The regime seems to have successfully repressed any significant demonstrations by the opposition on Thursday. One of the problems for the opposition is that it […]

Thursday February 11 (22 Bahman of the Iranian calendar) is the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini. This year, the […]

BBC News – Dubai court annuls marriage to 'bearded lady' This item will be picked up for novelty and curiosity value. But actually, the episode […]

The Real News has a good video series entitled, “Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns?” This is the sort of information US corporate media almost […]

A US and another NATO soldier were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday. On the other side of the border, Pakistani Taliban sources announced that their […]

The USG Open Source Center translated remarks of Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, regarding Sunday’s announcement by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad […]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton engaged in some fearmongering on Iran on Sunday on Candy Crowley’s CNN magazine show, State of the Union. Here is […]

Sarah Palin’s turn before the teabaggers was an exercise in emptying the US Constitution of meaning while seeming to exalt it. She praised US military […]

Agence France Presse reports that thousands of Afghans are fleeing an anticipated NATO/Afghan (mainly British) campaign against the Taliban stronghold of Marja, a city of […]