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White House Says World Moving Toward New Iran Sanctions
Washington - The United Nations nuclear agency blasted Iran in a resolution Friday for obstructing investigations into its suspected nuclear-weapons program and demanded that the Islamic Republic stop enriching …
Will Nuclear Power Blow Up Obama’s Climate Goals for Copenhagen?
With Wednesday's announcement that President Obama plans to personally visit the UN-sponsored Copenhagen climate change conference next month, there are mounting hopes that his pledge that the US will …
A Backlash of Mistrust
Boston - Is there such a thing as communications malpractice? If so, we might consider the case of Women v. the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Why Debt at Dubai World Is Shaking World Financial Markets
As conglomerate Dubai World delays debt payments, most analysts look for Arab Monetary Fund to step in to avert a crisis in financial markets. That's not likely, though, until …
Get Ready for the Obama/GOP Alliance
With Obama pushing a huge troop escalation in Afghanistan, history may well repeat itself with a vengeance. And it's not just the apt comparison to LBJ, who destroyed his …
Argentine Dirty War Victims Cautiously Embrace Trials, Hope for More
Buenos Aires, Argentina - In July 1977, when Ana Maria Careaga was just sixteen years old, she was kidnapped off a major intersection in Buenos Aires by forces from …
Good for Children, Good for Society
“Children's development is the wealth of nations.” The expression, borrowed from Adam Smith, has a strange resonance when children's development is ever less a priority for our rulers whose …
Good for Children, Good for Society (2)
“Children's development is the wealth of nations.” The expression, borrowed from Adam Smith, has a strange resonance when children's development is ever less a priority for our rulers whose …
Obama’s Secret Climate Pact
Richard Wolffe, The Daily Beast reports that there is a reason China and the White House have announced they will go to Copenhagen with plans for emissions reduction. White …
Obama’s Secret Climate Pact (2)
Richard Wolffe, The Daily Beast reports that there is a reason China and the White House have announced they will go to Copenhagen with plans for emissions reduction. White …