The Return of the Bomb
Rights Groups Appeal For UN Investigation of Rendition
Charging that the U.S. government was complicit in the forced disappearance of an influential Muslim scholar four years ago, human rights groups in the U.S., the U.K., and Switzerland have asked the U.N. to investigate. In a letter to the U.N., the organizations say...
New Israeli Plan to Warn Civilians of Impending Attacks
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is taking new measures to warn Palestinian civilians about impending aerial attacks. This comes in response to questions raised over whether Israel had complied with international laws during its 2006 war in Lebanon and the Gaza...
Our Suicide Bombers
Thursday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 42 Wounded
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Chance of a Breakthrough With the Kurds?
A recent meeting between Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani appears to be a crucial step in lowering tensions in the country, but it has also prompted questions as to whether the two leaders can put an end to their differences....
Export Cars, Not Democracy
Peace in Balance as Fatah Fights for Survival
BETHLEHEM -- Fatah, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is fighting for its very survival as the movement faces implosion, and attacks from all sides. The issues have come to the fore at the sixth revolutionary council of the party that...