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How to Lose Nigeria and Alienate Africa

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 01.07.2010 | World

Read More: Tsa, Nuhu Ribadu, Yemen, United Kingdom, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, James Ibori, Terrorism, Robert Amsterdam, Nigeria, Fbi, Nasir El-Rufai, United States, Barack Obama, Cia, Umaru Yar'adua, Christianity, Muslim, London-United Kingdom, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Nigeria may have problems, but it is not the world's next hotbed of extremism. Muslims and Christians there have forged a mostly harmonious co-existence that is rare and desirable.

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Quality Of Life Index 2010: Which Country Has It Best? (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.07.2010 | World

Read More: Australia, France, New Zealand, World Photos, Slidepoll, United States, Italy, Luxembourg, International Living, Canada, Ex-Pat, Germany, Belgium, Quality of Living, Quality of Life, World News

International Living has released their 30th annual Quality of Life Index, which attempts to answer the question of what is the best place in the worl...

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American Soldiers Get Drunk To Understand Drunk Driving Better (VIDEO)

Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics

Read More: New Years Eve, Soldiers, Defense, Department of Defense, Sobriety Training, United States, U.S. Military, Politics News

On new year's eve, the Department of Defense posted a video of law enforcement officers getting drunk as a "sobriety training" session. The caption t...

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Bono's Not So Beautiful Day

Leslie Harris | Posted 01.06.2010 | Technology

Read More: Child Pornography, Copyright, Internet Service Provider, New York Times, United States, China, Human Rights, Filesharing, Technology News
Leslie Harris

Given the power of Bono's platform and his voice, it's all the more distressing when he urges U.S. Internet service providers to adopt Chinese government tactics in order to combat illegal file sharing.

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Understanding The Mindset of A Nigerian Terrorist

Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 01.04.2010 | World

Read More: Islam, Lagos, Nigerians, Radical Islamic Sect, United States, Obama, Usa, Farouk, Boko Haram, Osama Bin Laden, Klm, Muslim, Moslem, Northwest, Nigeria, Terrorism, Amsterdam, Detroit, Abdulmutalla, World News
Rev. Bekeh Utietiang

The very process of radicalization had a devastating effect on the otherwise good life and good upbringing this young man had enjoyed.

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What Israel Can Teach the World About Airport Security

David Harris | Posted 01.01.2010 | World

Read More: Israel, United States, Ben Gurion Airport, Airport Security, Northwest 253, Terrorism, Northwest Airlines, Israel Security, World News
David Harris

In the wake of the thwarted terrorist attempt on Northwest Flight 253, it's time to revisit the Israeli model of airport security, as other countries ask what more can be done to prevent such near-catastrophes.

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What Kind of Global Player Does Brazil Want to Be?

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 12.30.2009 | World

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Latin America, Brazil, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, United Nations, United States, María Lourdes Afiuni, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Honduras Coup, Mercosur, Eligio CedeñO, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, Honduras, Political Prisoners, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Brazil is impressive to international observers for its economic growth, low inflation, and firmly established democratic institutions. But the question remains: what kind role in the world does Brazil want to play?

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The Israel/Gaza Face-Off in Los Angeles

Linda Milazzo | Posted 01.02.2010 | Los Angeles

Read More: LA Jews for Peace, Egypt, The Goldstone Report, Blockade, Humanitarians, Medea Benjamin, Israeli Consulate, Palestine, Gaza Freedom March, United States, Los Angelenos, The United Nations, Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Occupation, Cairo, Vigil, Border, Liberation, Codepink, Israel, American Flag, Justice, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

Monday night, in remembrance of the one-year anniversary of Israel's Operation Cast Lead that killed 1,400 Gazans, and in solidarity with the 1,400 in...

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Leadership Growing Up: France and the US

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.28.2009 | World

Read More: France, Michelle Obama, Sarkozy, Ann Dunham, Ft, Carlyle Group, Obama, United States, Aids, Kenya, Chin, World News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

What is described in a Financial Times article as Obama's "reserve" and Sarkozy's being "intuitive, impulsive and direct," represents not only a contrast, but also how the two have been influenced by different backgrounds.

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Childhood Christmas Wonder Reborn in a Place You'd Never Guess (Hint: They're Too Big to Fail, Too)

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.28.2009 | World

Read More: Gcc, News, Abu Dhabi, Muslim Christmas, U.S., World, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, America, United Arab Emirates, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Abdul Raheem Salim, Dean Martin, Middle East, Oman, Global News, Sheikha Lubna, Bing Crosby, Christians, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Mahalia Jackson, Oud, Wafi Mall, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Minister of Finance and Industry UAE, U.S. Dollar, United States, Minister of Economy UAE, Nat King Cole, Santa, Arab, Abdul Rahim Salim, Santa Claus, Sheikh Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Foreign Trade UAE, Christmas Tree, Christian, Duba, Dirham, Syria, Lebanon, Muslim, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

I experienced the rebirth of the hope, excitement and magic of this holiday -- and of all places, where it came together for this resurrection was at the Wafi Mall in Dubai.

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Stephen Colbert's Secret Plan to Defend America

Joe Cirincione | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ploughshares Fund, The Colbert Report, Queen Noor, National Security, Nuclear Strategy, Nuclear Weapons, Grizzly Bears, Russia, Nuclear Posture Review, Start Treaty, United States, Stephen Colbert, Canada, Terrorism, Global Zero, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Stephen Colbert's plan to string a microscopically thin razor along our entire border is brutal, indiscriminate, dangerous... and smarter than the nuclear defense we now have.

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Some Contractors In Afghanistan Allegedly Paying Protection Money To Taliban

Politics Daily | David Wood | Posted 12.21.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Aid, Pentagon, Taliban Insurgents, Taliban, Afghanistan, United States, Usaid, World News

Some international contractors, hired by the United States to build roads and other large construction projects in Afghanistan, are paying Taliban ins...

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David Goldman Fights Brazil Over Custody Of Son

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.19.2009 | New York

Read More: United States, Custody Battle, David Goldman, Us, Brazil, Brazil Custody Battle, New York News

RIO DE JANEIRO — A New Jersey man made an emotional plea Friday for Brazilian authorities to let him take his son home in a custody fight that i...

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The Parable of the Unmerciful Bankers

Jim Wallis | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, President, Stories, Goldman Sachs, Family, Washington, Economy, Employment, Mortgage Broker, Main Street, Taxpayers, Economic, America, Mortgages, Economic Recovery, Sunday School, Fixed Rate Loan, Bailout, Values, Bonus, Stock, American Homeowners, Morality, Foreclosure, Fear, Leaders, Moral Compass, Financial Mortgage, United States Treasury, Bank of America, Economic Crisis, Money, Tradition, PNC Bank, United States, Sub Prime Mortgages, Compensation, Families, Adjustable Rate Loan, Recession, Wall Street, Jon Stewart, Mercy, Gospel, 30 Year Fixed Rate, Christian, Financial Institutions, Parable, Business News
Jim Wallis

It's estimated that the bonus pool of just one of these big banks would have been enough money to prevent or significantly delay foreclosure for all 2.3 million people who lost their homes last year.

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Two Moves by the U.S. and China That Could Unlock the Copenhagen Chess Game

David Doniger | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Negotiations, Measurement Reporting and Review, Finance, Copenhagen, cop15, Climate, China, United States, Wind Power, Green Energy, Solar Power, Clean Air Act, Green News
David Doniger

The U.S. and China each need to do one more thing to give one another, and rest of the world, the confidence to move forward in Copenhagen

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US-China Tension Still Looms At Climate Talks

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, United States, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, China, Green News

COPENHAGEN — The success of the U.N. climate conference hung in the balance Tuesday as China and the U.S. deadlocked over whether Beijing will a...

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Obama Can Help the World's Women

Rahim Kanani | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Women's Rights, Women, Human Rights, Violence Against Women, National Security, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, United Nations, President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, United States, Somalia, Iraq, Politics News
Rahim Kanani

In accepting the Nobel, Obama must spearhead a bold and unprecedented initiative aimed at one of the most pervasive human rights violations of the 21st century: violence against women and girls worldwide.

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Terror Charges For Man In Germany Over US Targets

AP | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

Read More: Islamic Jihad Union, United States, Germany, Adem Yilmaz, Kadir T., Usa, Terrorism, World News

BERLIN — Germany has filed terrorism charges against a Turkish-German dual citizen allegedly linked to a member of a cell that plotted to attack...

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Obama Should Forfeit his Nobel Prize

Harut Sassounian | Posted 12.09.2009 | World

Read More: Pres. Bush, Pres. Gul, Turkey, European Union, Nobel Peace Prize, United States, Ankara, Armenian Genocide, 1915, Campaign Promises, April 24, Armenia-Turkey Protocols, Armenia, Pres. Reagan, Russia, Pres. Obama, World News
Harut Sassounian

In a recent letter to Armenian American organizations, Pres. Obama once again played shameful word games with the term genocide.

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The Declaration of Independence -- From Nuclear Weapons

Steven Crandell | Posted 12.07.2009 | World

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Russia, Dalai Lama, Nuclear Weapons, President Obama, United States, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Albert Einstein, World News
Steven Crandell

I hold this truth to be self-evident, that no one should live under the threat of a nuclear attack. And yet, every day, many millions of people aroun...

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US, Russia Agree To Maintain Nuclear Treaty

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, United States, Treaty, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Us-Russia, Nuclear, US Nuclear, Nuclear Arms Control, Russia Nuclear, Russia, US Russia Nuclear, Pact, World News

WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia said Friday they had agreed to maintain the provisions of a major nuclear arms control treaty just hou...

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On Global Warming: Trust but Verify

Jonathan Lash | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen, United States, Climate Change, cop15, China, Global Warming, Ronald Reagan, Ussr, Green News
Jonathan Lash

While the U.S. delays, China is moving to lead in technologies that are innovative and clean.

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Where Should You Talk (and Listen) to an Independent? Online, of Course

Noah Mallin | Posted 12.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Virginia, Bob Mcdonnell, New Jersey, Property Tax, United States, Facebook, Barack Obama, Society and Culture, Politics, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign 2008, Google, Technology News
Noah Mallin

Why not reach Independents at a place where most people turn to when they are seeking more information? That is, online, through search engines.

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It's Time to Come Home

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Iraq War, Redeployment, President Obama, Troops, Economy, Military, Thanksgiving, Afghanistan, United States, Chicago News
Cheryle Jackson

It's time for America to bring our troops and money home. This should be the last holiday season our troops are separated from their families.

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This Thanksgiving Remember the Immigrant, Pilgrim

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christians, Households, Family, Children, Holidays, Holiday, Thanksgiving, Community, United States, Immigration System, Immigration, Families, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, America, Deportation, Government, Immigrant, Parent, Immigration Reform, Wife, Christian, Faith, Citizen, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The broken nature of America's immigration system is deeply felt during the holidays by millions in the United States who long to be reunited with their loved ones.

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