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Karzai Declared Elected President of Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan electoral officials declared incumbent President Hamid Karzai the winner of the 2009 presidential election Monday, after canceling this weekend's second round of voting. Observers …
Rethinking Jobs for a Sustainable Economy
Atlanta, Georgia - The possibility of environmental catastrophe has led many leaders, scholars and average citizens to reconsider an economy based on constant growth. It is becoming …
Down This Road Before
Washington - The opium poppy was introduced to Afghanistan more than 2,300 years ago by the armies of Alexander the Great. His forces were eventually driven out, …
How Stripping Supermodels Promote Action on Climate Change
This video was released as part of Bill McKibben's global awareness-building exercise last week for 350.org, an organization promoting the idea that carbon emission levels above 350 …
Karzai Rival Abdullah Quits Afghan Run-Off
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah quit an election run-off on Sunday after accusing the government of not meeting his demands for a fair vote, leaving …
How Goldman Secretly Bet on the US Housing Crash
Washington - In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told …
Americans’ Income and Spending Drop, Despite Stimulus
Household disposable income stagnated in September, and spending fell 0.5 percent, the government reported. The figures call into question the strength of the economic recovery. …
California Readies Expansive New Delta Water Plan
An area of land known simply in California as ‘the Delta’ has undergone a rapid decline and this long-term tragedy has spurred state legislators and the governor to take …
Tortured Memories and the Culture of War
It is difficult to imagine how any democracy could not be corrupted when war becomes the foundation of politics.
Kipling Haunts Obama’s Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center October 29, 2009, at a RAND-sponsored discussion …