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Bradley Manning and the Rule of Law
The case of Pvt. Bradley Manning raises legal issues about his pre-trial detention, freedom of speech and the press, as well as proving his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. …
Matthew Hoh and Ann Jones: Real Peace for Afghanistan
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US Sends Ambassador to Syria For the First Time in Six Years
Beirut, Lebanon - After nearly a six-year frost in US-Syrian diplomatic relations, newly appointed American ambassador Robert Ford is scheduled to arrive tomorrow in Damascus, where he will face …
Tunisia Under State of Emergency After Government Falls
A wave of street protests, unlike anything the Arab world has seen since Lebanon's Cedar Revolution in 2005, has caused Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to dismiss …
Robert Borosage | Big Bank Bailout Redux
Central to the Tea Party revolt was a fierce reaction against the bailout of the big banks. Will the Republican Congress now spit that sentiment in the eye and …
John Pilger’s Investigation Into the War on WikiLeaks and His Interview With Julian Assange
The attacks on WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are a response to an information revolution that threatens old power orders in politics and journalism. The incitement to murder …
News in Brief: New Gun Control Legislation Unlikely, and More
New Gun Control Legislation Unlikely
What Eisenhower Got Wrong
Fifty years ago this Monday, President Dwight Eisenhower gave a farewell address in which he famously warned of the dangers of influence on our government by the "military industrial …
With Obama’s Tucson Speech, His Presidency Turns a Corner
Washington - There are moments that define a presidency, and Barack Obama's speech Wednesday night to a memorial service for Arizona shooting victims may be one. First in a …
Mexico Drug War Death Toll Up 60 Percent in 2010. Why?
Mexico City - Four years after taking on Mexico’s drug traffickers by deploying some 50,000 military and federal forces, President Felipe Calderón is touting successes, including taking down top …