1. How About Stimulating Truth, Not Spending
(Newsletter)

... Thursday, 29 January 2009 Blackwater, a US private security firm, has been barred from providing security for US diplomats in Iraq for its alleged involvement in the deaths of at least 17 civilians ...

2. The History Makers
(Newsletter)

...olved in the fatal shooting of civilians in Iraq last month, will leave the country once its contract to escort US diplomats expires in May, US officials say. CONTINUE... French rail workers exten...

3. Obama tells Myanmar to free Suu Kyi
(News/Global)

...ded General Thein Sein, Myanmar's prime minister. Obama's call follows a visit earlier this month by two senior US diplomats to Myanmar, where they held talks and had a private meeting with Aung San S...

4. Honduran Accord Solidifies Coup D'Etat Rule
(Opinions/op-ed)

...zed the country" since June 28. "The two sides returned to the negotiating table a day after visiting US diplomats urged both factions to be more flexible and find a solution (ahead of) sche...

5. Zelaya: Power-sharing deal dead
(News/Global)

...; he told Radio Globo. "There is no sense in deceiving Hondurans." Reached last week with the help of US diplomats, the pact gave both sides until Thursday midnight to install a government w...

6. Blackwater used 'child prostitutes in Iraq'
(Mamblog/Default Category)

...l activities of the firm first came under scrutiny after a group of the firm's members who were tasked to guard US diplomats in Iraq opened fire on civilians in Baghdad on September 2007, killing 17 p...

7. US seeks to calm Pakistan aid fears
(News/Global)

...p build trust between the US and Pakistan, but ended up having the opposite effect," she said, adding that US diplomats needed to address the concerns. Qureshi also met Richard Holbrooke, the US ...

8. CIA Hired Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program
(Opinions/Daily)

...or private security services for the US State Department, where they are one of the premier forces transporting US diplomats around the country. When Ambassador Holbrooke, for instance, goes to Afghan...

9. CEO of Mercenary Firm 'Blackwater' Resigns
(Opinions/Daily)

...aiti, they hired private companies through the State Department to serve as his protective force and to protect US diplomats that were going in there with Aristide. That started this whole mercenary i...

10. Nasrallah Talks With Former US Diplomats
(Opinions/Daily)

... Hezbollah’s Founding The US government considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization, but several former former US diplomats sat down with the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, FULL STROY...  on...