Topic: Howard LaFranchi

Good Reads: Amanda Knox released, Panetta in Israel, and US foreign aid cuts

With Amanda Knox's murder conviction overturned, the world's press can now return to other matters, such as the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and looming US foreign aid cuts contemplated by Congress.

Good Reads: Pakistan's Musharraf speaks, US talks tough, and Congo's elections loom

Pakistan's former president Musharraf says the US, which has accused Pakistan of complicity in terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, must understand Pakistan's national interests.

Good Reads: America's Palestinian veto, war with China, and meet the Haqqanis

When the UN Security Council votes on Palestinian statehood, will the US have some backing for its expected veto? And how much longer can the US put off the unthinkable: a war with China?

Top Pakistani militant Ilyas Kashmiri reported killed in US drone attack

Ilyas Kashmiri was a senior Al Qaeda operative believed to be behind some of the deadliest attacks, including a suicide attack on Pakistan’s spy agency and attacks on US forces in Afghanistan.

Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of October 11, 2010

Readers write in about mine safety, Secretary Clinton, and job creation in the US.

Could Israeli-Palestinian talks bring peace?

Direct Middle East peace talks got under way today in Washington.

Half of Afghanistan Taliban leadership arrested in Pakistan

Pakistan officials told the Monitor they have arrested nearly half – 7 of 15 – members of the Afghan Taliban's senior leadership council in recent days, including the Taliban head of military operations in Afghanistan.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about population control and Obama's foreign policy.

Haiti: US ramps up 'cash for work' to create jobs, help recovery

The United States and the United Nations are paying for thousands of new jobs to speed earthquake cleanup, put cash in people's pockets, and help the private sector recover.

Q&A: How much aid has reached Haiti?

More than $1 billion in aid to Haiti has been pledged so far by governments from Guatemala to Greece. The UN and other groups are increasing food distribution by the day.

Talk to the Editor for November 12: Power in Russia

Tuesday's coverage: witness in Tehran, banned in Darfur, housing starts

Monday's coverage agenda: Post-election Iran, Air France, healthcare reform

Friday's coverage agenda: Iran votes, China censors, Security Council meets

Wednesday's coverage: Mitchell to West Bank, Uighurs to Palau, Iran to vote

Today's coverage: Europe votes, a little and to the right; stimulus flow slow

Today's coverage: World reaction to Obama speech, and more

Today's coverage: Sotomayor's words in court, Obama's message to Arabs

Today's coverage agenda: Israel's Arabs, gay marriages, recession's end

Today's news stories: stopping West Bank settlements, America's waning mobility, and Guatemala's embattled leftist president

Today's news stories: Tamil Tigers, Supreme Court, NRA, Netanyahu

Today's news agenda: the pope, Uighurs, Somalia, and young entrepreneurs

Today's briefing: Pakistan's next hot spot, Mexico returns to normal

Today's briefing: Georgia shaking, economy mending,

Somali pirates free hijacked Ukrainian ship

The reported release of the freighter, carrying 33 tanks and other heavy weapons, closes a brazen chapter in the Somali piracy saga.