1. Obama Continuing Bush Policies, Chomsky says
(Newsletter)

...t, a “major crime” designed to enable America to control the Middle East oil reserves. CONTINUE... FBI Kills Islamic Cleric, Arrests Followers Op_ed By Stephen Lendman    Monday, 02 ...

2. FBI Kills Islamic Cleric, Arrests Followers
(Opinions/op-ed)

Being Muslims at the Wrong Time in America Post-9/11, America declared war on Islam with the FBI in the lead at home. It notoriously targets the vulnerable, entraps them with paid informants, inflates

3. Losing the War on Terrorism
(Opinions/Politic)

... against terror. Equally worrisome is the growing anti-Americanism espoused by supposedly "mainstream" Islamic clerics in Europe. Prompted by what they view as an unrelenting American campa...

4. NEOCONS GRIP
(Opinions/Politic)

... hands." Thus admonished Ataturk the Grand National Assembly in Ankara in 1923, when some members, including Islamic clerics and scholars, opposed his proposal to abolish the Sultanate. A vote by...

5. Tribesmen killed in Pakistan attack
(Archived/News/Global)

Four pro-government tribesmen have been killed by a suicide bomber in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

6. Spokesman for Johnston captors held
(Archived/News/Arab)

Hamas has arrested the spokesman of the group holding Alan Johnston, the BBC's correspondent in Gaza.

7. US to release Guantanamo Briton
(Archived/News/Global)

The US has agreed to return to Britain a long-time British resident held for more than four years at Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, the British government has said.

8. London talks to tackle Iran plans
(Archived/News/Global)

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council along with Germany are meeting in London to discuss further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.

9. Iran: No retreat on nuclear plans
(Archived/News/Global)

Iran's president has refused to bow to western threats to freeze his country's nuclear activities.

10. Cartoon protest imam dies
(Archived/News/Arab)

Ahmed Abu Laban, Denmark's leading imam and a key figure in last year's row over cartoons which depicted Muhammad, Islam's prophet, has died from lung cancer.