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US Hands Over Last Iraq Prison

Emily Rauhala — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:33:36 CDT

The last American-run prison in Iraq will be handed over to the Iraqis today, marking the end of a massive US prison system that has processed more than 100,000 Iraqis since the fall of Baghdad. Tariq Aziz and other former high-ranking members of Saddam Hussein's regime were handed over...

US Refuses to Recognize Iroquois Passports

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:25:00 CDT

US officials are refusing to recognize passports held by Iroquois native Americans, blocking champion lacrosse players from traveling to a top international competition in Great Britain. The Iroquois Nationals, including players from upstate New York and Canada, have been traveling for 20 years with the passports, which were issued by...

Parade, Jubilation Follow US Pullout of Iraqi Cities

Jason Farago — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:17:27 CDT

Iraq held its first full military parade since the fall of Saddam today—now known as Sovereignty Day—to celebrate the official withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns. The proceedings took place inside the Green Zone and were screened on television, but several media outlets, including the New...

GOP Takes Aim at Obama High Court Noms

Harry Kimball — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:41:30 CDT

Republican groups have already prepared dossiers and attack strategies on a host of possible Obama Supreme Court nominees, the New York Times reports. Ten memos obtained by the Times —all about female judges and scholars—focus on records of abortion rights, gay rights, and the citing of foreign laws. Weakened...

Canada Gets Creative on Arctic Sovereignty

Harry Kimball — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:09:03 CDT

Canada has a message for Europe: Keep your mitts off our Arctic. The government has begun a multi-pronged strategy that combines tough diplomatic talk with a flurry of cultural events across the continent that stress the nation's long ties to the region, the Globe and Mail reports. Canada knows it...

As Crisis Bites, UK Changes Stance on Tibet

Jason Farago — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:25:01 CST

Last month Gordon Brown called on China to pump more money into the International Monetary Fund, whose coffers are nearly bare as more nations succumb to the global financial crisis. Only a few days later, writes Robert Barnett in the New York Times , the British government quietly announced a change...

US: Attack Was 'Warning' to Jihadist-Friendly Syria

Ambreen Ali — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:00:07 CDT

The US says its attack Sunday on a Syrian village was a warning to Damascus to take more action against Iraq-bound militants. “We are left with no choice but to take matters into our own hands,” an official tells the Times of London. Washington recently praised Syria for curtailing the...

Cheney Set to Visit Georgia

Nick McMaster — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:33:01 CDT

Dick Cheney will visit Georgia next week to strengthen ties with the battered US ally, the AP reports. The vice president will also visit Azerbaijan and Ukraine to emphasize the US commitment to the former Soviet republics, a White House spokesman said today in announcing the trip, which is to...

Post-Soviet States No Longer Russian Puppets

Nick McMaster — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:56:23 CDT

Former cold warriors can be expected to see the Georgian conflict as signalling a return to simpler East-vs-West geopolitics, writes Bridget Kendall for the BBC. But the reaction of the post-Soviet states shows something very different: Former Soviet client states whose loyalty was assured 20 years ago—including Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan,...