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Yemen Votes to Formally Remove President
In a rare move for an Arab state where popular dissent worked to unseat a dictator, Yemenis went to polling stations on Tuesday to vote out President Ali Abdullah …
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From Madison to Zuccotti Park
Bill Murray: C'mon, it's Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick 'em up, we zip right out again. We're not going to Moscow. It's Czechoslovakia. It's like going into Wisconsin. …
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The Real Fraud Behind Photo ID
Photo ID supporters routinely cry “fraud” as the reason for supporting new restrictions on access to the ballot. But the real fraud is in the repeated use of inaccurate, …
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Witnessing Human Rights Violations in Bahrain
On the long flight to the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain on February 10, I had been studying the Lonely Planet guide to the region in order to be able …
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Karzai Demand on Night Raids Snags US-Afghan Pact
Washington/Kabul - Nearly a year after the Barack Obama administration began negotiations with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, …
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Can Rep. Bachus and His Money-Crazed Congressional Colleagues Be Stopped from Insider Trading?
Back in the Gilded Age, venality was the rule in Congress. Bribes were as common as tobacco pipes. Lawmakers fattened their bank accounts through insider deals, with the needs …
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Europe Agrees on New Bailout to Help Greece Avoid Default (2)
Brussels - Greece finally secured its second giant bailout early Tuesday after euro zone finance ministers agreed to save it from bankruptcy in exchange for severe austerity measures and …
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A Fearful GOP
Washington - Republicans haven't quite thrown away what they see as a winnable presidential election, at least not yet. But they're trying their best. In GOP circles, there is …
Mad, Passionate Love – and Violence: Occupy Heads Into the Spring
When you fall in love, it’s all about what you have in common, and you can hardly imagine that there are differences, let alone that you will quarrel over …
Economic Alternatives to Capitalism
Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a demonstration at Foley Square, in New York, November 17, 2011. (Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times) Richard Wolff: My …