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Birthers and Birchers: Hiding Behind Stars and Stripes
Sustaining a progressive movement based on shared politics requires not only unification on positive values, but an understanding of the opposition and their tactics. Analysis of the various elements …
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Flying Blind
Predator drones kill al-Qaeda leaders without risk to American soldiers; dangerous plotters of terror are efficiently annihilated; and those not yet killed are kept off-balance, in a constant state …
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Angry Greenhouse Gas Victims Demand Action
Viterbo, Italy - “Angry” is not the adjective that comes to mind when you first meet Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei. The immaculately dressed 53-year-old Kenyan is generous with her time …
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US Still Running Secret Prison in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of the …
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Robert Scheer | Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street
Jail, anyone? Perhaps that's too harsh, and at any rate premature, but is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the behind-the-scenes sweetheart deals that passed tens of …
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Sudan: Peace Agreement Proving Less Than Comprehensive
Pretoria - The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended one of Africa's longest and complex civil wars, with nominal agreement reached on security, wealth sharing, and governance issues. But …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …