Saturday, August 8, 2009

Q+A: Noordin Mohammad Top and Islamic militancy in Indonesia - Reuters


Brisbane Times


Q+A: Noordin Mohammad Top and Islamic militancy in Indonesia

Reuters


JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have shot dead a man suspected to be leading Islamic militant Noordin Mohammad Top during raids in Central Java and were trying to identify his body, police sources said on Saturday. ...


Indonesian police storm terrorist hide-out

Washington Post


Who was Noordin Mohammed Top?

Aljazeera.net


Sources: Wanted terror suspect Top killed

CNN International


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Friday, August 7, 2009

Q+A: Mehsud probably dead, but will it help win the war? - Reuters


guardian.co.uk


Q+A: Mehsud probably dead, but will it help win the war?

Reuters


ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As information poured in on Friday that Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed two days ago by a US missile strike, a whole series of questions arise over what it would mean for Pakistan, ...


Mehsud death could signal turning tide against Pakistan militants

guardian.co.uk


Pakistan Taliban Chief Mehsud May Have Been Killed

Bloomberg


Pakistan believes Taliban chief Mehsud dead

AFP


Xinhua -TIME -Times of India


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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man - CNN


USA Today


Analysis: Bill Clinton as a diplomatic fix-it man

CNN


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was a heartwarming sight: Laura Ling and Euna Lee landing on US soil and being reunited with their families. To their elation of their families, Bill Clinton returned to the US with journalists Laura Ling and Euna ...


SCENARIOS-Clinton visit unlikely to change North Korea

Reuters


US journalists 'home and free' after NKorea pardon

The Associated Press


BILL CLINTON'S NETWORK: Special Contacts Aided Release

Washington Post


Voice of America -AFP -New York Daily News


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livejournal.com

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Clinton's high stakes N Korea dash - Aljazeera.net


Times Online


Clinton's high stakes N Korea dash

Aljazeera.net


Bill Clinton's dramatic 24-hour dash to Pyongyang has secured the release of two detained US reporters, but could also yield further diplomatic benefits to strained relations between the US and North Korea. That, say analysts, is at least ...


Clinton, journalists return to US after pardon

Journal Gazette and Times-Courier


US-POLITICS Summary

Washington Post


Japan welcomes release of US journalists: spokesman

Xinhua


Reuters India -Los Angeles Times -Politico


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livejournal.com

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Bill Clinton on N Korea mission - BBC News


Jakarta Post


Bill Clinton on N Korea mission

BBC News


Former US President Bill Clinton has arrived in North Korea on a surprise visit, apparently to discuss the fate of two jailed US reporters. He is the highest-profile American to visit since his own secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, went there in ...


Bill Clinton in N.Korea mission to free reporters

AFP

Bill Clinton visits North Korea in bid to free journalists

Los Angeles Times


Q&A: Bill Clinton in North Korea

guardian.co.uk


Xinhua -ABC Online -New York Daily News


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Monday, August 3, 2009

Gates tells of death threats - Philadelphia Inquirer


Washington Post


Gates tells of death threats

Philadelphia Inquirer


CHILMARK, Mass. - Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. yesterday joked about his arrest in Cambridge, but also described receiving death threats. In his first public appearance since sharing a beer at the White House on Thursday with President Obama ...


Cambridge interfaith group talks race

Boston Globe!


Whites, blacks view Gates case differently

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette


Obama should apologize

Salina.com


ABC News -Cape Cod Times -Christian Science Monitor


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Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Scary, Honest Truth About Race - Washington Post


New York Times


The Scary, Honest Truth About Race

Washington Post


President Obama, in his Cairo speech, spoke about religion and how one of the difficulties in resolving issues in the Middle East was that people would say one thing in public and then say what they re »


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