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What Happened at the Afghan Peace Jirga?
Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s National Consultative Peace Jirga, which ended its deliberations on Friday, was an exceptionally good show. It had drama, excitement, danger, a colorful cast of characters, …
BP Could Face Massive Fines Under Clean Water Act
Washington — If the Obama administration is serious about holding BP and others responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it can start with the federal Clean Water …
Radio Free Maine: Today Augusta, Tomorrow the World
In the spring of 1994, I went to the Socialist Scholars Conference in New York, where I encountered a large red-faced man with white hair. He had the look …
Banks Profit From Near-Zero Interest Rates: Another Reason for States to Own Their Own Banks
While individuals, businesses and governments suffer from a credit crisis created on Wall Street, the banks responsible for the crisis are tapping into nearly-interest-free credit lines and using the …
Israeli Naval Forces Seize Gaza-Bound Aid Ship Rachel Corrie
Israeli naval forces seized control of another humanitarian aid ship headed for Gaza early Saturday. The Irish vessel, the Rachel Corrie, named after the US citizen who was intentionally …
A Christian Perspective on Prisons: An interview With Stan Moody
Stan Moody has served in the Maine State House of Representatives both as a Republican and a Democrat, pastors a small country church in Central Maine and served as …
Another KBR Employee Says She Was Raped While Working for the Military Contractor in Iraq
In 2007, former Halliburton/KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones revealed that she had been gang-raped by her co-workers while working in Baghdad, and then left by the company in a …
“I Want to Live With My Family“
Islamabad - Abir Mohammed, a refugee from Bajaur, says that the battles which raged in his home province since 2008 have dramatically changed his life. We met him in …
BP and Halliburton Build Legal Teams, Attempt to Buy Off Government Officials
Facing possible jail time for their roles in the largest oil spill in American history, BP and Halliburton are building high-powered legal teams with “deep Department of Justice and …
What Emergencies? Fear of Deficits Leads Congress to Punt
WASHINGTON — When Congress returns Monday from a 10-day break, it will struggle to try to meet an impatient public's demands for it to fund, among other things, an …