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Posted By Josh Rogin Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 1:57 PM Share

One of the two Afghan judges who was serving on the Electoral Complaints Commission quit his job complaining of "foreign interference," which in this context means "foreign oversight."

Israel promises never to submit officials for trials stemming from the Goldstone report, and some Israelis are avoiding Europe just to be safe.

The North Koreans fired five more missiles, reinforcing their letter to the U.N. last month, which said that giving up their nuclear weapons was "unthinkable even in a dream."

Guinea signed a huge oil and mining deal with China, only two weeks after soldiers killed dozens of protesters.

Japan's defense minister says that country will end its refueling mission in Afghanistan, raising questions about what other surprises the new government there has in store.