Gun control in US

Good article on gun laws in the US.

US and ICC

The US managed to prevent the ICC from adopting the crime of agression as part of its mandate.

EU uses torture intel

The EU uses torture intelligence says a HRW report.

Talking to terrorists illegal

The law against "material support for terrorists" means that even talking to them is illegal.

Congress blocks welfare spending

Congress is blocking unemployment benefits but voting tax loopholes for business and spending on the military.

China Iran sanctions

The West is worried that its sanctions against Iran could backfire as China is moving to increase trade with Iran. This would cut the West from Iran and China would benefit.

Afghan warlrods media moghuls

Media in Afghanistan is dominated by warlords, as Sahar Saba says.

Also, since the beginning of the Karzai regime in 2002, twenty Afghan journalists have been murdered while over 200 violent physical attacks against journalists have been reported. Many have fled Afghanistan after receiving threats against them or their families. One young journalist, Kambaksh, was sentenced to death. Several remain in jail after being arrested for their work. Radio and television stations, print media, and Internet services have been attacked, blocked, damaged, and even burned to the ground by government and other politico-religious agents and gangs.

Iran attacked?

A series of articles document the growing movement of Israeli and US troops and vessels toward Iran in recent days: here and here saying that US troops are in 10 countries surrounding Iran.

Supreme court HLP

Article on the Supreme court decision to ban talking to terrorist groups.

Iran nuclear

Chomsky on Iran and the US and nuclear matters.

Russia and Iran

Leveretts' article on Russia-Iran relationship in the context of the nuclear question.

UK spends 20 bn pounds on Iraq and Afgh

All the money the UK has poured into Afghanistan and Iraq so far (20 billion pounds, 11 of which for Afghanistan--and this excludes soldiers' salaries, it's just the extra expenses of war) is 10 times what is needed to abolish tuition fees in England:
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone said: "The true cost of our policy of international adventures is now being shown - £20bn is 10 times the amount it would cost to scrap student fees in England, for example."

Israel attack on Iran

Reports of Israeli preparations with US assistance to attack Israel from the sea and from Azerbaijan.

Obama targeted assassinations

Greenwald says whereas Bush wanted to eavesdrop on Americans, Obama wants to kill them anywhere in the world.

Russia and drugs

Russia wants to build an anti-drug base in Kyrgyzstan, just like the US in Colombia.
And here.