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Obama’s “Twisted Version of American Exceptionalism” Laid Bare
Obama also wants the whole, wide world to get this through its thick skull: only rogue governments that implement a policy of rendition, torture, indefinite detention and extrajudicial assassination …

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UN Should Get Rid of Cholera Epidemic That It Brought to Haiti
A cholera epidemic in Haiti brought on by the actions of the United States continues to be ignored.

Charles Glass: With Annan’s Exit and Influx of Foreign Arms, Syria’s Violence “Seems the Only Way Out”
A hardening diplomatic impasse brings even more urgency to the violent crisis.

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Annan Resigns as Syria Peace Envoy
Kofi Annan, the special envoy of the United Nations and Arab League who has sought unsuccessfully for months to resolve the Syrian conflict, has submitted his resignation Secretary General …

Romney Pleases Political Donor on Israel
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is stopping in Israel to highlight his close ties to Prime Minister Netanyahu. But the visit also will showcase super Super-PAC donor Sheldon Adelson, …

Syria: No to Intervention, No to Illusions
Like so many other times before, the human cost of this conflict is incalculably high. Itu2019s not surprising that the normal human reaction is u201cweu2019ve got to do something!u201d …

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Big Meetings
However boring such exercises might be u2014 and journalists are always desperate for countries to boycott Big Meetings to render them newsworthy u2014 they've produced progress of a certain …