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Human Rights Watch Report: Is Diplomacy a Fig Leaf for Inaction?
During his presidential campaign, then-senator Barack Obama emphasized negotiations rather than military action. The Republicans ridiculed his focus on diplomacy as naive. "Strong countries and strong presidents meet and …
Arizona Sues Feds for Not Being Tough Enough on Immigration
Arizona is sick of being a defendant in lawsuit after lawsuit challenging the state’s harsh anti-immigration policies. On Thursday Gov.
Bomb and Rocket Attack on Police Headquarters in South Afghanistan Stirs Panic
Kabul, Afghanistan — Four would-be suicide bombers attacked police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, killing at least 19 people, most of them police officers, in …
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Unrest in Algeria Put Down by Police
Algiers — Algerian demonstrators, inspired by popular protests in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, protested in the capital, Algiers, on Saturday before security forces moved in to …
Obama Assertion: FBI Can Get Phone Records Without Oversight
Washington — The Obama administration's Justice Department has asserted that the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S. without any formal legal process or …
Joy Erupts, Now for Change
Cairo - The reaction across Egypt was explosive. The anger that had been simmering for decades and boiled over during 18 consecutive days of protests, was transformed by a …
Vision: Across the Country, People Are Rising Up to Fight for Change
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can quietly become a power no government can suppress, a power than can transform the world.” -The late people’s historian Howard …
President Obama’s Remarks on the Egyptian Revolution (Video)
TRANSCRIPT: THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place. This is one of those …
Robin Hood Is Dead
The streets of Cairo were alive with jubilation on Friday after the announcement that Hosni Mubarak had finally surrendered to the inevitable and lit out of town. After more …