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Seeking to Disrupt Protesters, Syria Cracks Down on Social Media
The Syrian government is cracking down on protesters' use of social media and the Internet to promote their rebellion just three months after allowing citizens to have open access …
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Changing Marriage Patterns Reflect Economics and Class
New research shows that women are getting married at later ages – and that the divorce rate is going down. The results reflect some good news — later marriages …
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Why Some Liberals Attack Prophets Like Cornel West
The liberal class, which attempted last week to discredit the words my friend Cornel West spoke about Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, prefers comfort and privilege to justice, …
Wall Street Banker Peter Peterson and the Deficit Ostriches
Last spring, Wall Street investment banker Peter Peterson hosted a lavish, daylong conference devoted to the budget deficit. One of the highlights was an appearance by President Clinton. Clinton …
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Thousands of Spaniards Continue Protest to Overhaul Political System
Madrid - The governing Socialist Party suffered heavy losses on Sunday in regional and municipal elections, even as tens of thousands of Spaniards calling themselves the “indignant” said they …
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Pakistan Fighting Off US Aid
Karachi - The killing of Osama Bin Laden on May 2 in a covert operation by the United States has prompted strident calls by many in Pakistan to see …
There Is Much More to Say
On May 1, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed in his virtually unprotected compound by a raiding mission of 79 Navy Seals.
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Report: Intelligence Unit Told Before 9/11 to Stop Tracking Bin Laden
Smoke billows from the World Trade Center in New York, on September 11, 2001. (Photo: Ruth Fremson / The New York Times) A great deal of controversy …
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The Media Is a Curable Disease
Rupert Murdoch, who got his start in business marketing rats and manure, has chosen to deny Italy access to a television network that has presented critical coverage of both …
When Institutions Rape Nations
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, is escorted from a New York Police Department station in Harlem after being formally arrested, in New York, on May …