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Obama Shapes Cybersecurity Policy With a Velvet Hammer

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Civil Liberties, Presidency of Barack Obama, United States, Obama Administration, Privacy, U.S, Matthew Broderick, Politics News

U.S. cybersecurity efforts remain a patchwork of uncoordinated and conflicting policies, procedures and processes.

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GM as Parable, and Israel's Sudden Choice: Obama or Kahane

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, West Bank, General Motors, Gm, Saudi Arabia, Israel, United States, Settlements, Meir Kahane, Settlers, Barack Obama, World News

In the end, the disgrace shown the Arabs does deep disgrace to the perpetrator, but, more importantly, does the deepest disgrace of all to the State of Israel.

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Iran Official Blames Mosque Explosion On US

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Jalal Sayyah, Iran Mosque Attack, Iran Election, Terrorism, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Iran Mosque Explosion, US-Iran Relations, United States, Iran, Iran Elections, Advocacy, World News

Following the explosion that ripped through a Shiite Muslim mosque in south-eastern Iran and killed over 20 people Thursday, one Iranian official is p...

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The Mantra of 20 nuclear Weapon States -- Why 20?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, U.N., Mohamed ElBaradei, Nuclear Proliferation, United States, Iaea, Mikhail Gorbachev, North Korea, World News

Today there are eight nuclear weapons states. North Korea, which just tested its second device, makes nine.

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Bishop to Queen 4: Recapturing Iran on the Grand Chessboard

Pye Ian | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Us Relations, United States, Iran, Opec, OPEC Oil, World News

Winning Iran's good graces and regional loyalty would pay keen long term dividends.

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Will China Save the World from Depression?

Walden Bello | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: China, Economic Crisis, Rural Communities, Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, Chinese Exports, United States, Beijing-China, American Consumers, Industrialized Agriculture, World News

The heroic American middle class consumer -- weighed down by massive debt -- has ceased to be the key stimulus for global production, but don't expect Beijing to save the global economy any time soon.

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British House of Commons: Demanding Justice For Armenians, Not Just Genocide Recognition

Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Baroness Cox, BBC Radio, European Court of Human Rights, Genocide Denial, World Court, United Nations, British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group, Feeding a Crocodile, Appeasement, London, Armenia, House of Lords, Winston Chruchill, British Parliament, Greece, Ottoman Empire, Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem, New York Life Insurance, House of Commons, Turkey, Serbia, Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul, Holocaust, European Parliament, United States, Armenian Genocide, Sultan Abdul Hamid, 1955 Istanbul Pogroms, U.S. Federal Courts, Kuwait, International Association of Genocide Scholars, Pres. Reagan, Great Britain, Varlik Vergisi, Slovenia, German Banks, Dr. Israel Charny, Istanbul-Turkey, Adana, Genoci, Axa, Genocide, World News

This continuum of massacres, genocide and deportations highlights the existence of a long-term strategy implemented by successive Turkish regimes from the 1890's to more recent times.

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U.S. Sick Leave Policy Makes Nation More Vulnerable To Swine Flu

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Workers, Sick Days, Paid Sick Days, United States, Politics News

The United States lags behind developed nations in mandating paid sick leave for workers, a deficiency that makes the nation more vulnerable to contag...

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El Sistema Comes to the USA

Amy Novogratz | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: United States, El Sistema, New England Conservatory of Music, Venezuela, Music, Children, World News

El Sistema has already transformed the lives of thousands of Venezuelan children and produced extraordinary talent. With the support of the world, it would transform the lives of many more.

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Jughead is Real: The Truth About Lost's H-Bomb

Joe Cirincione | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, United States, Lost Episodes, Nuclear, Cold War, Nuclear Weapons, Hydrogen-Bomb, Lost, World News

We have been exceedingly lucky to get this far without an intentional or accidental use of nukes. So the next time you think about how crazy Lost is, just think about how insane our nuclear stockpiles are.

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Lessons for Americans from Roxana Saberi's Release

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Nonviolent Action, Reporters Without Borders, Roxana Saberi, United States, Iran, Evin Prison, Barack Obama, World News

Roxana Saberi's story should be the beginning of another story, and that is the US government's speaking up about human rights atrocities in all parts of the world, rather than just Darfur.

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America's Essential Political Insanity

Ian Welsh | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, United States, Workers, Americans, America, Domestic Policy, War, Politics News

In America, you can get away with being nuts as long as enough people are benefiting from you being insane.

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Iran: The Day the Revolution Lost Its Way

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Islamic Republic of Iran, Terrorism, 30th Iranian Revolution Celebration, Iran, United States, Khatami, Ayatollah Khomeini, United Arab Emirates, Mosaddeq, Uae, World News

Backing Hizbollah, Hamas, Venezuela and Syria would be less odd if Iran had spent some time tackling issues in its immediate vicinity and within its own borders.

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Obama, Pakistan, Afghanistan Leaders To Meet

AP | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Barack Obama, Asif Ali Zardari, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, United States, Obama Karzai Zardari, World News

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan President Asif...

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Iran Is "Most Active State Sponsor Of Terrorism" In World: US

BBC | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran State Sponsored Terrorism, Terrorism, Foreign Affairs, US-Iran Relations, Iran Us Relations, State Sponsors of Terrorism, United States, Iran, Barack Obama, State Department, Advocacy, State Sponsors, World News

Iran remains the "most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world, a report by the US state department says....

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The Pianist: Polish Political Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Obama Iran, Great Pianists, Celebrities Talk Politics, War With Iran, Missile Defense, Political Protests, Guantanamo Detainees, George W. Bush, President Obama, Guantanamo, Dixie Chicks, Artists, Iran, United States, Missile-Defense-Shield, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Politics, Classical Music, Krystian Zimerman, Poland, Protest, Guantanamo Bay, September 11th, Piano, World News

There is something profoundly venerable about an artist who is not afraid to speak up. Krystian Zimerman spoke out against President Obama intention to press ahead with George W.'s plans to install a missile-defense shield in Poland.

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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Torture is Treason

Lara M. Gardner | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Terrorism, Freedom, 9/11, Treason, World Trade Center, United States, Society, Torture, World News

Whether the tortured committed the crime or not becomes secondary to the sympathy felt for the torture victim.

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Durban II: Nations Prepare For UN Anti-Racism Conference

Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Iran, Australia, Durban Review Conference, Human Rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, United Nations, Racism, Durban II Conference, 2009 UN World Conference Against Racism, United States, Canada, Obama, Israel, State Department, Durban Ii, World News

On April 20, representatives from around the world will gather at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, for the Durban Review Confer...

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Japan Pledges $1B To Pakistan At Donors Conference

The Mainichi Daily News | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Terrorism, President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Economy, Pakistan, World Bank, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Taliban, Imf, Afghanistan, United States, Tokyo, Japan, Pakistan Donors Conference, Islamic Insurgency, Tokyo-Japan, World News

Countries supporting Pakistan are set to pledge a total of about 4 billion dollars (about 400 billion yen) in aid to the country over the next two yea...

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Iran Open To Better US Ties: 'Circumstances Have Changed'

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, United States, US-Iran Relations, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Obama Iran, Obama Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Program, Ahmadinejad Obama, Ahmadinejad, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president on Wednesday sent the clearest signal yet that the Islamic Republic wants warmer ties with the U.S., just one da...

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From Now on, Equality Needs to Be Our Organizing Principle

Johann Hari | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Stress, Friendship, Consumerism, Class Warfare, United States, Capitalism, Obesity, Portugal, Sweden, World News

At the end of the failed age of market fundamentalism, the long-suppressed democratic cry for equality is emerging once again.

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The Obamas Get Jazzy With New First Dog Named: Bo!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Breed, Miley Cyrus, Animal Adoption and Rescue, Humane Society, Lucky Diamond, Bash Dibra, Obama, United States, The White House, America, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bo Obama, Charlie Brown, Malia Obama, Bo Diddley, Celebrity Dog Trainer, Senator Ted Kennedy, Mariah Carey, Barbara Walters, Purebred, Portuguese Water Dog, Www.AnimalFair.Com, Animal Fair Media, Hypoallergenic, Maltese, Matthew Broderick, Style News

Kudos to the Obama family. They researched the best breed that fit their family, they consulted Ted Kennedy, who has Portuguese Water Dogs, and they "adopted" a dog that had been returned.

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North Korea UN Draft Agreement Reached By Six Powers

Reuters | Posted 05.12.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, North Korea Missile Launch, Britain, United Kingdom, France, Foreign Affairs, North Korea Satellite, United States, UN Security Council, North Korea Rocket Launch, North Korea Missile Test, North Korea Missile, Japan, China, Advocacy, North Korea, World News

The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Japan have reached an agreement on a draft statement about North Korea's long-range rocket...

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Venezuela Applauds US For Drug Seizure In Rare Gesture

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Venezuela, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, United States, U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Drugs, War on Drugs, Coast Guard Drug Seizure, Tareck El Aissami, Dea, Drug Enforcement Administration, World News

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela gave the U.S. Coast Guard credit on Thursday for cooperation in a large drug seizure _ a break in bitter squabbli...

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