| Kurds Stage Strike in Iran to Protest Executions Iranian Kurds staged one of their largest strikes in recent years, closing shops and bazaars in a challenge to the country’s leaders, who have long worried about this restive minority population. feeds.nytimes.com |
9 Policemen Killed in Bombings Around Iraq A series of attacks in northern Iraq and in Baghdad added to an already tense spring and summer. feeds.nytimes.com |
Army Broadens Inquiry Into WikiLeaks Disclosure Investigators were focusing on a group of Pfc. Bradley Manning’s friends and acquaintances in Massachusetts. nytimes.com |
Dissidents Claim Iran Is Building a New Enrichment Site The dissident group showed satellite photographs of an extensive tunnel-digging operation near a military garrison northwest of Tehran. feeds.nytimes.com |
Israelis to Break Taboo and Play Wagner in Germany An Israeli orchestra says it will perform works by Adolf Hitler's favorite composer, Richard Wagner, in a taboo-breaking concert in Germany next year. feeds.nytimes.com |