1. Obama and King
(Newsletter)

... percent (5%) are reaping excessive and outrageous profits from a forsaking of the American workforce.  Meanwhile, the vast majority of Americans are unemployed or underemployed.  Those who ...

2. Taguba Accuses Bush Admin of War Crimes
(Newsletter)

...osed the role of top Bush administration officials in authorizing the use of harsh interrogation techniques. Meanwhile, Retired Major General Antonio Taguba, the Army general who first investigated th...

3. Albanians stage election protests
(News/Global)

...ernment documentaries and signs saying "Open the ballot boxes" and "Where is my voice?". Meanwhile, the government says the re-count would be illegal. The Organization for Security...

4. Afghanistan announces army upgrade
(News/Global)

... place to start is the place we have the greatest leverage and that's where we're writing the cheques." Meanwhile, David Miliband, the British foreign secretary, has been quoted as saying that th...

5. US debates lifting Cuba travel ban
(News/Global)

...y for Americans, despite nearly fifty years of hostility between the governments." Cuban repression Meanwhile, a rights group has said that conditions in Cuba under President Raul Castro are ...

6. Egypt-Algeria in football spat
(News/Sport)

...bus was attacked by Egyptian fans. Egypt had won the match 2-0, forcing Wednesday night's play-off in Sudan. Meanwhile, football's world governing body charged Egypt's football federation over the vio...

7. 1967 Arab-Israeli war timeline
(News/SReports)

...a headquarters by UN observers. They also begin to bombard Israeli positions in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, a small Syrian force attacks a water plant in northern Israel. Several Syrian ta...

8. War Crimes or Only Crimes
(Opinions/op-ed)

... United States as a gentle sleeping giant until September 11. So . . . try the criminals in civilian courts. Meanwhile, bring the troops, the CIA, and the meddling diplomats home so this doesn't happe...

9. Hu and Obama pledge climate action
(News/Global)

...ver recent moves by the US to impose tariffs and raise duties on some Chinese imports. Joint interests Obama meanwhile reiterated his comments a day earlier about the importance of universal respect f...

10. Obama reaches out to China
(News/Global)

...mption but also to support the industries because the manufacturing sector is very important to the country. Meanwhile, environmental activists are also hoping that Obama and Hu, whose countries are t...