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Mexico Manhunt for Missing Politician Diego Fernandez de Cevallos
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a top member of Mexico's ruling party, was declared missing over the weekend after authorities found his car with ‘signs of violence.’ It comes as …
Obama’s Flailing Wars a Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism“
On stage, it would be farce. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, it's bound to play out as tragedy.
Thailand Protests: Government Rejects Red-Shirt Leaders’ Call for UN Cease-Fire
More than 29 people have died since Thursday night in clashes between troops and antigovernment ‘red-shirt’ protesters. Leaders of the Thailand protests are calling for UN intervention, which the …
BP Fails in Latest Bid to Cap Gulf Oil Leak Amid Liability Concerns
Miami — BP failed Saturday to thread a mile-long tube into the broken pipe spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, but officials said efforts to break up the …
Racial Tensions Mount in Greece
Athens, Greece — When he was still a Taliban fighter, Zaher Muhamad never thought he would end up in Greece. But as the might of the United States Army …
Foreign-Led Commission Now Governs Haiti
On April 15, the Haitian Parliament ratified a law extending by 18 months the state of emergency that President René Préval declared after the earthquake of January 12. The …
Arizona’s War on Immigrants
“Most immigrants are economic refugees,” Bob Kee explained as we drove across the rolling arid hills of south-central Arizona towards the border of Mexico. "US policy in the post-9/11 …
Gulf Oil Spill: Real Disaster Might Be Lurking Beneath the Surface
New research suggests that huge plumes of oil might be spread at all levels of the water column, showing how much scientists don't yet know about the complex Gulf …
Obama Dresses Down the Military, but What’s Changed?
According to NBC News and journalist Jonathan Alter in his book “The Promise,” President Barack Obama “dressed down” senior generals at the Pentagon for attempting in 2009 to "box …
Red State Road Trip 2: The Economic Perfect Storm (Video – Part X)
In the summer of 2008, record high gas prices and runaway home foreclosures combined for the makings of an economic perfect storm. Decreasing tax revenue drained the budgets of …