Cr edit note: what this article doesn't state, and one of the main questions, is how much of the oil that Iran exports,  actually goes to these European Countries? The answer is approximately 20% or less than 1/5th, which is about what's needed to sust… more »

  CIA operatives used Twitter to gauge public opinion in Pakistan after the death of bin Laden UK Telegraph  At the agency's Open Source Centre, a team known affectionately as the "vengeful librarians" also pores over newspapers, TV news channel… more »

New York Post World / By Joby Warrick In 2008, a secret State Department cable warned of a growing chemical weapons threat from a Middle Eastern country whose autocratic leader had a long history of stirring up trouble in the region. The leader, no… more »

BloombergBy Thomas Kutty Abraham - Feb 21, 2011 Governments worldwide will increase their role in global food markets and may boost stockpiles and subsidies or impose trade curbs to head off the protests that have rippled through the Middle East… more »

UK Guardian By John Vidal  The Observer Poverty, repression, decades of injustice and mass unemployment have all been cited as causes of the political convulsions in the Middle East and north Africa these last weeks. But a less recognised reason for… more »