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Pakistan Opens Khyber Crossing to NATO Supply Trucks but issues Threats over Hot Pursuit
The Pakistani government has decided to reopen the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the route whereby 70 percent of US/ NATO supplies and […]
Have Terrorism, Floods, Poverty Left 1/3 of Pakistanis Mentally Ill?
This The News article about a mental health conference in Peshawar, northern Pakistan, alleges that 1 in 3 Pakistanis suffers from mental health problems as […]
Maddow v. GOP Candidate Art Robinson
Rachel Maddow debates Oregon GOP candidate Art Robinson on his secret campaign backers, his proposal to disperse radioactive waste in the oceans or ‘even over […]
Republican Iott a Reenactor of SS Panzer Div. Wiking
Ohio 9th District, GOP candidate Rick Iott is a re-enactor of the Nazi 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. Iott told the Atlantic about his admiration […]
Qunduz Governor, 19 Others, Killed in Mosque Bombing
Insurgents in Afghanistan bombed a mosque in Taloqan, Takhar Province, on Friday, killing 20 persons and wounded 33. Among the dead was Mohammad Omar, governor […]
Israeli Settler Runs over Protesting Palestinian Children
Aljazeera is reporting on an Israeli settler hit-and-run attack by automobile on two young Palestinian boys in Silwan protesting the expansion of Israeli settlements and […]
Levin: US paying Insurgents to Attack US
Sen. Carl Levin of the Senate Armed Services Committee announced a report on Thursday on the way the private security contractors hired by the US […]
Tatchell: Abu Dhabi between Human Rights and the New Louvre
Jo Tatchell writes in a guest column for Informed Comment A $27 billion makeover of Saadiyat Island, off the coast of Abu Dhabi, is aimed […]
Iraq, Afghanistan among 22 Food-Insecure Countries
UN FAO: 22 countries with 160 mn. people face protracted food crisis. ‘ Twenty-two countries are facing enormous challenges like repeated food crises and an […]