Al-Shabab Declares Jihad On Kenya
Feb. 8 (All Africa) - The Islamic administration of Al-Shabaab that controls Somalia's southern regions of Jubba has on Sunday declared holy war on Kenya over reports that Nairobi is training Somali troops.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader calls for attacks
Ahmadinejad orders nuclear work
Opposition Leader Declares Victory in Ukraine
China likely to replace India in IPI pipeline project
Iran's police vow no tolerance towards protesters
Holbrooke: US Not In Direct Talks With Afghan Taliban
Romania 'to host US missile shield'
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A Week Of Western War Councils
The defense chiefs of all 28 NATO nations and an undisclosed number of counterparts from non-Alliance partners gathered in Istanbul, Turkey on February 4 to begin two days of meetings focused on the war in Afghanistan, the withdrawal of military forces from Kosovo in the course of transferring control of security operations to the breakaway province’s embryonic army (the Kosovo Security Force) and “the transformation efforts required to best conduct the full range of NATO’s agreed missions.”
Haiti could be geological prize
African Union faces tough questions
U.S. Missiles And Troops to Russian Border
Tehran waiting for answers from the West
Strategy in Haiti troop deployment
Iraq: a state divided
Is Yemen the new Afghanistan?
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al-Shabab in Somalia
Two major developments occurred in Somalia last week: a merger between the Ras Kamboni Brigade and al-Shabab, and al-Shabab’s long-suspected but hitherto unmade declaration of open alliance with Al Qaeda. Both do not bode well for the survival of the beleaguered Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Mogadishu.
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PLA Navy
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Taliban talks
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UK defense spending
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Conflict in Sudan
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Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
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Iran reform movement flexes its muscle
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Pakistan tensions jeopardize Afghan strategy
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Iran's reform movement

With the exception of an uptick in protests during Ashura, Mir Hossein Mousavi’s challenge to the Iranian political establishment has faded from the international spotlight since the open dissidence of last June. However, Iran remains a society divided.  This backgrounder covers the people and events that are shaping Iran’s reform movement.  

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U.S. military bases: a global footprint
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The Taiwan conflict
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AFRICOM and America's global military agenda
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BRIC countries: energy security report
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The Pakistan Taliban
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Bush torture years
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Arctic ownership claims
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