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Is the White House Right that More Iran Sanctions put US on “Path to War?”
White House spokesman Jay Carney on Tuesday warned the US Congress that imposing further sanctions on Iran at this juncture, just when negotiations have begun […]
How America’s Global Surveillance Empire made it a Helpless Giant (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com Given how similar they sound and how easy it is to imagine one leading to the other, confusing omniscience (having […]
Will Avigdor Lieberman’s return as Israeli Foreign Minister scupper Talks with Palestinians?
Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the far, far right nationalist Yisrael Beitenu Party in Israel (which is currently merged with the equally right wing Likud Party), […]
Top 10 Ways to Really Honor our Veterans
November 11, 1918 marked the armistice that began the end of the Great War (later called World War I), which was formally ended the following […]
Commemoration of Kristallnacht in Berlin
Deutsche Welle reports on the commemoration in Berlin yesterday of the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht [the Night of Broken Glass], when the National Socialists in […]
France Crashes the Geneva Party, Scuttles Iran Deal
The Iranian newspaper Tabnak printed a minute-by-minute account of Saturday’s dramatic on-again off-again push toward a diplomatic agreement on Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. It contains […]
We’re Still in the Dark on Obama’s Drones Despite Washington’s Promises (Currier)
Cora Currier writes at ProPublica : This story has been updated to reflect new developments. Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and […]
“Off the Charts”: Deadliest Storm in History Kills 1200, Displaces Millions in Philippines
ABC News reports on Super-Typhoon Haiyan, which is now estimated to have killed at least 1200 in the Philippines, and which forced millions from their […]
US loses UNESCO Voting Rights: How Kow-Towing to Israeli Policy Weakens America
President Obama called America “the greatest country in the world” on Friday, but the same day the US lost basic voting rights on the United […]
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