The Australian Vladimir Putin in Cold War mindset: Barack Obama | US President Barack Obama has scolded Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for having an "outdated", Cold War approach to relations with Washington, just days before the two men are due to meet in ... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool))
Independent online Israeli strikes on Gaza labelled war crimes | By Amy Teibel | Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attacks that amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charged on Thursday,... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
The Independent Troops gather on Georgian border | It's easy to see how things could spiral out of control: the two sides are braced for combat. At Ergneti on Georgia's border with South Ossetia, Georgian military police stand guard behind high barr... (photo: AP / Irakli Gedenidze) DefenceGeorgiaPhotosPoliticsRussiaWar
Houston Chronicle FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge | BAGHDAD - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 a... (photo: (AP /Kevin Frayer)) AsiaIraqPhotosUSWar
The Guardian Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza | AMY TEIBEL | Associated Press Writer= JERUSALEM (AP) â Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of Gaza Strip homes in attac... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) CrimesGazaIsraelPhotosWar
The News & Observer Pakistan faces war on new front | ISLAMABAD -- A decision by Taliban militants to withdraw from a peace deal in a tribal region close to the Afghan border threatens to open a new front for Pakistan's ar... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) IslamabadPakistanPeacePhotosTaliban
Wall Street Journal Power of the Poppy By KATHY GANNON | In Afghanistan, opium has bankrolled the good, the bad and the ugly. It has often been difficult to tell them apart. | First there was the "good": In th... (photo: AP / Adam Butler) AfghanistanOpiumPhotosTerrorUSA
