King Abdullah Slams USA On Illegitimate Iraq Occupation

Saudi King Abdullah, whose country is a close US ally, on Wednesday slammed the “illegitimate foreign occupation” of Iraq in an opening speech to the annual Arab summit in Riyadh.
“In beloved Iraq, blood is being shed among brothers in the shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation, and ugly sectarianism threatens civil war,” Abdullah said. (more…)

President’s actions merit impeachment

Imagine living in a country where your leader was not elected by a majority of the registered voters, but was installed as president just the same. Where that leader unilaterally invades an independent nation without provocation after lying to the people and the legislature of his nation in order settle a personal score. Where that war costs the lives of thousands of your sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. Where the secret police regularly violate the rights of citizens. Where hundreds of political prisoners are held without being charged with a crime and without access to lawyers or a justice system.
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Pakistan Signed Third Peace Deal With Afghan Border Militants

KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistanis living along the Afghan border have signed a third peace deal with the government promising not to shelter foreign militants, residents and officials said Tuesday.
The agreement was signed Monday in the Bajur region of Pakistan’s mountainous border zone. Osama bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, escaped a U.S. missile strike in Bajur last year.
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Iran Says,Sanctions Would Not Stop Nuclear Programme

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran announced yesterday it was partially suspending cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, while hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the latest UN sanctions would not halt the country's uranium enrichment "even for a second."
Iranian state television quoted Ahmadinejad saying the additional Security Council sanctions imposed on Saturday "stem from the hostility by some powers against Iran." "It is not a new issue for the Iranian nation.
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Democrats Set Iraq Deadline In War Bill

Senate Democrats on Wednesday revived legislation urging President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq in a year, attaching the plan to a $122 billion measure needed to fund the war.
The move puts Democrats on track for another confrontation with Bush over the increasingly unpopular war and with Republicans, who are expected to try to block the measure. (more…)

Siberian Mine Blast Kills 106; 4 Missing

Rescuers searching a coal mine rocked by a methane gas blast found the bodies of several more victims Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 106 a day after Russia's deadliest mining disaster in a decade.
Some 200 workers were in the Ulyanovskaya mine in the coal-rich region known as the Kuzbass at the time of the blast, which occurred early Monday at a depth of around 885 feet, emergency and regional officials said.
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