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Timor’s Oil: Blessing or Curse?
Oil has different meanings for different societies. For developed societies like the United States, Japan, and Western Europe, oil is like an addictive drug that people only want more …
Did a Top GOP Staffer for Senator Grassley Cover Up Evidence of News Corp. Hacking In The US?
A top investigator for the Senate Finance Committee, working under Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), may have had smoking gun evidence of News Corp’s hacking activity. While News Corp’s British …
Toward Total Information Awareness
(Photo: Ludovic Bertron / Flickr) It is no secret that the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA) bungled a multitude of opportunities to foil the …
Profit Motive Underlies Outbreak of Immigration Bills
July 29 marked the one-year anniversary of Arizona's controversial immigration law, a year that has seen similar anti-immigrant bills emerge across the country. Thanks to the release of over …
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The Price of 9/11
George W. Bush addresses the media on Israel and Lebanon in August 2006. (Photo: Eric Draper / Wikimedia) New York – The September 11, 2001, terror attacks …
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Qaddafi Loyalists Fled to Niger by Convoy, US Affirms
Reporting from Tripoli, Libya, and Washington— More than a dozen high-ranking loyalists of Moammar Kadafi made a desert getaway into neighboring Niger, US officials said Tuesday, but …
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Plan Would Keep Small Force in Iraq Past Deadline
Washington — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is supporting a plan that would keep 3,000 to 4,000 American troops in Iraq after a deadline for their withdrawal at year’s …
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What Comes Next for the Tar Sands Action
Dear friends— Here’s the battle plan we promised—a few hours late, because it’s been a big job wrapping up phase one of this campaign. By …
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Perry Tales: Rick Is Not Who He Says He Is
Presidential wannabe Rick Perry is flitting all around the country — hither, thither and yon — spreading little “Perry Tales” about himself and the many wonders he has worked …
CIA’s Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs
Washington, (IPS) - When David Petraeus walks into the Central Intelligence Agency Tuesday, he will be taking over an organisation whose mission has changed in recent years from gathering …