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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, left, is welcomed by Chinese President Hu Jintao for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, May 20, 2011.

Has America miscalculated in Pakistan?

Dilip Hiro
Should its relationship with the U.S. collapse, Islamabad has another patron to fall back on: China
U.S. President Barack Obama, second left, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, walk with Britain's Prince Charles, left, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, at Winfield House in London, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Obamas welcomed at Buckingham Palace

Julie Pace
First couple receive a 41-gun salute after tour of the royal residence, where they will stay for two nights

The Pentagon’s attempt to greenwash the military

David Sirota
The army's clean energy measures ignore the real problem: Our permanent wars are wrecking the environment
An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of an explosion in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, May 22, 2011. In Kandahar, two police officers suffered injuries Sunday when a motorcycle laden with explosives detonated as they tried to disarm it, the ministry said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) (AP)

Taliban denies leader has been killed in Pakistan

Heidi Vogt, Rahim Faiez
The insurgent group claims that Mullah Omar is alive and well in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington Sunday, May 22, 2011. Obama said the bonds between the U.S. and Israel are unbreakable. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (AP)

Obama stands by Israel-Palestine border policy

Bradley Klapper
President says 1967 boundaries reflect longstanding U.S. position
An unidentified U.S. soldier is seen at the scene of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Why can’t we learn from our mistakes in Afghanistan?

Tom Engelhardt
When it comes to our endless occupation, the same depressing story lines keep playing out again and again
President Barack Obama addresses an audience during a campaign fundraising event, in Boston, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (AP)

The illegal war in Libya

Glenn Greenwald
The always dubious claim that the War Powers Resolution authorized the war is coming to an end
Afghani people hold the lifeless body of one of the four Afghans, killed during a NATO raid in Taloqan, Takhar province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. More than 1,000 protesters poured into a northern Afghan city Wednesday, shouting "Death to America!" and calling for justice as they clashed with security forces following an overnight NATO raid they claim killed four civilians. (AP Photo/Fulad Hamdard) (AP)

Afghan rally over NATO raid turns violent, 12 die

Heidi Vogt, Rahim Faiez
Night raids targeting insurgents regularly stir up controversy in Afghanistan
U.S. Senator John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 15, 2011. U.S. Sen. John Kerry says the U.S. relationship with Pakistan is at a "critical moment" because of the killing of Osama bin Laden. But he also said that bin Laden's death may present a new opportunity for reconciliation with the Taliban in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Kerry says relations with Pakistan at crossroads

Associated Press
The senator spoke Tuesday after returning from a trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, rally to condemn the United States for the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 15, 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan. Party's chief Hafiz Saeed called bin Laden a martyr and demanded the Pakistani government break ties with the United States. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary) (AP)

Pakistan protests after clash with NATO helicopter

Heidi Vogt, Ishtiaq Mahsud
Tensions on the rise in weeks after the death of Osama bin Laden
President Barack Obama tours the Sphinx and pyramids outside Cairo, Thursday, June 4, 2009.

What the Muslim world needs to hear from Obama

Nadia Hijab
It feels like domestic politics -- and not meaningful change in the Middle East -- is on the president's mind
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They hate us for our freedoms

Glenn Greenwald
For the second time in the last 3 days, NATO kills an Afghan child
Terry Lakin

The tragic, pathetic demise of a birther

Justin Elliott
Broke and jobless, Terry Lakin leaves jail -- and now that Obama's birth certificate is out, he can't raise money
Supporters Pakistani religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam hold al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's picture during a rally, in Kuchlak, 25 kilometers (16 miles) north of Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, May 6, 2011. One of three wives living with Osama bin Laden has told Pakistani interrogators she had been staying in the al-Qaida chief's hideout for six years without leaving its upper floors, a Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt) (AP)

Bin Laden wives interviewed by U.S. Intelligence

Natasha Lennard
Three of the leader's widows were hostile in interviews, overseen by Pakistan's intelligence service
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. Paul says he's forming a campaign exploratory committee as he moves closer to again seeking the Republican nomination for president. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (AP)

Ron Paul announces third presidential run

Jay Root
"Time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I've been saying for 30 years"

America’s autocratic way of war

William Astore
DC elites keep the masses in the dark about military decisions, the same way the French nobles did in Versailles
FILE - In this Dec. 24, 1998 file photo, Muslim militant and al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The Americans who raided bin Laden's lair met far less resistance than the Obama administration described in the aftermath, according to its latest account. The commandos encountered gunshots from only one man, whom they quickly killed, before sweeping the house and shooting others, who were unarmed, a senior defense official said. (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai, File) (AP)

The bin Laden dividend

Glenn Greenwald
Bin Laden's death prompts hopes of wars ending and civil liberties returning. Here's why you shouldn't bet on it
In this undated image taken from video provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Osama bin Laden is shown in a new video released on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Newly released videos show Osama bin Laden watching himself on television and rehearsing for terrorist videos, revealing that even from the walled confines of his Pakistani hideout, he remained a media maestro who was eager to craft his own image for the cameras. (AP Photo/Department of Defense) (AP)

Bin Laden’s hand-written journal seized

Kimberly Dozier
Officials say Navy SEALS seized a diary with attack plans during the raid that killed the terrorist leader
President Barack Obama waves to media as he walks from Marine One to the White House, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in Washington, as he travels from Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Obama’s big bounce

Joan Walsh
The president's approval rating soars after the bin Laden raid. But it won't stay there if he can't improve the job
U.S. President George W. Bush speaks to military leaders after receiving a briefing on the war in Iraq during a visit to CENTCOM in Tampa, Florida, May 1, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) (© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

How the Iraq war saved bin Laden’s life

Joan Walsh
Bush shifted resources from the Osama hunt into a needless war. It's time to wind down both wars now

Confessions of an Army “Gleek”

Backsight Forethought
As an American soldier in Afghanistan, I'm tired of carnage. That's why I'm obsessed with a campy high school show
Pakistani security officers stand guard near the perimeter of the compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Many of the residents of Abbottabad seem to be confused and suspicious about the killing of Osama bin Laden, which took place in their midst before dawn on Monday, even as the U.S. White House has struggled to communicate its account of the audacious raid that killed Osama bin Laden for both a jubilant American public and a skeptical Muslim world. (AP Photo/Aqeel Ahmed) (AP)

US general: contact with Pakistan cut off briefly

Robert Burns
There was no communication with the Pakistani military along the Afghan border in days after bin Laden raid

Critics: GOP bill a declaration of constant war

Natasha Lennard
House Republicans want to reaffirm war against al-Qaida, the Taliban -- and anyone else -- with controversial bill
The seal of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, on the floor of the lobby of the Original Headquarters Building.

Pakistan TV channel names alleged CIA station chief

Munir Ahmed
Name used is incorrect, but attempt marks the second potential outing of a sensitive covert operative in six months
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