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What the Laws of War Allow (Madar)
Chase Madar writes at Tomdispatch.com What the Laws of War Allow Do the WikiLeaks War Logs Reveal War Crimes — Or the Poverty of International […]
Egypt’s Saturday Night Massacre and the Presidential Race
The election of Egypt’s new president to succeed deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, has taken on increased importance and has become more unpredictable because of the […]
Omar Khayyam (114)
At first I looked for the pen of fate, and the tablet on which it wrote, and heaven and hell in the skies above. Then […]
Aurora Light show on Uranus captured by Hubble (Video)
Mashable reports on video from Hubble of aurora light shows on the frozen planet of Uranus.
Tens of Thousands of Syrians Protest Peacefully after Ceasefire, 6 Killed
On the first day since the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Assad maintained that it had accepted a ceasefire with its opposition, tens of thousands of […]
Mark Twain on Bankers
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella…
China hopeful Iran will compromise with the UNSC
China’s official Xinhuanet news service is predicting that Iran will compromise with the 5 members of the UN Security Council plus Germany as they meet […]
The Syrian Army’s outlaw Executions (Serle)
Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have published eight formal reports on Syrian human rights violations […]
Washington’s Dangerous Blockade of Iran (Cole at Tomdispatch)
My essay, “Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster,” is out at Tomdispatch.com Go to that site for Tom Englehardt’s powerful introduction. Why […]
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