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NATO Planes Bomb Tripoli for Hours on End
Tripoli, Libya - Waves of NATO fighter planes hit the Libyan capital Tuesday with one of the largest bombardments of the city since the Western-led alliance began airstrikes almost …
A Brief History of the Patriot Act
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GOP Plan to Run Fake Democratic Candidates
Madison, Wisconsin - The gears of government tend to grind slowly. But in Wisconsin lately they are racing at turbocharged speed. In just the last few weeks, …
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Has Economic Power Replaced Military Might?
(Photo: The U.S. Army / Flickr) Cambridge - At the Cold War’s end, some pundits proclaimed that “geo-economics” had replaced geopolitics. Economic power would become the key …
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Mexican Drug Gangs Build Tanks as War Intensifies
Mexico City - Mexico's rival crime gangs are in an arms race, and the latest sign of that are the homemade “Mad Max” type heavily armored vehicles they deploy …
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Yemeni Leader Severely Burnt, Raising Doubts About His Rule
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen suffered injuries far more extensive than previously known in the attack on his presidential palace last week, with burns …
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There Is No Such Thing as a Free Market
(Image: Bloomsbury Publishers) Thing 1: There is No Such Thing as a Free Market What They Tell You Markets need to be free. …
“War Is Just a Microcosm of Peace” – an Interview With Zainab Salbi
A recent Women News Network – WNN interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder and President of Women for Women International, which held its annual fundraiser luncheon in New York City …
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A Really Scary Story for Stephen King
I've been participating in an email discussion group that's tackling urgent issues like population, climate change, and peak oil. There's one particularly curmudgeonly member who persistently protests the doom …
In Canada the Center No Longer Holds
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. (The Prime Minister's Office / flickr) Toronto, Canada - By winning a majority in the 308-seat House of Commons in Canada’s May …