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Bahrain’s Treatment of Opposition Shows Pattern of Abuse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The first sign that Bahrain's security forces were going to detain former Bahraini parliamentarian Jawad Fairooz came at 8:30 p.m. May 2, when about …
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Top Serbian War Crimes Suspect Caught
Paris - Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of war crimes including masterminding the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995, has …
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Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Punishing Undocumented Immigrant Hiring
Washington - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that harshly penalizes businesses for knowingly hire illegal immigrants. In a ruling that could exert pressure …
Peace No Longer Even Gets Lip Service
Soldiers of the US Army's Alpha Company of Third Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to fire illumination rounds during a training exercise with the …
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Rep. McHenry Blasted Over Treatment of Consumer Advocate Warren
In a daylong social media smackdown, hundreds — perhaps thousands — of Elizabeth Warren fans flooded Rep. Patrick McHenry's Facebook page on Wednesday with demands that he apologize for …
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News in Brief: Obama Wants to Finish the Job in Libya, and More
Obama Wants to Finish the Job in Libya
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On “Teaching Gay Marriage“
Opponents of gay marriage - which is to say, opponents of equal rights, equal protection, and equality of social life for gay, lesbian, transgender, and non-heterosexual individuals - always …
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The Merging of Government and Industry
The 20th century was the bloodiest and most violent in human history. This led some countries to fascism - a system characterized by the state and large business becoming …
In the Battle of the Budget, a Fog of Words
Frank Luntz at Affiliate Summit East 2010. Luntz claimed on Fox that the budget of a country of nearly 300 million people is similar to that of a working-class …
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“Known and Unknown”: A Review of Donald Rumsfeld’s Memoir
On February 8, 2011, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld published his highly anticipated memoir, "Known and Unknown." The title refers to the dilemma of having to act on …