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Yemen: The Mood in Sanaa
Sanaa, Yemen - In an unassuming mosque, adorned only with graffiti and ancient stained-glass windows, about 30 women and children sat on the floor, listening to a sermon. The …
The Shadow War
Making sense of the new CIA battlefield in Afghanistan. It was a Christmas and New Year’s from hell for American intelligence, that $75 billion labyrinth of at least 16 …
Iran Uses Fear of Covert Nuclear Sites to Deter Attack (2)
Washington - The New York Times reported Tuesday that Iran had “quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex” in a vast network of tunnels and bunkers …
Iran Uses Fear of Covert Nuclear Sites to Deter Attack
Washington - The New York Times reported Tuesday that Iran had “quietly hidden an increasingly large part of its atomic complex” in a vast network of tunnels and bunkers …
“The Uh-Ohs”: A Decade of Conservative Failure
“Stuff happens.” — Donald Rumsfeld on the looting of Iraq following the U.S. invasion. Forget about “the Aughts.” Never mind “the Naughts.” The decade just passed — and …
Lawmakers Press for Geithner AIG Testimony
Washington - U.S. lawmakers on Friday pressed for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to testify on whether the New York Federal Reserve Bank improperly pressured AIG to withhold information on …
Can China Save General Motors?
Seven thousand miles from Detroit, GM builds a great wall of Buicks. Boston - Can things get any worse for Detroit? First, a suspected Islamic terrorist tries to …
As Old-Timers Depart, Congress Breaks Down Under New Dynamics
Washington - Congress is breaking down under the pressures of a number of modern, rapidly changing political dynamics. Among them: the rise of hyper-partisanship magnified by today's Internet, talk …
Media Battles in Latin America Not About “Free Speech“
For at least a month now in Ecuador there has been a battle over regulation of the media. It has been in the front pages of the newspapers most …
Influenza A: “They Organized the Psychosis“
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