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Murder Capital of the World
On January 31, an armed commando unit pulled up to a house in a working-class neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side of the border with the United …

Officials: Pakistani Taliban Leader Hakimullah Mehsud Is Dead
Pakistan’s interior minister and a senior intelligence official confirmed Wednesday that Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead, though some Taliban officials continue to issue denials. • A daily …

Blow to Religion-Based Politics in Bangladesh
Here is some disconcerting news for all disciples of neocon gurus, who had discovered Islam as the enemy of democracy and the successor to the “evil empire” of the …

The 700 Military Bases of Afghanistan: Black Sites in the Empire of Bases
In the nineteenth century, it was a fort used by British forces. In the twentieth century, Soviet troops moved into the crumbling facilities. In December 2009, at this site …

The 700 Military Bases of Afghanistan: Black Sites in the Empire of Bases (2)
In the nineteenth century, it was a fort used by British forces. In the twentieth century, Soviet troops moved into the crumbling facilities. In December 2009, at this site …

Waxman Launches Probe Into Blue Cross’ Massive California Rate Increases
Henry Waxman, the Democratic chairman of the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce, launched an investigation Tuesday into massive rate increases Anthem Blue Cross intends to impose on …

Obama Holds Surprise Q&A With White House Reporters
In a surprise Q&A with reporters at the White House, President Barack Obama addressed health care, the economy, energy policy and sanctions on Iran. Here's the full transcript of …

Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee Takes Single-Payer Health Care Mainstream, Unanimously Endorses It
If you are a single-payer advocate (full disclosure: I am), Lancaster Pennsylvania had a surreal tinge to it this past weekend. Fellow advocates were converging upon the Host Hotel …

Rep. Dennis Kucinich vs. Glenn Greenwald on the Supreme Court
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