A Photo-Free NYC
A post-9/11 requirement that tourists and other casual photographers get a permit before taking pictures in New York City has the ACLU claiming a First Amendment violation. The city's Office of Film,...
View ArticleBacklash Brewing in Mogadishu
Mogadishu's transitional government, backed by Ethiopian troops, is credited with pushing out the hard-line Union of Islamic Courts. But residents say the new mayor's harsh tactics have made life even...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Spreads
Even as Al Qaeda sympathizers in the United Kingdom make headlines, the terrorist group has seen affiliates taking root in other countries. In Algeria, officers arrested 13 minors, some as young as 12,...
View ArticleThe Two Burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman
U.S. military officials took credit for killing a top al Qaeda leader -- twice. After a recent announcement that Kamal Jalil Uthman, the leader of al Qaeda terrorists in Mosul and a "very dangerous...
View ArticleBig Boom in Baghdad Home Shares
Sunnis in the south of Baghdad, and Shias in the north, have been forced out of their homes as their neighborhoods came under control of militants of another sect. Rather than flee the country,...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Armenia: War Without End
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that killed 30,000 people and created one million refugees supposedly ended 13 years ago with a ceasefire in 1994 -- but the countries are still at war over...
View ArticleA Farewell to Arms
Gun sales and stockpiles may be booming worldwide, but in Colombia an unusual ceremony saw the destruction of 13,778 handguns, machine guns, rifles and mortars. The weapons were melted down as part of...
View ArticleIraqi Politicians Fear U.S. Pullout
While Congress debates (or refuses to debate) a withdrawal timeline for Iraq, most Sunni and Shia Arab parties in the Iraqi parliament are getting nervous at the prospect of losing the protective...
View ArticleHezbollah: Talkin’ War and Peace in Lebanon
Lebanon's conflict-driven internal politics and Hezbollah's relationship with its neighbor, Israel, are having an effect on the entire region. Hezbollah leader General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called...
View ArticleFor a Soldier’s Father, Deportation
When Pfc. Armando Soriano was killed in Iraq, his mother benefited from a loophole on immigration law that allows soldiers' family members to apply for legal residency. But the rules work on a...
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