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Iranian Nuke Proposal Falls Short Of Western Demands

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Obama Iran, France, Iran Nuke, United States, Iran Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

VIENNA — Iran's new offer for talks with six world powers ignores their key demand of a freeze of Tehran's uranium enrichment program, according...

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6 Billion Pounds Overweight: Dr. Ian Smith Gives America a Kick in the Tush.

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Ian Smith, Weight Loss Coach, Life Coach, Shopping, 4 Day Diet, Weight Loss, Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Washington DC, United States, Health, Obesity, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Living News

"The food industry has huge culpability as to why we in America find ourselves where we are," Dr. Ian said. "The food industry is not a non-profit agency. They are in it for the profits."

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US-German Rift Emerges Over Afghan Deaths Case

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and FRANK JORDANS | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Nato, Germany, Kunduz, Afghanistan, Mcchrystal, Mcchrystal Afghanistan, Taliban, United States, Afghanistan War, World News

KABUL — An airstrike by U.S. fighter jets that appears to have killed Afghan civilians could turn into a major dispute for NATO allies Germany a...

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Kazakhstan's Human Rights Drop Through the Floor

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

I fear that we might just see exactly how many barrels of oil a given dictator needs to export in order to flaunt the law.

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Ted Kennedy: A Whole Human Being

Beth Arnold | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yin and Yang, Senator John L. McClellan, Capitol Hill, Watergate, Vietnam War, Ted Kennedy, Senator Edward. M. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Massachusetts, United States, Senate, Politics News

I discovered that I'd misjudged Ted Kennedy. I hope that now I would have the wisdom to confer more compassion on any and all in tragic circumstances.

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Give Kraft a Kick in the Tush: Harmful Chemicals in Your Mac & Cheese

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Kraft Foods, Australia, Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Macaroni and Cheese, Aspartame, Kraft Macaroni, Life & Wellness Coach, United States, Food Industry, Eric Schlosser, Weight Loss, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Living News

In 2008, Kraft removed artificial colorings...and chemical sweeteners...from the products that they distribute in Europe, Australia, and other developed countries due to consumer concern over scientific studies...But, they haven't done the same thing here in the U.S.!

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Ted Kennedy: A Lion for Nuclear Disarmament

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nonproliferation, Edward Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States, Sen. Kennedy, Politics News

In 2004, I had the honor of introducing Senator Kennedy as a keynote speaker at the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. He was warm, gracious and generous.

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Third Screen: Adam Richman, Food Athlete

Vickie Karp | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hawaii, San Francisco, Food, Alaska, Travel, United States, Cuba, Chile, Ice Cream, Restaurants, Burgers, Locavores, Entertainment News

Caught up with Adam Richman, star of Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, Wednesday nights at 10pm, to talk food, towns, people and history.

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Clinton: U.S. Does Not Seek Bases Inside Colombia

colombiareports.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary Clinton Colombia, Clinton Colombia, Jaime Bermudez, Colombia, United States, Hillary Clinton, Hillary-Clinton-Colombia, U.S. Colombia Military Deal, Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez, World News

The United States supports Colombia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after a meeting with Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez Tuesd...

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Would You Want To Live To Be 100?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Can you imagine yourself as a really, really old person? I'm talking really old, like 100 years or beyond? In fact it's not only possible you could ...

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Woodstock: The Minister, God and Me

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Split-Level Home, Home and Garden, Woodstock, United States, Living Room, 1960s, 1969, Living News

A young hippie-dippy minister, God bless him, and his wife move to town in the same time-vortex as we do. And he is Hell-bent on getting to Woodstock.

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Russia Huffs and Puffs as the House Comes Down

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

By creating manageable confrontations with Europe, the U.S, and former Soviet states, the Kremlin is attempting to govern outwardly, diminishing pressures for greater domestic accountability.

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Financial Reforms: Is Europe Hypocritical?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Regulatory Institutions, London, G20 Summit, Regulatory System, European Parliament, G20 CommuniquéS, Hedge Funds, Ratings Agencies, Stimulus Package, President Sarkozy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Wall Street, Tax Havens, Short Sales, " Council of Ministers, European Central Bank, Stress Tests, TARP Money, European Union, United States, Credit Cards, Oecd, France, Transparency, European Summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Regulations on Compensation, Regulatory Reform, Sec, “Locusts”, President George W. Bush, Business News

European bank losses were as high as the U.S. They used the same compensation system, and their fragmented and ineffective regulatory system shares responsibility for the crisis.

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Welcome to the Reality Recovery

James Boyce | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: United States, Economy, Business News

Last fall, I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post called "The Darwin Depression" which focused on how the end of cheap capital was going to force man...

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US, UK on Collision Course Over Detainee Court Cases

Frank Naif | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Cia, Mohammed Saad Iqbal Madni, United Kingdom, David Milliband, CIA Torture, Hillary Clinton, United States, Binyam Mohamed, Extraordinary Rendition, World News

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is pressing the UK to protect US detention and torture secrets, but British courts may have the last word as two major torture cases move ahead.

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John Bolton's Nuclear Fantasy

Joe Cirincione | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Daily Show, Bush Doctrine, Nuclear Weapons, John Bolton, George W. Bush, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, United States, John Stewart, North Korea, Politics News

John Bolton told Jon Stewart he wanted America to be the only nation with nuclear weapons. Stewart is the comedian, but this policy is the joke.

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China and the United States -- a Marriage of Convenience

Zachary Karabell | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Currency, U.S. Dollar, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Strategic and Economic Dialogue, United States, U.S. Debt to China, China, World News

For a 21st century relationship, this looks increasingly like a 19th century marriage, one of convenience and necessity rather than love and affection.

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Global Warming Trash Talk or Cherry-Pickin' Time

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Cooling, National Review, United States, Temperatures, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

Apparently the National Review, none too pleased about climate legislation rattling around Congress, has joined the "global cooling brigade."

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Iranian Exiles In Iraq Camp Raided By Army

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Iran, Iranian Exiles in Iraq, Camp Ashraf, Iranian Exiles, People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, United States, US Iraq Troop Levels, Us Iraq Withdrawal, US Iraq Security Agreement, World News

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces raided a camp housing members of an Iranian opposition group north of Baghdad on Tuesday in a move that ran contrary to U...

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Are Russia's Arms Deals to Venezuela Destablizing Central America?

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Joseph Biden, Robert Amsterdam, Igor Sechin, Kremlin, Arms, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, United States, Washington, Oil, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Moscow, Caracas, Security, World News

The grotesque level of corruption in both Russia and Venezuela should stimulate the discussion as to whether their predatory natures constitute not only an international crime, but also a breach of fundamental human rights.

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Bryant Neal Vinas: American Offered To Be Al Qaeda Suicide Bomber: Document

cnn.com | Posted 08.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Al Qaeda Suicide Bomber, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, United States, Bryant Neal Vinas, Suicide Bomber, Terror Suspects, War on Terror, New York News

A New York man who pleaded guilty in January to charges of aiding al Qaeda was ready to be a suicide bomber for the organization, but was told he nee...

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How to Win a Culture War

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Reduction, Culture War, Children, Affordable Health Care, Common Ground, Wedge Issue, United States, Health, Legislation, America, Choice, Culture, Parent, Quality Affordable Health Care, Abortion, Culture Warrior, Women, Conflict, Pregnant Women, Unintended Pregnancies, Policy Debate, Health Care Reform, Rosa DeLauro, Tim Ryan, Health Care, Private Insurance, Politics News

Want to know how to win a culture war? Don't fight one.

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What is an American?

Akbar Ahmed | Posted 08.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Television, United States, Culture, Barack Obama, 40th Anniversary Moon Landing, Politics, Style News

While grappling for ideas for a book on American identity I've been trying to figure out what actually defines an American.

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Bill Maher: US Is Just Like Michael Jackson--"Fragile, Over-Indulgent, In Debt, Over The Hill" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.18.2009 | Home

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On "Real Time" Friday Bill Maher went on a diatribe about how the reason America mourned Michael Jackson so intensely--or as Maher put, lost its "coll...

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Clinton Defends US Demands For Anti-Terror Help

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.18.2009 | World

Read More: Hillary Clinton India, India, United States, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Anti-Terrorism, World News

MUMBAI, India — Off the injured list and back on the world stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday gave an impassioned...

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