WAR IRAQ
On the ground:
Car Bombs Kill 60 in Iraq, AP Says; Al-Anbar Bomb Kills Five U.S. Soldiers +
Five US troops killed in W Iraq +
Bombs kill at least 50 north of Baghdad +
US Forces Raid Homes of Sunni Officials +
Japan's Govt Hasn't Decided on Iraq Forces Extension +
Iraq Anglican heads feared dead +
Human Error Blamed in U.S. Chopper Crash in Iraq +
Lethal Mix of Nationalism, Zealotry and Humiliation Drives Rising Suicide Attacks +
Orders of battle +
Juan Cole reports
Iraq government:
Ex-army officers attack 'chaos' of Iraqi regime +
Stuffing Iraq's ballot boxes
War prisons:
Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib Photos
AFGHANISTAN:
Afghanistan fears Iraq-style militant attacks +
Suicide
bomber kills nine in Kabul bike attack +
Recent refugee influx ups pressure on aid agencies +
Taliban intensifies activities in post-election Afghanistan +
Afghan 'mass graves' investigated
+
Spiegel: Doing more to stop the drug trade
MIDDLE EAST:
Mubarak junior tightens grip on Egypt +
Mubarak’s new Egypt +
Mubarak, Abbas talks cover coordination between two leaderships
Algerians vote on amnesty plans
Israel, Palestine:
Israeli soldiers kill three in West Bank raids +
Militants 'end West Bank truce' +
Hamas
seeks to limit damage from recent clashes with Israel +
Israel troops kill three Palestinian gunmen +
Sharon denies more unilateral moves by Israel +
Israel puts talks with Abbas on ice +
Israel assassinates Al-Aqsa brigades leader +
Palestinians Enforce Ban on Weapons Displays, in Step Toward Ending Lawlessness
RUSSIA:
Russia, U.S. against
use of force in Georgia, South Ossetia +
Ministry calls
Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline study illegal +
Russia's LUKoil,
U.S. ConocoPhillips in joint search of new assets +
LUKoil to start
exports to China in 2005, early 2000 +
Russia intentionally
gave "wrong" data on crashed plane - Lithuanian minister +
Kurils dispute is main
issue in Russian relations - Japanese PM +
Panel reviews
Exxon's request to expand its Sakhalin I production area +
Dutch court to rule
on claims against Yukos +
Gazprom says Russian
govt to consider its liberalization plans "in next few days"
EUROPE:
Blair apologizes to 82-year-old heckler +
Don't mention the war
EU calls emergency Turkey talks
Venice 'will get protection dam'
German police arrest 'extremists'
Migrants in
Morocco's forests will do anything to reach Europe
Likely agenda for
Russia-EU summit in London +
Russia, EU hope for
visa agreement at October 4 summit
CENTRAL ASIA:
Belarusian state
security: No destabilization, revolution in country
American troops pull
out of Uzbek base: will Uncle Sam find a worthwhile replacement?
AFRICA:
Africans die in Spanish enclave
Violence Hindering Aid Effort in Darfur, Says UN
Zambia leader rejects HIV order
Stand-off at Kenya's parliament +
Violence mars debate over a new constitution in Kenya
Somaliland in first vote for MPs
Namibia weekly regrets 'Nazi' ad
Oil and occupation in Western Sahara
ASIA PACIFIC:
Unions strike across India against economic changes+
Iran denies shift in
India ties +
Gas deal with India still on: Iran +
India, Pakistan to withdraw troops from Siachen: Pranab
Indian delegation meets Nepal opposition leaders +
NEPAL: High-level ICJ mission under way +
Nepal royalists
stone Indian team +
Nepal :
Wellspring Of Renewal Lies Within
Deadly ambush in northwest Pakistan +
India, Pakistan agree on Amritsar-Lahore bus link in November +
Pakistani madrasahs in line of fire
Massive rallies against fuel price hike break out in Indonesia
Thai
PM opens unfinished airport
Attacks on Chinese
police rising +
China, Japan to hold talks over disputed resources +
China sets up investor protection fund +
Michael Vatikiotis: China on the march
Disgruntled Tokyo plays money card re: UN
Vietnam boat
people arrive in US
AMERICAS:
Venezuela condemns US ruling against extradition of wanted exile +
Venezuela accuses US of 'double standard' on terrorism +
Venezuela to Check US Satellite Photo +
Chávez to Eradicate Poverty in Venezuela by 2021 +
Colombia, Venezuela Assess Border Security Commitment +
Real effort to regulate Venezuelan land ... for the first time since 1821! +
Chavez Expands Oil Initiative, and Influence, in South America
Ecuador President Sees Constitutional Reform Passing Soon
Trinidad seeks UK-US police help
Brazil's Lula still standing as scandal loses steam
Gold fever grips Chilean island
Bolivarian Parliament Frozen
Nicaragua's Somoza family reclaiming properties
Honduras: Iraq mercenaries recruited
Peru seeks damages from guerrilla group +
Peru President Reduces VIP Security to Increase Police Presence on Lima's Streets
Colombian Authorities Launch Anti-Corruption Crackdown in Top Tourist Resort
INTELLIGENCE
AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY....
Republicans See Signs That Pentagon Is Evading Oversight
Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin to plead guilty in spy case +
Ex-Aipac
Aide To Seek Dismissal of Case
Bin Laden tried to move to Britain in 1995 as he was planning 9/11 attacks
New London attacks warning
India seeks early lifting of nuke technology restrictions
Soviet spy in Delhi was CIA mole: Russian TV +
Mitrokhin’s allegations are white lies: CPI Secretary +
Russia Releases Documentary on
Soviet Diplomat Who Was CIA Mole
Paul
Buchanan Launches Security Book
Crackdown on militants, nets down suicide bombers in Pakistan +
Pakistan Arrests Key Sunni Militant
Russian plotter passport probe
Chilean judge orders seizure of Pinochet's accounts in US
Sleeper cells feared in Australia +
'300' jihadists in Australia in 2002 +
Ruddock defends anti-terrorism measures
Miami Prosecutor Wants Cuban Case Reheard
'Ninoy' not a spook, his lawyer says
China a 'central' spying threat
FBI, Chinese to discuss intellectual property law
U.S. Won’t Sell Global Hawk Spy Drones to Korea
Judge: Posada to stay in U.S. for now
INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS: Timely Loops
COUNTER-TERRORISM: How to Win in the Horn of Africa
MARINES: More on American Naval Infantry
SPACE:
Super GPS Satellite Goes Up
Top General Says Indonesian Fighters Involved in Thailand's Muslim Insurgency