–> Sanders to vote NO on budget deal. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said today he will vote against a bill that cuts more than $38 billion from programs that help working families without calling for shared sacrifice by the wealthiest Americans.

–> Avigdor Lieberman pans Hamas in toilet interview. By Wyre Davies BBC News, Jerusalem

–> Few politicians say it, but most think it: our Afghan war is a disaster.

The army is on the Soviet occupiers' path, with less success. What follows may be worse. All we can do, perhaps, is go

–> Hospital Is Drawn Into Bahrain Strife.

–> US Drone Strike Kills Two US Soldiers in Afghanistan. US Mistook US Troops for 'Taliban' in Helmand.