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Are Thawed Relations with Iran Obama’s Saving Grace?
After failing to garner support on a military strike on Syria, President Obama hinted at reconciliation with Iran at the UN General Assembly.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Addresses the UN About Syria and the Middle East, and More
On Tuesday, President Obama addressed the United Nations about Syria and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
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Without Privacy There Can Be No Democracy
The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, spoke this morning at the United Nations and delivered a powerful indictment of spying by the NSA on behalf of the United States.
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US Nuclear Policy: Where’s Our Credibility?
The insensitive timing, indeed the provocation of these tests, is remarkable.
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Killers Roam Free in Nepal
Despite the subsequent abolition of monarchy, there is a general feeling that the succeeding elected governments were as dictatorial as the royal regime.
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Native American Tribes Seek Help from UN, World Court
A group of indigenous peoples from the US and Canada joined in a “Unity Ride” to the UN to plead for their sacred sites and their way of life …
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The New Goliath
Whatever Congress decides to do about bombing Syria, the United States is still trapped by a historic contradiction of its own invention.
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Eight Arguments Against Going to War With Syria
US military action against Syria would be illegal, strategically counterproductive, destructive and deeply unpopular.
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Response to Syria a Duplicitous Affair
Caution about war against Syria is more than warranted by knowledge of the history of US interventions in other countries' domestic quarrels.
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How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
Gareth Porter: The intelligence summary on the alleged Syrian nerve gas attacks shows signs of deception.