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New Year Priorities: Tehran Focused on Turmoil at Home, Not Nuclear Program
In Washington and European capitals, top New Year priorities on Iran may be Tehran’s nuclear program, and the next round of talks in Istanbul in late January. But for …

Al Qaeda Eyed in Latest Attack on Christians in the Middle East
Cairo — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed Saturday to “cut off the hand of terrorism” after a suspected suicide bomber attacked a Christian church in the Mediterranean port city …

N. Korea Calls for Peace, Warns of “Nuclear Holocaust“
Beijing - North Korea on Saturday called for dialogue and peace on the Korean Peninsula in a state-issued New Year’s Day editorial, warning that a breakout of war with …

UN Threatens Ivorian Leaders With Possible War Crimes
United Nations - The United Nations has warned the beleaguered president of Cote d’Ivoire and his military leaders that they may well go the way of Sudanese President Omar …

Throwing Public Unions Under the Bus
The stage is set and the main actors in Congress and in the corporate establishment are ready to perform after rehearsing behind closed doors for the coming assault on …

In South Africa, It’s Not All Black and White
South Africans of Indian descent are commemorating the arrival of the first indentured Indian workers here 150 years ago. In November 1860, two ships brought nearly 700 laborers from …

US at War Since 1950: A New Year’s Meditation
“The same war continues,” Denise Levertov wrote in her poem, “Life at War.” Her lament is even more appropriate for 2011 than it was when she wrote the poem …

Decriminalizing Self-Defense: Victoria Law on Resisting Gender Violence Outside of the Prison-Industrial Complex
Victoria Law is a longtime prison activist and the author of the 2009 book, “Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women” (PM Press).

Reading Charlotte’s Web as a Parent and an Activist
One of my earliest memories is sitting on the couch with my mom as she read Charlotte's Web to me and my sister. Thinking back on the book, I …

2011: Time for a New, Clear Vision
For the coming year, rather than short-term resolutions, I'm issuing an ongoing challenge that is at once personal and political. Despite much evidence to the contrary and notwithstanding the …