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Iran Must Free Josh and Shane Now
CNN has a report on the situation of two American hikers kidnapped by Iran, who are being held on false charges of crossing the Iranian […]
Swanson: “‘Freedom Watch’ Threw a War and Nobody Came”
David Swanson writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Neoconservatives, despite wandering in the wilderness after their Iraq debacle, are trying to keep […]
Muslim-Americans, Heartsong Church, Celebrate Thanksgiving Together in Memphis
In Memphis, Tennessee, Christians, Muslims and Jews are jointly commemorating Thanksgiving, behaving like real Americans and proper human beings. The Heartsong Christian church congregation and […]
Palin: “We must support our North Korean Allies”
Sarah Palin discussing foreign affairs with Glenn Beck is sort of like Lindsay Lohan discussing sobriety with Paris Hilton. Unsurprisingly, when asked about the Korean […]
Photo of the Day: Nile Valley from Space
NASA image from space of Alexandria, Cairo and the Nile Valley at night. Greater Cairo, now with an estimated population of 18 million, shines like […]
Pashtuns lose Parliament, Violence up 70% in Afghanistan
Most of the results of the disputed parliamentary election in Afghanistan were announced on Wednesday. Altogether 24 candidates were disqualified from parliament because the Independent […]
Scammed in Afghanistan
The announcement by the New York Times that one of the supposedly prominent Taliban with whom the Karzai government has been negotiating turns out to […]
Tyger, Tyger, a fire snuffed out
The Romantic poet William Blake wrote, in the age of European colonial expansion and encounter with Asian fauna: TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests […]
Looking for PETN, Scanning Grandma at the Airport, and the Future of Air Travel
In all the furor about the new TSA scanners and pat-downs at airports, what surprises me is that there is very little discussion of what […]
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