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AFRICA
  • December 16, 2005 - Report: Sudan government complicit in Darfour atrocities
  • January 9, 2006 - Algeria conducts major raid on Al Qaida group
  • January 16, 2006 - UN calls for rapid reaction force for Darfour in Sudan
  • January 24, 2006 - Two rebel groups in Sudan join forces
  • February 6, 2006 - UN, pressed by Bolton, set to take over in Darfour
  • February 16, 2006 - Tunisia approves U.S. bases, troops
  • February 20, 2006 - U.S. calls for NATO force in Darfour
  • February 27, 2006 - UN cites 17 Sudanese officials for sanctions
  • March 6, 2006 - Sudan shakes up command as UN action looms
  • March 24, 2006 - Iran, Nigeria strengthening military ties
  • April 5, 2006 - Moroccans arrest Al Qaida cell said to be planning Europe strikes
  • April 10, 2006 - Salafists are back: Kill 13 in Algeria
  • April 14, 2006 - Sudan opens 500,000 bpd pipeline
  • April 18, 2006 - Rebels back on the attack in Darfour
  • April 20, 2006 - Prime Minister: U.S. returning to Somalia after pulling out in 1993
  • May 12, 2006 - Report: Foreign Islamic militia control 80 percent of Mogadishu
  • June 6, 2006 - Militia tied to Al Qaida captures Mogadishu from pro-U.S. forces

  • EAST ASIA

  • January 5, 2006 - N. Korea ecstatic about 'socialist health system', mum on cloning
  • January 12, 2006 - Report: N. Korean 'supernotes' surfaced in Las Vegas casinos
  • January 10, 2006 - Japan to develop Iran oil field over U.S. objections
  • January 19, 2006 - Koizumi's revolution spreads to Japan's China desk
  • January 23, 2006 - Iran moves assets to China, East Asia
  • January 30, 2006 - Taipei caught in undertow of booming China trade
  • February 2, 2006 - Reading the Chinese tea leaves and coming up worried
  • February 2, 2006 - China radar at South Pole could sabotage U.S. spy satellites
  • February 5, 2006 - China's system? Like the Soviets' only huge and based on global tech
  • February 8, 2006 - Fears grow in Seoul that China harbors colonial ambitions
  • February 9, 2006 - Anatomy of Asian riots: Time to impose limits and move on
  • February 9, 2006 - Suicide prompts call for a Japanese CIA
  • February 20, 2006 - The non-Islamic threat to the West, via Shanghai
  • February 20, 2006 - Iran would become top supplier of oil to China under deal
  • February 22, 2006 - Cheerleaders in prison camp for describing sights seen in S. Korea
  • March 1, 2006 - Missing Politburo member sends message: Hu's way or highway
  • March 2, 2006 - 'Chinese Putin' gets tough on Internet's 'dangerous ideas'
  • March 6, 2006 - Why Islamic terror doesn't worry China's dictators
  • March 10, 2006 - 3 members of China's Politburo visited Mexico in 2005
  • March 16, 2006 - New accessory in Pyongyang: Kim Jung-Chol badges
  • March 20, 2006 - U.S. understands even less about China than it did about Germany, USSR
  • March 21, 2006 - Poll: S. Koreans warming to U.S., see China as longterm threat
  • March 21, 2006 - Sumitomo joins Aramco in refinery project on Red Sea
  • March 23, 2006 - Report: Cosmetics firm using remains of executed Chinese
  • March 23, 2006 - Beijing's beef with Japan: Tokyo plans to cut subsidies
  • March 30, 2006 - Official wants China to abandon its 'weak nation mentality'
  • March 30, 2006 - Jordan buys Chinese mortars from Norinco
  • March 30, 2006 - On table at Hu-Bush talks: Just the tip of China iceberg
  • March 31, 2006 - Defector lured by 'shockingly beautiful' Western music
  • April 5, 2006 - Super Bowl MVP's Seoul-coming raises uncomfortable questions
  • April 6, 2006 - China has U.S. anti-missile tech, via transfer from Israel
  • April 12, 2006 - Burma madness: The psychomystery continues
  • April 13, 2006 - 'Red Hackers Alliance' seen behind attacks on U.S. sites
  • April 20, 2006 - India is at risk in Nepal
  • April 24, 2006 - China, Saudis sign weapons-for-oil deal
  • April 26, 2006 - The cold war for energy heats up
  • April 27, 2006 - Hu wanted Bush to label Falun Gong an 'evil cult'
  • April 28, 2006 - Uncle Ho, Bill Gates and ka-ching!
  • May 2, 2006 - Rare species thrive in Korea's non-partisan DMZ
  • May 3, 2006 - The world's compromise with the Chinese Communist economy
  • May 5, 2006 - Back home, Hu Jintao orders halt to future Falun Gong disruptions
  • May 5, 2006 - Force for evil: N. Korea's media is world's most-censored
  • May 11, 2006 - Phone intercepts of Kim Jong-Il's son reveal tension in Pyongayang
  • May 18, 2006 - Report: China claims its tech can detect U.S. stealth jets
  • May 18, 2006 - Stuck with China: Businessmen and even U.S. admirals
  • May 22, 2006 - Stalin's 'industrialization' and Hu Jintao's 'modernization'
  • May 25, 2006 - Pyongyang to S. Koreans: Votes for conservatives will cause war
  • May 26, 2006 - Spreading unrest in China has the Party's attention
  • June 1, 2006 - Korean voters reject ruling party in conservative landslide
  • June 2, 2006 - 'Asia's turn' to lead UN: Ban Ki-Moon's pitch to CFR
  • June 7, 2006 - Relatives of victims tell of horrific train collision in N. Korea
  • June 8, 2006 - China-Japan tensions? Follow the money!
  • June 9, 2006 - Pentagon: China's PLA plans 'legal warfare' to deter foes
  • June 13, 2006 - China providing oil money, arms for Sudan's war in Darfour
  • June 16, 2006 - North Korea furious after U.S. exposes missile test prep
  • June 15, 2006 - Symantec: Cyber attacks from China up 153 percent last year
  • June 15, 2006 - Taiwan's democracy and snowballing economic ties with the Mainland
  • June 21, 2006 - N. Korea’s heir apparent follows Eric Clapton on tour in Germany
  • June 22, 2006 - China cuts energy, military deals in Egypt, Qatar
  • June 23, 2006 - North Korea’s missile madness: Not as insane as it seems

  • LATIN AMERICA

  • April 20, 2005 - A tale of two cardinals
  • October 25, 2005 - Intel report: Venezuela training Ecuador rebels
  • March 17, 2006 - U.S. report: Chavez subverting regional governments
  • April 7, 2006 - Chavez mounts global anti-U.S. crusade with billions in U.S. petrodollars
  • May 26, 2006 - Political storm brews in Latin America

  • STATESIDE

  • December 30, 2005 - 2006: Year in preview
  • January 2, 2006 - U.S. reports sharp drop in roadside bomb successes
  • January 2, 2006 - Buying influence: What Soros could teach Abramoff
  • January 3, 2006 - THE YEAR 2005 IN REVIEW
  • January 5, 2006 - U.S. sanctions 2 front companies for Iran's nuclear program
  • January 9, 2006 - New nanotech armor called 5 times stronger than steel
  • January 12, 2006 - Army plans armor upgrade for troops in Iraq
  • January 12, 2006 - End of era: U.S. returns Camp Doha to Kuwait
  • January 12, 2006 - Fatal disconnect? Sort of searching for 'moderate' Islam
  • January 16, 2006 - 800 Americans killed defending Iraq's border with Syria
  • January 16, 2006 - Posturing pols pose no threat to the atomic ayatollahs
  • January 16, 2006 - No religious dogma in our schools? Then ban the teaching of Darwinism!
  • January 17, 2006 - Not smart: Democrats fail to denounce their Belafontes
  • January 18, 2006 - Dan Rather's sources: This time it's a N. Korean general
  • January 19, 2006 - U.S. looks for pattern in series of copter crashes
  • January 19, 2006 - U.S. freezes assets of Syria's chief of military intelligence
  • January 19, 2006 - Bush to review military aid to Egypt
  • January 23, 2006 - U.S., Iraq mopping up insurgents on Euphrates near Syria
  • January 23, 2006 - U.S. troop level down 40 percent in Kuwait
  • January 27, 2006 - U.S. troop level in Iraq drops to 138,000
  • January 27, 2006 - Israel to U.S.: Where to from here?
  • January 27, 2006 - Bush never promised us a rose garden
  • January 30, 2006 - Top strategists come out for regime change in Iran
  • January 31, 2006 - Take Hamas at their word
  • January 31, 2006 - Turkish-American center near Incirlik Air Base bombed
  • February 1, 2006 - 'America rejects the false comfort of isolationism'
  • February 3, 2006 - The geopolitics of oil and the politics of Washington
  • February 6, 2006 - UN, pressed by Bolton, set to take over in Darfour
  • February 7, 2006 - U.S. plans to strengthen Kuwait ties; Bush calls new emir
  • February 10, 2006 - Negroponte: Al Qaida envisions 'global caliphate' based in Iraq
  • February 10, 2006 - Cartoon context — tolerance is a two way street
  • February 13, 2006 - Troops advised to avoid showings of anti-U.S. film in Turkey
  • February 14, 2006 - Cause for concern: Fear silences the free press
  • February 14, 2006 - State Dept. wants to triple aid to post-Syria Lebanon government
  • February 16, 2006 - U.S. to take its message to the Iranian people
  • February 17, 2006 - Americans in Yemen on guard as Al Qaida inmates still on loose
  • February 17, 2006 - Enabling the 'Great Firewall of China'
  • February 17, 2006 - Fun times with a hunting accident as the Iran crisis worsens
  • February 21, 2006 - The USS Ronald Reagan deployed in the Persian Gulf
  • February 23, 2006 - Complex U.S. alliances in an oil-washed, terrorized world
  • February 23, 2006 - Gen. Pace on UAE alliance: 'very, very solid partners'
  • February 24, 2006 - Back to business as usual in New York City; But does it matter with whom?
  • March 2, 2006 - Editor: Extremism spreading among Muslim youth in U.S.
  • March 2, 2006 - Bush to India: A misbegotten journey
  • March 1, 2006 - Signs of U.S. tolerance for Hamas
  • March 3, 2006 - U.S. plans no increased troop level despite violence
  • March 3, 2006 - Geopolitical chess: The president's historic visit to S. Asia
  • March 8, 2006 - Rumsfeld: Iran has deployed forces in Iraq
  • March 7, 2006 - 'We are brothers': U.S. transfers control of much of Baghdad
  • March 9, 2006 - U.S. seeks diplomatic presence in Iran
  • March 10, 2006 - U.S. military brass lobbied for UAE port deal
  • March 13, 2006 - UAVs helping U.S. stop roadside bombings
  • March 13, 2006 - U.S. concerned about strategic ties with UAE
  • March 13, 2006 - U.S. concerned about strategic ties with UAE
  • March 13, 2006 - Military allocations in democracy and in dictatorship
  • March 14, 2006 - No fix yet for Patriot system that killed friendly pilots
  • March 16, 2006 - Families of Cole victims sue Sudan for $100 million
  • March 16, 2006 - For Westerners, Palestinian areas are no-protection zones
  • March 17, 2006 - U.S. in exercise battle with Iran for control of Gulf
  • March 17, 2006 - U.S. report: Chavez subverting regional governments
  • March 17, 2006 - Human Rights, wrongs and rationalizations at the UN
  • March 20, 2006 - Internet klutzes? U.S. military no match for Al Qaida's web skills
  • March 20, 2006 - Most U.S. operations in Iraq now rely on Iraqi troops
  • March 20, 2006 - U.S. envoys urge Congress not to pull plug on Palestinian aid
  • March 20, 2006 - U.S. understands even less about China than it did about Germany, USSR
  • March 24, 2006 - U.S. to deploy energy beam weapons this year
  • March 24, 2006 - U.S., UAE seek to restore ties after ports fiasco
  • March 27, 2006 - U.S. intelligence blocks sale of defense contractor to Israeli firm
  • March 27, 2006 - U.S. has cut troop level in Iraq by 35,000 since December
  • March 27, 2006 - TASS, Xinhua and strategic truth
  • March 28, 2006 - U.S. to Turkey: Deal with Iraq on Kurdish insurgency problem
  • March 29, 2006 - U.S. firm offers 'private armies' for low-intensity conflicts
  • March 31, 2006 - U.S. embeds security trainers in Iraq ministries
  • April 3, 2006 - U.S. soldiers no longer on front line in Iraq
  • April 4, 2006 - U.S. warns Americans of unrest in Turkey
  • April 7, 2006 - U.S. captures Zarqawi intel chief
  • April 10, 2006 - U.S. officers warn: 'We do not have the most powerful weaponry on earth'
  • April 10, 2006 - U.S. pushes multi-ethnic Iraqi army as example
  • April 11, 2006 - Council on Foreign Relations told of U.S. plans for Iran strike
  • April 12, 2006 - CENTCOM drafts plans for war with Iran
  • April 19, 2006 - Key election issue: U.S. resolve against Islamic fanaticism
  • April 19, 2006 - U.S. reports sharp drop in attacks on Iraq infrastructure
  • April 24, 2006 - State: 'Iranians have put both feet on the accelerator'
  • April 26, 2006 - Bipartisan agreement: U.S. intel in the dark on Iran
  • April 27, 2006 - U.S. troop withdrawal plans back on track
  • April 28, 2006 - GAO differs with Pentagon on Iraq stability
  • May 1, 2006 - One brave woman takes on the U.S. and China propaganda machines
  • May 1, 2006 - White House OKs UAE takeover of plants supplying U.S. military
  • May 5, 2006 - U.S. general on Zarqawi capture: 'Not if, but when'
  • May 8, 2006 - Commission: Sanction Saudis for financing hatred of non-Muslims
  • May 8, 2006 - Learning English liberated me from one totalitarian slave state; Now for China
  • May 9, 2006 - U.S. mopping up Al Qaida, but high casualty toll continues
  • May 11, 2006 - U.S. to use retired F-16s to build up friendly Mideast air forces
  • May 12, 2006 - NSA tapped into AT&T network to track Al Qaida calls
  • May 12, 2006 - Human Rights Council and the UN: Oil and water?
  • May 16, 2006 - U.S. removes Libya from terror list, restores ties
  • May 17, 2006 - U.S. hit by potential strategic sales to Iran by EU, Venezuela
  • May 17, 2006 - American pleads guilty to exporting sensors for Iran
  • May 18, 2006 - Iraqi commander to U.S.: Give 'more candy, fewer bullets'
  • May 18, 2006 - U.S. to maintain presence in all 18 Iraqi provinces
  • May 19, 2006 - Think tank to Bush: Reject Israeli pullout plan
  • May 19, 2006 - Karen Hughes' mission: Explaining America abroad
  • May 22, 2006 - Congress blocks cuts in aid to Egypt
  • May 22, 2006 - U.S. adds economy benchmark to pullout from Iraq
  • May 23, 2006 - U.S. Army weighs blimp fleet for Iraq
  • May 25, 2006 - Managing the clash of populations to our South, and East
  • May 26, 2006 - Lewis agrees with Bush: Suicide terrorism a perversion of Islam
  • May 29, 2006 - An officer's tribute to his fallen Marines
  • May 29, 2006 - Can American minds grasp the concept of post-nuclear weapons?
  • May 30, 2006 - U.S. to begin pullout from Shi'ite cities within months
  • May 30, 2006 - New chute lets paratroops fly up to 200 km. to avoid combat zones
  • June 1, 2006 - U.S. delays June 2 feasibility test for Iran strike
  • June 2, 2006 - U.S Navy emphasizing robotics, to take humans 'out of harm's way'
  • June 5, 2006 - U.S. troops sideline Iraqis to subdue Saddamists in Anbar
  • June 8, 2006 - Report: CIA used Syria for 'outsourcing of torture'
  • June 8, 2006 - U.S. missile defense ready, waiting for expected N. Korea launch
  • June 8, 2006 - U.S. helping Iraqis develop 'super company' in Anbar
  • June 9, 2006 - Bush sees Zarqawi's end as spur for Iraq government, U.S. pullout
  • June 9, 2006 - Oh Canada! Jihad North of the Border?
  • June 13, 2006 - Pentagon report warns Al Qaida dominant among Iraqi Sunnis
  • June 14, 2006 - U.S. renews sanctions on China for tech to Iran
  • June 20, 2006 - U.S. takes the fight to hotbed of insurgency in Ramadi
  • June 22, 2006 - No! Sen. Kerry, Iraq is not Vietnam!
  • June 23, 2006 - U.S. troop levels in Iraq steadily decreasing
  • June 23, 2006 - U.S. now classifies Iran as major threat in Iraq
  • June 26, 2006 - U.S. forces come under attack by Iran-backed Shi'ite militia
  • June 26, 2006 - Popular foreign mindsets at war with America's

  • MIDDLE EAST

  • January 2, 2006 - Except for peace activists, all Westerners gone from Gaza
  • January 3, 2006 - Report: Anti-tank rockets smuggled into Gaza
  • January 3, 2006 - Iran can now produce its own yellowcake
  • January 4, 2006 - Israel plans defensive strategy in bow to world opinion
  • January 4, 2006 - Israeli military: Palestinians pay militants not to attack
  • January 4, 2006 - Insurgent attacks blamed for sharp drop in Iraq oil exports
  • January 5, 2006 - Most powerful Israeli leader since Ben-Gurion is near death
  • January 6, 2006 - Conflicting reports issued on Sharon's condition
  • January 6, 2006 - Israel-Palestinian group appeals to Egypt, Jordan for urgent aid
  • January 6, 2006 - Iran president purges 5 officials in oil ministry
  • January 8, 2006 - Family ordered doctors to keep Sharon comatose
  • January 9, 2006 - Israel moves, guards strategic sites within missile range
  • January 9, 2006 - Egypt plans huge refinery near the Suez
  • January 10, 2006 - Recent outbreak of Iraqi violence called prelude to civil war
  • January 10, 2006 - Iran turns to China for aircraft after recent crashes
  • January 12, 2006 - Palestinian Authority approves Hamas TV station in Gaza
  • January 12, 2006 - Israel: Palestinian missiles' range extended to 40 km
  • January 13, 2006 - Sharon's attorney under fire for 'running' Israel's foreign policy
  • January 13, 2006 - Al Qaida's Zawahiri calls for attacks on Gulf oil sites
  • January 13, 2006 - Mass tragedy: Security measures at Mecca again fail
  • January 16, 2006 - U.S. ally Kuwait enters period of uncertainty with emir's death
  • January 17, 2006 - Khaddafy: Stop superpowers with 'car bombs', not 'WMDs'
  • January 17, 2006 - Palestinian insurgents refuse to check their guns on election day
  • January 17, 2006 - Israel to equip six airliners with anti-missile systems
  • January 17, 2006 - Wealthy Middle East states saved struggling Russian defense firms
  • January 19, 2006 - Power void: Israel's Knesset has no control over defense spending
  • January 19, 2006 - Most Israelis willing to fight for country, survey finds
  • January 19, 2006 - Saudi king heads to China for oil talks
  • January 23, 2006 - Report: Israel has identified 60 targets in Iran
  • January 23, 2006 - Sunnis made gains in Iraqi vote; Shi'ites 10 seats short of majority
  • January 23, 2006 - Kuwait names new emir; crown prince incapacitated
  • January 24, 2006 - Iran seeks drop in OPEC's oil production
  • January 24, 2006 - Israel losing anti-terror image, official warns
  • January 24, 2006 - Spokesmen promote a kindler, gentler Hamas
  • January 25, 2006 - Palestinian Authority arrests cops who voted for Hamas
  • January 25, 2006 - Egypt presses U.S. to extradite Sheik Omaar Abdul Rahman
  • January 25, 2006 - Israel fears Iraq, swayed by Iran, will resume its hostility
  • January 26, 2006 - Investors pour billions into Iran oil field
  • January 26, 2006 - Jordan alert: 4 suicide cars have entered country
  • January 26, 2006 - West urged to keep aid coming should Hamas win
  • January 26, 2006 - Hamas set to govern Palestinians; Fatah admits corruption
  • January 27, 2006 - Tensions building between Hamas and Fatah
  • January 27, 2006 - Insurgency recruits trained by Al Qaida at camp in Algeria
  • January 27, 2006 - Lightning strikes Israeli intel unit, shutting down computers
  • January 3,1 2006 - Think tank: Hamas win could help Israel
  • January 31, 2006 - Saudis to invest $40 in oil infrastructure
  • February 2, 2006 - Saudis expected to bail out the Palestinian Authority
  • February 2, 2006 - Civil disobedience on the rise among Jewish teens
  • February 3, 2006 - Israel building underwater wall
  • February 3, 2006 - Lebanese public getting fed up with Palestinian bases
  • February 6, 2006 - Iran defiant as IAEA refers crisis to Security Council
  • February 6, 2006 - Iran demands halt to broadcasts from West; Dubai complies
  • February 6, 2006 - Total casualty rate in Iraq lowest in 2 years
  • February 6, 2006 - Israeli military ordered not to retaliate against rocket attacks
  • February 7, 2006 - Palestinian security forces 'no longer functioning'
  • February 7, 2006 - Israel resumes strikes on insurgents firing missiles
  • February 7, 2006 - Jordan steps up cooperation with U.S. in war zone
  • February 8, 2006 - Intel official speaks out against Israeli withdrawal
  • February 8, 2006 - Report: Israeli military failing to protect homes against missiles
  • February 8, 2006 - Iran-backed Shi'ite rebels battle government troops in N. Yemen
  • February 9, 2006 - Egypt considers developing Sinai to thwart insurgents
  • February 9, 2006 - Chaos: Hamas to form its own security agencies
  • February 9, 2006 - Turkey weighs refinerey for imports from Iraq, Russia
  • February 10, 2006 - Egypt snubs Palestinian leader, honors Hamas boss
  • February 13, 2006 - Oil-rich Qatar going nuclear
  • February 13, 2006 - United Arab Emirates firm to operate six major U.S. ports
  • February 13, 2006 - U.S. offers Turkey help with nuclear reactors
  • February 13, 2006 - Palestinian groups competing for improved short-range missiles
  • February 14, 2006 - Israeli military to reduce service for conscripts
  • February 16, 2006 - Israeli firms to test air-launched satellites
  • February 16, 2006 - Israel: 15 percent of Palestinian officers are former terrorists
  • February 16, 2006 - Israel: Influx of missiles via Gaza could change balance of power
  • February 16, 2006 - Jordan military court sentences Zarqawi to death
  • February 17, 2006 - New special forces vehicle kicks ass - the llama
  • February 17, 2006 - Iraqi forces now conducting more independent ops than coalition
  • February 17, 2006 - Saudis to double refining capacity
  • February 20, 2006 - Israel is responding cautiously to Palestininian 'terrorist authority'
  • February 20, 2006 - Russia's plans for military sales to Palestinians still on
  • February 20, 2006 - Rice on ports: 'We consider Abu Dubai a very good friend'
  • February 21, 2006 - Israel security chief terms Hamas a strategic threat
  • February 21, 2006 - Israelis reported on plane that crashed near Iran-Iraq border
  • February 23, 2006 - Israel hit by 200 missiles this month
  • February 23, 2006 - Iraq's army faces first major test with sectarian violence
  • February 23, 2006 - Turkey sets plans for first of eight reactors
  • February 24, 2006 - Small Christian group in Gaza threatened with elimination
  • February 27, 2006 - New Israel military plan call for 20 percent budget cut
  • February 27, 2006 - Al Qaida claims its attack on Saudi refinery is first of many
  • February 27, 2006 - Iraq forces downplay violence, mount subdued response
  • February 28, 2006 - Israel flying mini-drones over West Bank
  • February 28, 2006 - Iran to offer oil contracts to Western majors
  • February 28, 2006 - U.S., Israel at odds over the new Palestinian Authority
  • March 1, 2006 - UAE plans university as key to aerospace industry goals
  • March 1, 2006 - Low-cost surveillance pod would parachute into enemy territory
  • March 3, 2006 - UAE buys British firm that runs U.S. military facilities
  • March 3, 2006 - Abbas to hang on to intel due to Al Qaida infiltration
  • March 6, 2006 - Israeli's campaign strategy: Total West Bank pullout
  • March 6, 2006 - Palestinians aiming missiles at Israeli infrastructure targets
  • March 6, 2006 - Turkey providing military aid to Kazakhstan
  • March 7, 2006 - Hamas army recruited thousands for holy war to destroy Israel
  • March 7, 2006 - UAE budgets for space tourism, commercial spaceport
  • March 8, 2006 - Iran opens first official Shi'ite presence in Palestine
  • March 8, 2006 - Attack on convoy kills Iraq general
  • March 10, 2006 - France, Libya agree on nuclear energy deal
  • March 10, 2006 - Hamas in Saudi Arabia for three days of talks
  • March 10, 2006 - Iran braces for sanctions, plans gas rationing
  • March 13, 2006 - Iran hosts Pakistan, India for oil pipeline talks
  • March 13, 2006 - Teheran threatens darkness at noon
  • March 16, 2006 - Iraq defense ministry announces its infiltration by Al Qaida
  • March 16, 2006 - Israel raids Jericho prison called 'center for terror activity'
  • March 16, 2006 - Functioning government seen at least two months away in Iraq
  • March 21, 2006 - No man's land: Palestinians cancel conferences
  • March 22, 2006 - UAE delays purchase of firm that owns U.S. defense factories
  • March 22, 2006 - Masked insurgents overrun Iraqi government buildings, prison
  • March 23, 2006 - Israel: Al Qaida recruiting Palestinians in Jordan
  • March 23, 2006 - Iraq experience changes Army's training requirements
  • March 24, 2006 - Opposition: Iran shielding nuke program on campuses
  • March 24, 2006 - Saudis to maintain oil reserves to meet 'growing demand'
  • March 24, 2006 - Iran, Nigeria strengthening military ties
  • March 29, 2006 - Israeli election gives green light to set permanent borders
  • March 31, 2006 - Attack with Russian-made rocket worries Israelis
  • March 31, 2006 - Major Iran exercise underway with focus on Straits of Hormuz
  • March 31, 2006 - Turkey fights back against spreading Kurdish riots
  • March 31, 2006 - With friends like Russia and China, Iran gets by at the UN
  • April 3, 2006 - Hamas official: Suicide attacks are a 'natural response'
  • April 3, 2006 - Kurdish unrest in Turkey spreads to areas bordering Syria, Iraq
  • April 3, 2006 - Report: Saudis secretly launched nuke program in 2003
  • April 5, 2006 - Iran tests two additional missiles, claims both invisible to radar
  • April 5, 2006 - Palestinian security posts in Gaza doing nothing to stop rockets
  • April 6, 2006 - Insurgents launch rocket attacks on Turkish targets
  • April 6, 2006 - Iraqi Army takes over in Salah Eddin province
  • April 6, 2006 - UAE selects its first space tourist
  • April 7, 2006 - Egypt penetrates Israeli air space for first time since 1967 War
  • April 7, 2006 - Israeli military seeks recapture of buffer zone in Gaza strip
  • April 10, 2006 - Experts: Neither Israel, U.S. nor Iranians likely to stop Iran nukes
  • April 11, 2006 - Oman to invest $10 billion in oil production
  • April 11, 2006 - Fence-menders sent by Turkey to U.S. only make matters worse
  • April 12, 2006 - Iran now one of eight nations capable of enriching uranium
  • April 12, 2006 - Israel's military warns restraint emboldening Palestinian gunners
  • April 14, 2006 - Iran plans 54,000 centrifuges for network of reactors
  • April 14, 2006 - Egypt releases insurgents charged in 1997 Luxor massacre
  • April 14, 2006 - Turkey's to build first reactor near Black Sea by 2010
  • April 14, 2006 - Israel makes first Gaza incursion since pullout
  • April 17, 2006 - Iraqi official: Uniformed force 'not under our control'
  • April 17, 2006 - 3 Christian churches in Egypt attacked on Easter Sunday
  • April 17, 2006 - Unpaid Palestinian security forces threaten Hamas regime
  • April 17, 2006 - Saudis consider nukes to achieve 'balance of terror' with Iran
  • April 18, 2006 - Iran: We 'can block oil exports whenever necessary'
  • April 19, 2006 - Hamas government to unpaid security: Take it out on Israel
  • April 19, 2006 - Young Turks in Turkey's military command seen as pro-U.S.
  • April 19, 2006 - Saudis sign multiple contracts to increase oil output
  • April 20, 2006 - Israel: Suicide bombing attempts up sharply in 2006
  • April 21, 2006 - Turkish dailies: U.S. seeks use of bases for duration of Iran crisis
  • April 25, 2006 - Prospect of radioactive pollution from Iran reactor spooks Gulf
  • April 25, 2006 - Report: Turkey plans to move 250,000 troops to Iraq border
  • April 25, 2006 - Israel's chief of staff rebuffs military's Gaza invasion plan
  • April 25, 2006 - WMDs, not conventional war, now called top threat to Israel
  • April 25, 2006 - Iraq builds 45 forts on its border with Iran
  • April 25, 2006 - Egyptian authorities tie blast to Osama tape, one day before
  • April 25, 2006 - Qatar blames high oil prices on fearful politicians
  • April 26, 2006 - Palestinian hospitals providing haven for fugitives
  • April 26, 2006 - Qatar woos Arab expats to form 'productive and creative' culture
  • April 27, 2006 - 2 suspected Al Qaida bombers die in vain effort to kill peace-keepers
  • April 28, 2006 - Iraqi paper reveals details about Saddam spy network
  • April 28, 2006 - Islamic Jihad deploys mobile launchers against Israel
  • May 1, 2006 - U.S. allies supporting groups State Dept. calls terrorist
  • May 2, 2006 - Hamas unites insurgency groups in command targeting Israel
  • May 3, 2006 - Israel intercepts dual-use military shipment from China to Gaza
  • May 3, 2006 - Saudis set to sign $6 billion refinery deal
  • May 3, 2006 - Iran issues first specific threat against Israel
  • May 3, 2006 - Coalition: Iraq Navy increasingly able to patrol Gulf, guard tankers
  • May 5, 2006 - Israel recruits violence-prone for military, rejects right-wingers
  • May 5, 2006 - Palestinian: 'U.S. intervention' blocking aid money
  • May 8, 2006 - Book: Terror web sites growing at faster rate than rest of Internet
  • May 8, 2006 - Palestinians' Abbas restricts movements after Iran threats
  • May 9, 2006 - Israeli air force pilots elbowed aside by drones
  • May 10, 2006 - Israeli tech students design, launch solid-fuel rocket
  • May 10, 2006 - Global threats: Iran and the Russia-China anti-U.S. entente
  • May 11, 2006 - Israel to propose invasion of 'Hamastan' in Bush meeting
  • May 11, 2006 - Insurgents using new advanced Russian RPG from Iran
  • May 11, 2006 - Syria awards oil contract to U.S. firm
  • May 11, 2006 - Israelis intercept Gaza-bound ship with TNT in Mediterranean
  • May 15, 2006 - Israeli military: Religious soldiers want out of eviction duty
  • May 15, 2006 - Iran pledges cash, vehicles to Palestinian Authority
  • May 16, 2006 - Saudis coming to Washington to discuss strategy — and visas
  • May 16, 2006 - Islamic Jihad to plant Iraq-style cell-phone bombs in Israel
  • May 17, 2006 - Egypt's ailing Mubarak avoiding often-critical U.S. leaders
  • May 17, 2006 - Hamas-Fatah 'civil war' has begun, security sources warn ties
  • May 17, 2006 - Islamic Jihad plan to mass produce rockets
  • May 19, 2006 - Terror inmates stay connected, call mom by cell phone
  • May 19, 2006 - Saudis to quadruple oil exploration
  • May 22, 2006 - Hamas accused of plotting to assassinate top Palestinians
  • May 23, 2006 - Bomb-making info smuggled into West Bank on m-drives
  • May 23, 2006 - Arab diplomats in Gaza cower as Fatah-Hamas violence escalates
  • May 24, 2006 - Israel's biggest missile threat is from Hizbullah in Lebanon
  • May 24, 2006 - Jordan covert op captures another top Zarqawi aide
  • May 24, 2006 - Israeli exercise prepares for possible Gaza invasion
  • May 24, 2006 - Jordan: Israeli withdrawal could make West Bank terror haven
  • May 25, 2006 - Iran sees global, anti-U.S. entente: Russia, China, India . . .
  • May 26, 2006 - Egypt alarmed by growing Fatah-Hamas conflict
  • May 26, 2006 - Saudis claim crackdown on their religious police
  • May 29, 2006 - UN: Drug runners like Gulf's state-of-the-art sea ports
  • May 30, 2006 - Abbas to U.S.: Expand 1,500-man Presidential Guard to 10,000
  • May 30, 2006 - In first, Hizbullah aims rockets at Israeli strategic targets
  • May 30, 2006 - Iraq captures Zarqawi aide, suicide bomb planner
  • May 30, 2006 - Disappointed investors shoot up Palestinian exchange
  • May 30, 2006 - OPEC decides $60/barrel is about right
  • June 1, 2006 - Islamic Jihad missile hits close to Israeli Defense Minister's home
  • June 1, 2006 - Iraq delays major exercise, awaiting defense minister
  • June 1, 2006 - Libya to offer new round of energy bids
  • June 1, 2006 - Israel military strength declines '30 percent'
  • June 5, 2006 - Iraq: Al Qaida staging comeback in Sunni Triangle
  • June 5, 2006 - Fatah-Hamas showdown spreads to West Bank
  • June 6, 2006 - A hard look at the NY Times' 'A Hard Look at Haditha'
  • June 6, 2006 - Hamas demands surrender of Palestinian television facilities
  • June 7, 2006 - Palestinians assembling arsenal of smuggled SA-7 missiles
  • June 8, 2006 - Al Zarqawi, 7 lieutenants, killed by U.S. air strike
  • June 9, 2006 - Also dead: Zarqawi's 'terrorist laboratory in Iraq'
  • June 9, 2006 - Israel kill top Hamas fugitive, new Palestinian government appointee
  • June 13, 2006 - Iraq 'significantly' improves oil infrastructure security
  • June 13, 2006 - Despite Israeli strike, Hamas, Fatah still battling each other
  • June 13, 2006 - The difference between 'cruel' and 'absolutely cruel'
  • June 12, 2006 - Israel counter-missile plan: Assassinate, don't invade
  • June 12, 2006 - Jordan gets increase in aid after intel assist on Zarqawi
  • June 14, 2006 - Major security crackdown in Baghdad
  • June 14, 2006 - Al Qaida names 20th 9-11 hijacker
  • June 14, 2006 - Crisis group warns Palestinians on verge of civil war
  • June 16, 2006 - Zarqawi's death a feather in the cap of Jordanian intelligence
  • June 20, 2006 - Iraq set to secure South, paving way for exit of allied forces
  • June 20, 2006 - Insurgents' bombing campaign targets Turkish railroads
  • June 19, 2006 - Hamas charges Fatah recruiting for civil war with U.S. backing
  • June 21, 2006 - Aide to Zarqawi's replacement killed by own bomb
  • June 21, 2006 - Saudis: Iran war would 'shoot up the price of oil astronomically'
  • June 22, 2006 - Libyans in D.C. to ramp up trade ties with U.S.
  • June 22, 2006 - 40 percent of Palestinian civil servants are police
  • June 23, 2006 - Hamas claims it has first guided missile
  • June 26, 2006 - Israelis capture Hamas cell suspected in missile attacks

  • EUROPE
    li> January 2, 2006 - Russia's 2006: Back in the USSR, with a suicidal twist
  • February 3, 2006 - Brits used electronic 'rock' to run Moscow agents
  • March 3, 2006 - Russian rocket fails to deliver Saudi satellite into orbit
  • March 13, 2006 - Russia claims huge arms deal with Algeria
  • March 23, 2006 - EU warns Palestinians of aid cutoff
  • April 4, 2006 - Russia reports record $6 billion in arms exports
  • April 5, 2006 - Government by demonstration: No easy fixes in Paris, Bangkok
  • April 6, 2006 - Lucent-Alcatel: Doing business with states sponsoring terrorism
  • April 7, 2006 - Putin knows how to 'close a deal'
  • April 17, 2006 - Russia's geostrategy: From robbing the robbers to post-nuclear weapons
  • April 20, 2006 - Russia bows to U.S. heat on air defense sale to Iran
  • April 26, 2006 - Russian rocket launches Israeli dual-use spy satellite over Iran
  • May 19, 2006 - EU directs Palestinian aid to Abbas, around Hamas
  • June 5, 2006 - Report: Russia back in the 'game' with planned port in Syria