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• Lebanon: P.M. Calls for Ceasefire, Disarming Hezbollah

  July 20, 12:25 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  "The entire world must help us disarm Hezbollah. But first we need to reach a ceasefire." — Lebanese P.M. Fuad Saniora | More »

• Lebanon: Superdome Conditions for Refugees

  July 20, 12:07 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Some 4,000 civilians in Beirut are bunkered down in an underground parking garage with no water, no sanitation. They're living in mortal fear of Israeli bombs, an... | More »

• When Does Blind Support For Israel Equal Pandering?

  July 20, 12:47 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  A brave Marc Cooper thinks he has the answer to why Nancy Pelosi is to the right of President Bush in backing the Israeli offensive in Lebanon. | More »

• Iraqi Politicians Decry "Civil War"

  July 19, 1:34 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Meanwhile, in Iraq, 130 civilians have died in the past 48 hours: In the morgue, the bodies of Sunnis piled up, felled with single bullets to the head, apparently by S... | More »

• Oh Shit: "Turkey Signals It's Prepared to Enter Iraq"

  July 19, 12:17 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Did anyone else miss the fact that 15 Turkish soldiers and police were killed by Kurdish rebels last week? The fuse on the Middle East powder keg is getting shorter by... | More »

• Bush's DOJ Obstruction Unprecedented

  July 19, 2:21 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  The Blotter has uncovered interal Department of Justice documents that reveal the president's decision to deny DOJ investigators a security clearance is unprecede... | More »

• Bush's First Veto: Stem-Cell Research

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  I'm happy to see the president uncap his veto pen. I think he's wrong on the substance, of course. Hell, even Orrin Hatch, who has embraced embryonic stem-c... | More »

• Comment of the Day: Inside Lebanon

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Reader Joe Cherabie writes: I'm currently in Lebanon and I can tell you that these past events have taken a toll on everone here. Us lebanese are very proud peop... | More »

• Community Post: Lebanon

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Please share your thoughts on the Mid-East crisis The scene in Israel. | More »

• Lebanon: Saniora Rebukes U.S.

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  With 300 Lebanese dead, 500,000 refugees, and the nation's infrastructure increasingly in rubble, Lebanese prime minister Fuad Saniora lashed out at the U.S. and ... | More »

• The Odd Couple: Iran and Syria

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Writing at Slate, Daniel Byman offers an exceptional analysis explaining the odd collaboration between the secular, Baathist regime in Demascus and the revolutionary, ... | More »

• YouTube Theater: Bush Slurring Slowly

  July 19, 12:00 AM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  "I think you'd probably say,'There he goes again.'" | More »

• List of the Day: Best Concept Albums

  July 18, 3:48 PM ET

  So, the other day we came across this cool little list the Onion did on "12 Delightfully Odd Concept Albums." Reading such a carefully compiled, artfully thought-out... | More »

• U.N.: More Than 3,000 Iraqi Civilians Died in June

  July 18, 3:23 PM ET

  It is the highest rate of deaths for civilians — an average of more than 100 a day — since the fall of Baghdad. | More »