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A Pie for Peace: Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Chance to Reflect, Bake, Resist
September 11, 2001 was my friend Diana’s 30th birthday. I planned on meeting her at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station after work. Instead I walked across the …
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Education: Our True Homeland Security
Students use an interactive whiteboard during a class in the Kyrene School District in Tempe, Arizona. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) Today's students see education as a …
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Obama Jobs Plan Bolder Than Expected, but Is It Enough?
Before a joint session of Congress, President Obama laid out a $447 billion package of tax cuts and new government spending Thursday night to help stimulate the economy and …
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Nine Eleven and the Manufacture of Consent
If, traditionally, war is a hallmark of sovereignty, so it is with war on terror, but in this case it is not an act of sovereignty abroad only, but …
EU Steps Toward Common Aid
Brussels - The European Commission has decided to push for more ambitious reforms ahead of the aid effectiveness summit to be held in Busan later this year. The European …
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How the Most Dangerous Game Is Being Played
(Image: RLHyde) There's always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering. -Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World” …
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Many Deportees Unwittingly Waive Rights, Report Says
Los Angeles - The U.S. has deported more than 160,000 immigrants, the vast majority of whom had no legal representation - and signed documents they may not have understood …
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Relics, Artifacts and Memories: A Year Spent With World Trade Center Steel
Frederic Schwartz, architect of the Westchester and New Jersey 9/11 Memorials, stands in front of “Empty Sky.” Almost 50 percent of the victims’ families have no remains to …
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A Year Before 9/11, Intelligence Unit Determined World Trade Center, Pentagon “Most Likely Buildings to Be Attacked“
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, just as he has done in years past, a top military intelligence analyst identified by the US government only as “Iron Man” will …
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Germany Crafts Its Nuclear Power Exit Strategy
One surprising development this summer is the international vogue for shutting down nuclear plants. Germany led the way in the spring — startling even its own industry leaders — …