On Friday, Feb 14, 92 prisoners escaped from their prison in the Libyan town of Zliten. 19 of them were eventually recaptured, two of whom were wounded in clashes with the guards. It was just another daily episode highlighting the utter...
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28 February 2014
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) sent a letter to
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen today requesting he "personally"
ensure "all Cambodian police, military and intelligence resources" are
investigating the unexplained...
27 February 2014
I've been asked to debate Danny Postel on the question of Syria, and so have read the op-ed he co-authored with Nader Hashemi, "Use Force to Save Starving Syrians." Excellent responses have been published by Coleen Rowley and Rob Prince...
23 February 2014
Annie Jacobsen's new book is called Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America. It isn't terribly secret anymore, of course, and it was never very intelligent.
Jacobsen has...
Jacobsen has...
19 February 2014
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. military begins its biggest training
exercise in the Asia-Pacific region next week in Thailand where
Washington does "not want to see a coup" by Bangkok's armed forces
amid post-election protests attempting to...
19 February 2014
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Gunfire and explosions killed three civilians and
one policeman on Tuesday (Feb. 18) and injured more than 60 others
when anti-government protesters refused to remove barricades from
Bangkok's streets, pushing the...
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