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Four Men Leave Guantanamo; Two Face Ill-Defined Trials in Italy
On Monday, the Obama administration announced that it had transferred four prisoners from Guantanamo: Sabir Lahmar, an Algerian, was transferred to France; an unidentified Palestinian was transferred to Hungary; …
At Least 30 Dead in Attack on Pakistani Mosque
Rawalpindi, Pakistan - At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded Friday in an attack on a mosque in a military area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. …
VIDEO: Climate Scams Won’t Save the Planet
Whether you listen to NPR or Rush Limbaugh, you’ve probably heard about climate change. And if you’ve heard about climate change, chances are you’ve also heard about “cap and …
Non-Profit Group Helps Strained Homeowners
Nonprofit's program to extract better terms from lenders draws thousands from near and far.
A Trigger We Can Believe In
Olympia Snowe wants a trigger. It sounds like the blue dogs want a trigger. Let's give them a trigger we can all believe in. How about if the insurance …
Citizens Back Climate Change Action, Despite Lobbying Surge
Washington - As both Washington and the international community come gradually closer to taking substantive action on climate change at a high-level conference in Copenhagen, a side effect of …
US Marines Launch Large Offensive in Afghanistan
About 1,000 US and Afghan troops have launched strikes against Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan. Alfred de Montesquiou, The Associated Press reports:
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Why women have signed onto marijuana reform — and why they could be the movement's game-changers.
Victory at Last!: Monty Python in Afghanistan
Let others deal with the details of President Obama’s Afghan speech, with the on-ramps and off-ramps, those 30,000 U.S. troops going in and just where they will be deployed, …
Blackwater Founder Tells of Extensive Government-Contracted Assassinations
The head of Blackwater revealed the details of his collaboration with the CIA to locate and assassinate top al Qaeda operatives as part of a covert antiterror operation Tuesday, …