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Don’t Call Gingrich a “Lobbyist“
Mea culpa, I misspoke, my bad. I stand corrected. I have called Newt Gingrich a lobbyist. Apparently, he hates that tag, even though he has indeed gotten …
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Climate Deal Struck in Durban; Critics Say It Falls Short
Durban, South Africa - Two weeks of contentious United Nations talks over climate change concluded Sunday morning with an agreement by more than 190 nations to work toward a …
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Three Women’s Rights Leaders Accept Nobel Peace Prize
Paris - In a ceremony in Oslo that repeatedly invoked gender equality and the democratic strivings of the Arab Spring, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was presented to three …
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Quality of Air? That’s as Murky as Western Sky
Denver - Oh say, can you see across the Grand Canyon? Not as well as you used to on some days. The question of how clean the …
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Euro Crisis Pits Germany and US in Tactical Fight
Berlin - Even as European leaders put together their latest response to the euro crisis last week, a German-American clash over how best to manage a vast financial crisis …
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Rally Defying Putin’s Party Draws Tens of Thousands
Moscow - Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets in Moscow on Saturday shouting “Putin is a thief” and “Russia without Putin,” forcing the Kremlin to confront …
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Robert Reich | The Remarkable Political Stupidity of Wall Street
Wall Street is its own worst enemy. It should have welcomed new financial regulation as a means of restoring public trust. Instead, it’s busily shredding new regulations and making …
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Beyond Guantánamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates
Washington - It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads. Today, it houses far more men convicted …
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Peru’s Top Indigenous Leader Says Industry, Traffickers Behind Shaman Slayings
Shaman Wilson showing plants used in preparing a ‘pusanga’ in Peru, September, 2009. (Photo: Howard G Charing) Iquitos, Peru - It's been more than one month since …
Out of the Backyard: New Latin American and Caribbean Bloc Defies Washington
CELAC heads of state pose in front of Simón Bolívar statue at Caracas summit, December 2, 2011. (Photo: Eduardo Santillán Trujillo/Presidencia de la República) Rain clouds ringed …