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Pakistan Volleyball Game Attack: Will Local Opposition to Taliban Hold Firm?
Lahore, Pakistan - The death toll from a massive suicide attack at a volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan mounted to 95 on Saturday, in what appears to be another …
Success of Afghanistan Troop Surge Doubted Widely
“There isn’t the slightest possibility that the course laid out by Barack Obama in his Dec. 1 speech (at West Point) will halt or even slow the downward spiral …
The “Coalition of the Willing” in Iraq Becomes an Army of One
The British said cheerio back in July, around the same time the Romanians cleared out “Camp Dracula,” their compound on a U.S. base in southern Iraq. Tonga and Kazakhstan …
Undocumented Children Pin Hopes on Revival of DREAM Act
Jesús and Guillermo Reyes were 11 and 15 when their family arrived from Venezuela in 2000. Walter Lara was 3 years old when his parents left Argentina in 1989. …
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Controversy Heats Up
Kampala, Uganda - To many non-Ugandans, Uganda conjures up two sustaining images; One, a small, beautiful, landlocked east African nation, once called the “Pearl of Africa” by her British …
VIDEO: Rep. Eric Massa Delivers Dick Cheney Smack-Down
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Learning From the Last Decade as We Move Into the Next One
While I'm loathe to write a top-ten list, if only for fear of falling short of Dave Letterman's legendary bit, I'm making an exception in this first week of …
The Year in Pot: Top Ten Events That Will Change the Way We Think About Marijuana
There has been a tidal shift in politics and on marijuana laws in America, from Obama lightening up on pot prosecutions to the recognition of cancer prevention properties.
Fed Judge Gives Blackwater Huge New Year’s Gift, Dismisses All Charges In Iraq Massacre
A federal judge in Washington DC has given Erik Prince’s Blackwater mercenaries a huge New Year’s gift. Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused …
2009: The Year Wall Street Bounced Back and Main Street Got Shafted
In September 2008, as the worst of the financial crisis engulfed Wall Street, George W. Bush issued a warning: “This sucker could go down.” Around the same time, as …