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Former Bush Special Counsel Wants a “Do-Over” on Guilty Plea
Scott Bloch, the former special counsel to President George W. Bush, requested to withdraw his guilty plea to a misdemeanor contempt of Congress charge. (Photo: U.S. Office of Special …
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Climate Regulations a Job Killer? Quit Crying Wolf
(Photo: A6U571N) There’s an old adage that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. That seems to be the unofficial motto of the …
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Obama Proposal for Collaborative Ocean Policy Draws Skepticism, Support
Obama's 2011 budget includes requests to fund a more comprehensive, integrated new ocean policy, including $12 million for a massive marine spatial planning program. (Photo: Mister.Tee) Portland, …
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Neocons Fume Over US Boat to Gaza
Demonstrators on the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope” at a port near Athens, Greece, June 30, 2011. (Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen / The New York Times) …
Egyptian Counterrevolution Struggling for a Breakthrough
A vendor arranges Egyptian flags before a morning prayer service at Tahrir Square, in Cairo, July 11, 2011. Almost six months after the Egypt revolution that successfully saw the …
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British Police Arrest Rebekah Brooks in Phone Hacking Scandal
The final edition of The News of the World. The once top-selling Sunday tabloid ordered the hacking of the phone of a 13-year-old girl, Milly Dowler, who was abducted …
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Confused Strategy: How the PA Sold Out Palestinian Unity
If you happen to be a Palestinian government employee, chances are you will receive only half your usual salary this month. The other half will only be available when …
After Fukushima: Winning the Battle for Hearts and Minds in Britain and Japan
With no end in sight to the world’s worst atomic power crisis in a quarter of a century, collusion between Japan’s nuclear industry and its supposedly neutral government watchdogs …
Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico’s Drug War
A Mexican federal police officer patrols the streets of Acapulco, Mexico, January 28, 2011. (Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas / The New York Times) Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a …
G20: Speculation and Agricultural Price Volatility
The G20 agriculture ministers dodged most of the tough issues in their meeting last month in Paris, leaving the heavy lifting on France’s ambitious G20 agenda to finance ministers …