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Israel Deports Peace Laureate
Ramallah - Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to …
When Generosity Hurts: Bill Gates, Public School Teachers and the Politics of Humiliation
High stakes accountability and punishing modes of leadership, regardless of the damage they wreak on students and teachers, are now the only game in town when it comes to …
New Scramble for Africa’s Land
Nairobi, Kenya and New Delhi, India - More than a century ago Mark Twain encouraged people to, “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” Today, nations, companies and financiers …
The Cash Cow of Anonymity
Washington - The Republican grab for Congress is being funded by a pack of wolves masquerading as a herd of sheep. How sweet and innocent they seem, these mysterious …
Fifth NATO Tanker Attacked in Six Days Since Pakistan Sealed Border Post
A small bomb damaged an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan as it waited at Pakistan's closed Torkham border crossing Tuesday. No casualties were reported.
Obama Confronts the Corporation
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Fate of Millions Hangs on Global Fund Pledges
Mbabane - Sibongile Mavimbela has been living with HIV for the past 12 years; she has been on antiretrovirals for the past seven. But the mother of two fears …
How to Replace the War System
About the murderous rampage of US soldiers from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, who killed and dismembered Afghani civilians evidently “for sport,” the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported on …
This Is Your Brain on War
Andrew Sullivan's defense of President Obama's claimed power to have American citizens assassinated nicely reveals much of the illogic behind, and many of the dangers inherent in, America's Forever …
If the Choice Is a CEO, Obama Should Say No
There has been a great deal of speculation in the media lately about whether President Barack Obama will, or should, decide to appoint a former chief executive officer to …