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Obama Partnering with Afghan Gov’t But is there any there there?
President Barack Obama’s commitment to “finish the job” in Afghanistan by sending 55,000 US troops to that country (counting the 21,000 he dispatched last winter […]
Swiss Islamophobia Betrays Enlightenment Ideals
Switzerland on Sunday voted by 58 percent in favor of banning minarets. This campaign poster was banned for being racist, but apparently the goal of […]
Solar Power Costs Falling
Solar Power Costs 50% Lower than Last Year : CleanTechnica Thin-film solar is leading the way down to greater affordability. Higher finance costs have hurt […]
Border Police Kill 27 Taliban in Afghanistan; US Mil. concludes Afghanistan is not Like Iraq
Afghan border police say they killed 27 Taliban fighters in Khost Province. If the Afghan security forces were that good, however, then they wouldn’t have […]
Zardari Turns Nuclear Arsenal over to PM Gilani
By far the most important news coming out of Pakistan has nothing to do with al-Qaeda or the Taliban. It is a tale of the […]
Interview with Maz Jobrani: They’ve never seen us laugh.
Irony of the decade: How the War on Terror spawned a whole troupe of Middle Eastern-American standup comedians. Q TV’s interview with comedian and actor […]
IAEA Condemnation of Iran: An Omen of New Sanctions or a Symbolic Slap on the Wrist?
The board of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday condemned Iran for secretly building a new nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo near […]
IAEA Resolution on Iran
Text of the International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on Iran from the IAEA website. Derestricted 27 November 2009 (This document has been derestricted at the […]
IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize
IRAN: Authorities confiscate lawyer Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times I was privileged to be at a conference […]