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Police Seek Evidence From IMF Chief on Sex Attack
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, spent most of Sunday at the Manhattan Special Victims Unit in East Harlem as prosecutors sought additional evidence, including possible DNA evidence on …
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Nakba Anger Points to Third Intifadah
Israeli confidence that Nakba day, marked by The Great March on May 15 in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel and neighbouring Arab countries, would remain under control, has backfired …
Rand Paul: Universal Health Care Is “Slavery“
At a 11 May 2011 hearing held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, a short debate over healthcare delivery took …
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Shrinking Wisconsin Cheese
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Blackwater Founder Forms Secret Army for UAE
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital. Whisked through customs by …
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Hypatia and the Clash of Civilizations in Late Antiquity
When the Greeks spoke of “agora,” they meant a place for political discussion, jury trials and a market. In other words, agora was the center of Greek life. …
Synecdoche Wisconsin
Protesters at Madison, Wisconsin, March 12th, 2011. (Photo: ra_hurd) A Brief History of the Battle for Wisconsin The whole aim of practical politics is to …
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Hamas-Fatah to Form Unity Government, Israel Angered, US Shocked (2)
The last few weeks have brought some of the biggest news in some time, and shocked many long-term observers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hamas, Fatah and the new …
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Armed Conflicts Claim Unprecedented Number of Civilians
United Nations - Afghanistan, once described as the graveyard of empires, is ranked number one as the country with the most “significant rise” in civilian deaths last year, turning …
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The Sense and Morality of Agnosticism
I can say with relative confidence (because what I'm saying, at least it would seem, has to be true) that there is only one necessary religion that has any merit …