to free up more oil and gas for export
November 14, 2008 – Increased commerce, traffic diminishes tensions between Turkey, N. Iraq
November 17, 2008 – Iran hit hard by oil price drop; rescales budget
November 17, 2008 – Israel sets up kill zone near Gaza after attacks, tunneling
November 17, 2008 – Islamic Jihad said to press female recruits for suicide training
November 17, 2008 – Iran protests U.S.-Iraq deal on troop presence
November 18, 2008 – Qaddafi irks Putin, plays ‘three Slavic brothers’ off one another on shopping trip
November 18, 2008 – South Asia bachelors facing discrimination in wealthy Gulf states
November 19, 2008 – Bedouins seize weapons from Egyptian police in Sinai rampage
November 19, 2008 – UN weighs use of drones for peace-keeping ops
November 19, 2008 – MOU with Iran sees Turkey developing gas fields in South Pars
November 19, 2008 – Unheard voices from Afghanistan’s neighbors
November 20, 2008 – Saudis won’t fight the pirates that seized tanker
November 20, 2008 – Iraq, Turkey, and U.S. join forces against Kurd insurgents
November 21, 2008 – Qatar to install hundreds of spy cams to keep eye on Al Qaida, traffic
November 21, 2008 – Israel: Hamas has for first time been directly tied to missile attacks
November 21, 2008 – Yemen to head up 20-nation anti-piracy group
November 24, 2008 – Iraq Defense Ministry: U.S. pullout before 2012 would be ‘unconsidered and sudden’
November 24, 2008 – Hamas: After Nov. 4, ‘we are stronger, and the Israelis and Americans are weaker’
November 24, 2008 – Suez Canal losing traffic as shippers avoid pirates
November 24, 2008 – Israeli seminary graduates in military threaten to defy expulsion orders
November 25, 2008 – Rockets on the cheap: Hamas can produce Kassam-class missiles for $400 each
November 25, 2008 – Turkey to invest $12 billion in Iran gas field
November 26, 2008 – Sharanksy: Bush used ‘weight of the Oval Office’ to back dissidents
November 26, 2008 – Hamas ends political freedom for Fatah in Gaza
November 26, 2008 – Turkey used U.S. intel to hunt Kurdish insurgents
November 26, 2008 – Oman signs energy agreement with Occidental
November 27, 2008 – Israel plans launch of nano-satellites as low cost alternative to GPS satellites
November 27, 2008 – Iraqi troops dumping Kalashnikovs in favor of U.S. M-16s
November 27, 2008 – Iran conducts third space rocket launch this year
November 27, 2008 – Oil shekhs banking on price of oil rebounding to $80 next year
November 28, 2008 – Iraqi parliament overwhelms pro-Iran bloc to forge ‘strong’ partnership with U.S.
November 28, 2008 – Iran has successfully played for time and now, time’s up
December 1, 2008 – Iraq sees modern military, infrastructure by 2012 after agreement with U.S.
December 1, 2008 – UN agency backs nuclear aid for Syria one year after bombing of reactor
December 2, 2008 – Some female Al Qaida operatives bailing on their suicide missions
December 2, 2008 – Jordan recruits women for de-mining positions
December 2, 2008 – Israeli security official terminated following Mumbai massacre
December 3, 2008 – Report: Partnership with U.S. has transformed Egypt from Soviet-satellite to key ally
December 3, 2008 – Gulf states to invest heavily to cover U.S. assets
December 3, 2008 – Iraq putting its marines through advanced training
December 5, 2008 – U.S. intel panel sees WMD attack in next 5 years
December 5, 2008 – Crisis summit for Gulf states to weigh oil prices, Iran threat
December 8, 2008 – Non food-producing states in Gulf face shortages
December 8, 2008 – Iraq to oil investors: Our country is safe . . . come on over
December 9, 2008 – Iraqis deploy improved polygraph to weed out Al Qaida infiltrators
December 9, 2008 – Israel warns southern cities to prepare for strikes by new 30-km range rockets
December 9, 2008 – Persian Gulf states scale back weapons buys, refinery projects as oil prices tank
December 11, 2008 – ‘No radar like this in the world’: Israel to answer rocket strikes within 30 seconds
December 11, 2008 – ‘Historic ruling’ seen as banning police from Egyptian campuses
December 11, 2008 – Iraq conducts first night-time helicopter mission
December 11, 2008 – Hamas sets us secure communications system for its military in Gaza
December 12, 2008 – Iran crisis: Aging oil infrastructure could cripple its economy
December 12, 2008 – Oil price free fall seen continuing in ’09 due to Gulf state debts
December 12, 2008 – Law group asks why Israel should pay salaries of Hamas officials
December 16, 2008 – Hamas prepares for anticipated Israeli incusion with thousands of missiles, tunnel network
December 17, 2008 – Hamas opens new front in its war with Fatah: Lebanon
December 17, 2008 – Oil states face an unfamiliar prospect: deficits
December 18, 2008 – White House shocked by Lebanon fighter jet deal with Russia
December 18, 2008 – Turkey claims agreement with northern Iraq on elimination of Kurdish Workers Party
December 18, 2008 – Mumbai attack called ‘new form of terrorism’
December 18, 2008 – OPEC cuts production for third time in 3 months
December 19, 2008 – Peace on Earth? Israel poised to invade Gaza as rocket strikes continue
December 19, 2008 – Bank sees unrest in Iran due to ‘worst global economic contraction’ since great depression’
December 22, 2008 – Israel: Hamas rocket arsenal doubles to 10,000
December 22, 2008 – OPEC worried member states won’t honor cuts
December 23, 2008 – Eighteen U.S. embassies get suspicious packages
December 23, 2008 – Israel’s defense minister hearing from all sides on why not to invade Gaza
December 23, 2008 – Occidental on inside track for Bahrain oil deal
December 25, 2008 – ‘For unto you is born this day . . . a Saviour’
December 30, 2008 – Hamas missiles also take Palestinian casualties

EUROPE

January 11, 2008 – Russia revives naval ties with Libya
January 25, 2008 – Russia accelerates nuclear fuel shipments to Iran
January 28, 2008 – 58-year-old hacker suspected of selling tech data globally via Internet for a decade
February 5, 2008 – Russia plans buildup in the Mediterranean: ‘Russia has strategic interests’
February 21, 2007 – Russia’s Putin bringing geopolitical ‘change’ while U.S. candidates talk
February 24, 2008 – Iran, Russia’s Gazprom sign agreement on developing huge South Pars field
February 27, 2007 – Leaving the good life in the USSR with a message: The post-nuclear age has begun
February 28, 2008 – EU projection counters NIE: Iran could have nukes within a year
March 21, 2008 – Russia, Egypt in talks on major nuclear deal
April 14, 2008 – EU: Terror threat ‘developing at our borders’
April 16, 2008 – Europeans majors caught between threat of U.S. sanctions, Iran deadline
May 6, 2008 – Life, if such is life, under absolutism: Exclusive report on Stalin’s powerful
May 19, 2008 – Official: Europe would be spared in Iran’s retaliation against U.S. strike
May 19, 2008 – Rare Greece-Turkey military exercise to test responses to natural disasters
June 2, 2008 – Dreaming in Moscow about teaming up with China
June 23, 2008 – Top Russian firm to develop major oil sites in Iran
June 25, 2008 – Berlin remembers the air lift that made ‘Care Packages’ part of the German language
June 30, 2008 – Russian dies of multiple organ failure after handling nanopowder
July 15, 2008 – International rule of law at The Hague
July 29, 2008 – European firms launch marketing campaign for nuke power in Mideast
August 7, 2008 – Norway oil firm quits Iran project under pressure from U.S.
August 11, 2008 – Russia angered by Israeli drone sale to Georgia
August 11, 2008 – Putin’s chess move in Georgia, timed to start of Olympics
August 12, 2008 – An appeal to the international community . . .
August 12, 2008 – Solzhenitsyn; Homage to a Russian Icon
August 18, 2008 – Report warns of global fallout from invasion of Georgia, faults U.S. intelligence
August 19, 2008 – Back in the USSR: The return of propaganda TV from Moscow
August 20, 2008 – Russia threatens retaliation against Israel
August 20, 2008 – Russia plays hardball, disrupting Euro vacations, ‘soft power’ daydreams
August 22, 2008 – Putin, Medvedev offer Syria expanded options for weapons systems
August 25, 2008 – Moscow: Iran’s Bushehr reactor seen operating by early 2009
August 25, 2008 – Russia’s agression and a world of unforeseen consequences
August 26, 2008 – Defecting to and from Soviet Russia
August 29, 2008 – Northern Italian town identified as hotbed of Al Qaida activity
September 1, 2008 – Putin’s visions of grandeur bog down in new world order
September 9, 2008 – Russia ducks U.S. objections, talks advanced weapons systems with Iran
September 10, 2008 – Russia delays Iran reactor yet again, until Bush leaves office
September 10, 2008 – Ode to Marx: Dead, not gone
September 15, 2008 – The ‘Summer War’: Will West learn from history?
September 16, 2008 – U.S. says Moscow no longer ‘forthcoming’ on arms verification
September 24, 2008 – An American without American prejudices on Russia
October 8, 2008 – An emigre on emigration for freedom, if not for profit
October 9, 2008 – U.S. report: Russia has upgraded strategic nukes
October 15, 2008 – NATO maritime force to take on pirates plaguing shipping lanes off Africa
October 15, 2008 – Only Russia makes offer on Turkey’a $1.5 billion reactor project
November 6, 2008 – EU finds Turkey’s military still has too much autonomy
November 7, 2008 – Germans deploy manga-style comics to sway Muslim youth in war of ideas
November 25, 2008 – ‘Smart cameras’ to replace human guards around Vatican perimeter
December 16, 2008 – Greece is out of tear gas; turns to allies for more