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Was Colonialism a Crime?  Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule
Algeria

Was Colonialism a Crime? Algerian Parliament Criminalizes 130 Years of French Rule

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Bennoune He wrote not only of innumerable massacres by French commanders of local populations but also of a vast transfer of landed wealth

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West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

West Antarctica’s History of rapid Melting Foretells sudden Shifts in Continent’s ‘catastrophic’ Geology

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From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

From Steamships to Sovereignty: How Iraq’s old Arteries challenge modern Myths

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Obama:  The Tides of War are Receding

Obama: The Tides of War are Receding

June 22, 2011 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery On the Way Forward in Afghanistan Washington, D.C. June 22, 2011 As […]

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Afghanistan
The End of the Beginning in Afghanistan

The End of the Beginning in Afghanistan

Breaking news: CNN is reporting that President Obama has decided to take 30,000 troops out of Afghanistan over the next year eighteen months, including 10,000 […]

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Stewart Figures out what Rupert is Up To

Stewart Figures out what Rupert is Up To

Jon Stewart explains what Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Cable News thinks it is actually about, and it has nothing to do with fair reporting. The Daily […]

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Bahrain
Key developments in the Arab Spring Today

Key developments in the Arab Spring Today

Tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets Monday to demand an end to the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh and a move to […]

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Response to Bush/CIA Spying Allegations by the University of Michigan

Response to Bush/CIA Spying Allegations by the University of Michigan

U-M responds

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Afghanistan
Gates:  Winding down the Wars

Gates: Winding down the Wars

Outgoing Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley on Sunday, and he sees a diminished American superpower […]

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Libya
Top Ten Mistakes in the Libya War

Top Ten Mistakes in the Libya War

In the post-World War II international legal regime, there are only two grounds for going to war, according to the United Nations Charter. One is […]

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Iraq War
Maddow on Bloggergate

Maddow on Bloggergate

Warm thanks to Rachel Maddow for her cogent reporting on the Bush White House/ CIA plot to “get” Cole. As she notes, I was a […]

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Iraq War
Feinstein: Senate Intel Committee May Investigate CIA Targeting of Cole

Feinstein: Senate Intel Committee May Investigate CIA Targeting of Cole

Senator Diane Feinstein says that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence may open an investigation into allegations that the Bush White House attempted to use […]

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