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Transcript: President Barack Obama | The Fight Against Al-Qaeda
Weekly Address: President Obama Outlines Steps Taken to Protect the Safety and Security of the American People In his weekly address, President Barack Obama discussed his responsibility to …
The Avatar Decade
Watch as the world “avatars,” as spheres of politics and big business make way for creativity, science and people power. Boston - Power shifted this decade from the …
Women Empowered by Restoring Desertified Land
Natagaima, Colombia - Indigenous and rural women from southern Tolima, a province located in the heart of Colombia, are lending a hand to the bleak land around them, with …
Pakistan Volleyball Game Attack: Will Local Opposition to Taliban Hold Firm?
Lahore, Pakistan - The death toll from a massive suicide attack at a volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan mounted to 95 on Saturday, in what appears to be another …
Success of Afghanistan Troop Surge Doubted Widely
“There isn’t the slightest possibility that the course laid out by Barack Obama in his Dec. 1 speech (at West Point) will halt or even slow the downward spiral …
The “Coalition of the Willing” in Iraq Becomes an Army of One
The British said cheerio back in July, around the same time the Romanians cleared out “Camp Dracula,” their compound on a U.S. base in southern Iraq. Tonga and Kazakhstan …
Undocumented Children Pin Hopes on Revival of DREAM Act
Jesús and Guillermo Reyes were 11 and 15 when their family arrived from Venezuela in 2000. Walter Lara was 3 years old when his parents left Argentina in 1989. …
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill Controversy Heats Up
Kampala, Uganda - To many non-Ugandans, Uganda conjures up two sustaining images; One, a small, beautiful, landlocked east African nation, once called the “Pearl of Africa” by her British …
VIDEO: Rep. Eric Massa Delivers Dick Cheney Smack-Down
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Learning From the Last Decade as We Move Into the Next One
While I'm loathe to write a top-ten list, if only for fear of falling short of Dave Letterman's legendary bit, I'm making an exception in this first week of …