As the conflict over Iran's nuclear program continues to heat up, many in the region around Iran are concerned about the prospect that the verbal sparring could escalate into armed conflict.
Speaking at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy the Russian President declared that only the UN, and not the EU or NATO, can sanction the legitimate use of force.
Early next year, the Canadian War Museum will open Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War, a groundbreaking new exhibition on Canada's participation in the international security mission in Afghanistan. Detailing the modern experience of conflict through personal accounts collected by journalists in the field, this exhibition will show Canada's involvement in the "war on terror" and in the rebuilding of a country shattered by years of war. The exhibition will open on Friday, February 9, 2007.
The past year has been a particularly troubled time in Lebanon. The country wrestled with political instability following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, and the subsequent mass protest movement that led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops.
The U.S. military in Iraq says five American troops have been killed in western Anbar province, raising the death toll among U.S. forces to 96 this month.
It is the highest monthly toll since January 2005, when 107 American troops were killed.
U.S. President George Bush has signed into a law a series of new rules for interrogating suspected terrorists and bringing them to trial. Critics say the measure violates defendants' civil liberties.
