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Interpol Issues Qaddafi Arrest Warrant as More Libyan Officials Flee
Tripoli, Libya - As Interpol issued arrest warrants for the former Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and two others on Friday, reports came from Niger of a new convoy …
Did 9/11 Make Peace Passe?
Peace has never been a particularly popular word in Washington, DC. This is, after all, the home of the Pentagon and the major military contractors, not to mention all …
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Testimony Implicates a Mubarak Co-Defendant
Cairo - Testimony on Thursday in the criminal case against former President Hosni Mubarak implicated top officials for the first time in ordering the use of force against demonstrators. …
Nine Government Investments that Made Us an Industrial Economic Leader
Remember when the United States led the world in industrial technology? The peak of U.S. supremacy was back in the 1960s, when the “military-industrial complex” was in full force. …
Epitaph for Another 9/11: Renown Writer Ariel Dorfman on 1973 US-Backed Coup in Chile (2)
The Die-Hard Recession Heads Off the Charts
"By 1970, the governments of the wealthy countries began to take it for granted that they had truly discovered the secret of cornucopia. Politicians of left and right alike …
Epitaph for Another 9/11: Renown Writer Ariel Dorfman on 1973 US-Backed Coup in Chile
"That September 11, that lethal Tuesday morning, I awoke with dread to the sound of planes flying above my house. When, an hour later, I saw smoke billowing from …
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The Importance of Time Off
I used to be a real productivity nerd. I wrote an earlier post detailing some examples of my compulsion to be as efficient as possible. I worked at a …
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September 11 Lessons: Combating Ignorance, Avoiding Arrogance
US soldiers from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade assist American and Afghan soldiers who were wounded December 12, 2010, near the village of Sangsar, southern Afghanistan. Six American soldiers …
Europe Steers Into a Zone of Uncertainty
Paris - With markets still volatile, and politicians only marginally closer to a solution of the euro’s troubles than they were two years ago, the future for the euro …