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Mubarak Refuses to Step Down
Cairo - President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people Thursday that he would delegate more authority to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, but that he would not resign his …
Egypt Protests: Watch for the Demands
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak addressed Egyptians today, but despite expectations he planned to announce his resignation - expectations created by statements of Egyptian government officials - Mubarak insisted he …
Time to Divest From the War Machine; Drones First?
On January 12, 2011, the investment world thrilled to the announcement that ITT Corporation, one of the top ten US military contractors, will disengage from its “defense” business as …
The Revolt in Egypt Is Coming Home
The uprising in Egypt is our theater of the possible. It is what people across the world have struggled for and their thought controllers have feared. Western commentators invariably …
US-Financed Egyptian Military Orchestrating Attacks on Protesters
As Mubarak continues to play for time and release statements offering to release protesters who have been - and continue to be - snatched off the streets and tortured …
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Egypt Demonstrates for Democracy; Americans Contemplate PATRIOT Act Extension
Egypt Shames America In spite of our own interests, Americans and the US government are supplying the boots that rest on the necks of citizens of Egypt and dictatorships …
Why Bradley Manning Is a Patriot, Not a Criminal
Bradley Manning, a 23-year-old from Crescent, Oklahoma, enlisted in the U.S. military in 2007 to give something back to his country and, he hoped, the world. For the past …
News in Brief: HuffPost Bloggers Threaten Boycott Over AOL Merger, and More …
HuffPost Bloggers Threaten Boycott Over AOL Merger
FLASHBACK – President Obama in Cairo, June 2009: “As-Salamu Alaykum” (VIDEO)
Editor's Note: In a remarkable speech, President Obama delivered a starkly different message from that of his predecessor George W. Bush, to the people of Egypt and to Muslims …
The Palestine Papers, or How Everything You Thought You Knew About the Peace Process Was Wrong
Common wisdom is that the 20-year-old peace process has been edging towards a two-state solution, based on a formula that half the world can recite verbatim: borders following the …