Violence has long riven Somalia. But the carnage at the Hotel Muna on Tuesday has placed the country's besieged capital on edge, triggering a collective dread that the conflict has entered a dangerous new phase.
Militia - Terrorism - Somalia - Government - United States
27/08/2010 04:16 PM
Former president Jimmy Carter landed Friday in Boston with a U.S. citizen whose release he obtained from a North Korean prison, achieving the main goal of a trip to Pyongyang.
Boston - North Korea - United States - Jimmy Carter - Asia
27/08/2010 03:41 PM
MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon proposed sweeping new measures Thursday to crack down on the cash smuggling and money laundering that allow Mexican cartels to use billions in U.S. drug profits to enrich their criminal organizations.
Money laundering - Crime - Research - Mexico - United States
26/08/2010 08:13 PM
TOKYO -- An American activist imprisoned since January in North Korea was released early Friday and permitted to return to the United States, following a rescue mission by former president Jimmy Carter.
North Korea - Asia - United States - Jimmy Carter - Weapons
27/08/2010 03:46 AM
The CIA is making secret payments to multiple members of President Hamid Karzai's administration, in part to maintain sources of information in a government in which the Afghan leader is often seen as having a limited grasp of developments, according to current and former U.S. officials.
27/08/2010 01:14 AM
The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.
United States - Government - Military - Ships - Surface Combatant
26/08/2010 09:47 PM
JOHANNESBURG - After Jacob Zuma won South Africa's presidency by courting left-wing support, many expected him to abandon the free market policies favored by his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.
Africa - Business and Economy - South Africa - African National Congress - History
26/08/2010 06:45 PM
KABUL - In a sign of his growing frustration with U.S. policy, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that President Obama's timeline for withdrawing troops was aiding insurgents and also suggested that the United States must do more to force Pakistan to stop supporting the Taliban.
Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - United States - Asia - Politics
26/08/2010 12:14 PM
TOKYO - Former president Jimmy Carter won the release Friday of an American citizen detained by North Korea for illegal entry. Aijalon Gomes, sentenced earlier this year to eight years of hard labor, was granted amnesty and permitted to return to the United States, according to the State Departm...
Kim Jong-il - North Korea - China - Asia - Jimmy Carter
27/08/2010 01:41 AM
TOKYO - Even by the standards of a country that has spent 20 years fretting about its economy, these are especially worrisome times in Japan. Several recent benchmarks - a succession of bad and worse news - have prompted calls for rare government intervention.
Japan - Asia - Arts and Entertainment - Social Sciences - History
26/08/2010 12:53 PM
The United States has long been an exporter of terrorism, according to a secret CIA analysis released Wednesday by the Web site WikiLeaks. And if that phenomenon were to become a widely held perception, the analysis said, it could damage relations with foreign allies and dampen their willingness ...
Wikileaks - Terrorism - Central Intelligence Agency - Julian Assange - Counter Terrorism
26/08/2010 01:43 PM
