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Romneynejad: We didn’t have gays in the 1960s
Mitt Romney, accused of harassing gay students when he was in high school, tried to get out of the charge by pretending that being gay […]
The Egyptian Presidential Debate: It is all about Constituencies
Egyptians watched their first national presidential debate with great interest on Thursday evening. The event, sponsored by two television channels and two newspapers, was preceded […]
Analysis: Why we must name all drone attack victims (Woods)
Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Sunday’s death of Fahd al-Quso in a CIA drone strike was a significant US success. The […]
Bombings shake Damascus, kill 70
The continuing turmoil in Syria turned even more deadly on Thursday morning when two enormous bombs were set off at a government intelligence building in […]
The New Energy Wars (Klare)
Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: The Energy Wars Heat Up Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive By Michael T. […]
Kenyan police accused of brutal attacks on Somalis (Serle)
Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Jounalism: For more than two decades Somalia has been pummelled by a bloody conflict. The country has […]
New Israeli government likely won’t launch Iran attack
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu moved from the far right to just the Right on Tuesday by bringing into his government the center-right Kadima Party, […]
Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)
Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com Plutonomy and the Precariat On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline By Noam Chomsky The Occupy movement has […]
Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in India on Monday that New Delhi can reduce its oil imports from Iran further, pressuring that country to […]