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The LWOT: State Department establishes Bureau of Counterterrorism

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 6, 2012

The LWOT: Tarek Mehanna convicted on all charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 3, 2012

The LWOT: Iraqi VP wanted on terrorism charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 20, 2011

The Real Mohamed Bouazizi

One year on, a team of researchers uncovers the man behind the martyr and the economic roots of the Arab Spring.

BY HERNANDO DE SOTO | DECEMBER 16, 2011

The LWOT: Government approves military custody for terrorist suspects

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 16, 2011

The LWOT: Senate, House edit detainee provision in defense bill

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: AP report describes secret CIA prison in Romania

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 9, 2011

The LWOT: U.N. tightens sanctions on Eritrea

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 6, 2011

The Anti-Putin Brigade

Portraits of Russia's would-be revolutionaries -- and their intimate thoughts on Vladimir Putin and the country's dark political future.

PHOTOS BY KIRILL NIKITENKO | DECEMBER 5, 2011

The LWOT: Senate votes to keep detainee provisions

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 2, 2011

The LWOT: NYC "al-Qaeda sympathizer" faces terrorism charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Scenes from Tahrir's Groundhog Days of Rage

As violence and bloodshed return to the beating heart of Egypt's revolution, a deepening political crisis clouds the forthcoming elections.

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The LWOT: Norway's anti-terrorism laws tested in conspiracy case

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The LWOT: Alleged Cole bomb planner arraigned at Gitmo

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Twitter vs. the KGB

Can social media save a journalist in trouble in a place like Kyrgyzstan?

BY NATALIA YEFIMOVA-TRILLING | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Gateway Interventions

Drones along the Mexican border, commandos in Central America -- the war on drugs looks more than ever like a real war. But do Americans have any idea what they're getting into?

BY JAMES POULOS | NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The End of FARC?

Why the killing of the Colombian insurgency's leader is a real chance for peace.

BY SILKE PFEIFFER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The LWOT: Georgia men charged with bioterrorism plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Pharoah's Lawyer

The deposed Egyptian dictator's lawyer explains in an exclusive interview how he plans to defend a man once seen as above the law.

BY MOHAMED FADEL FAHMY | NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The LWOT: Kenyan receives life sentence for grenade attack, al-Shabaab membership

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 28, 2011

Who's Bad Now?

The U.S. government is finally attempting to seize tens of millions of dollars in assets -- including a serious stash of Michael Jackson memorabilia -- from Equatorial Guinea's playboy president-in-waiting. Took long enough.

BY KEN SILVERSTEIN | OCTOBER 25, 2011

Up in Smoke

Did the idea of a legal war die along with Muammar al-Qaddafi?

BY SCOTT HORTON | OCTOBER 25, 2011

Outside the Law

From flawed beginning to bloody end, the NATO intervention in Libya made a mockery of international law.

BY ERIC A. POSNER | OCTOBER 25, 2011

The LWOT: Basque separatist group renounces violence

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 21, 2011

Did Qaddafi's End Justify the Means?

How Libya changed the face of humanitarian intervention -- an FP roundtable.

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The LWOT: U.S. accuses Iranians of assassination plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: Government kill list approved by secret committee - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 7, 2011

Locked Up Abroad

It isn't just Amanda Knox or the hikers in Iran. Why even the average American tourist should worry about being detained abroad.

BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | OCTOBER 4, 2011

The LWOT: Anwar al-Awlaki reported killed in Yemen

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Libya's Nightmare Factory

A visit to Qaddafi's scariest prison.

BY FELIX KUEHN | SEPTEMBER 6, 2011