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Liberia: The Real Danger is Not Spending Enough

Ruthie Ackerman | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Rape, Massacre, Child Soldiers, Africom, Guinea, War, Ruthie Ackerman, Violence, Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Education, Military, Conflict, Colonel Moussa Dadis Camara, Job, Ceasefire, World News
Ruthie Ackerman

Conservatives will ask why during an economic recession should we spend even more money in Liberia. My answer: for the security of Liberia and the entire West African region.

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Public Health Key To Reducing Urban Violence: Kotlowitz

The Daily Northwestern | Lauren Kelleher | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Chicago Violence, Alex Kotlowitz, Ceasefire, Chicago Gang Violence, Gang Violence, Chicago News

According to acclaimed author Alex Kotlowitz, an unlikely tool - public health - can be used to help combat violence in Chicago's impoverished neighbo...

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AG Holder Calls Chicago Youth Shootings Rate 'Unacceptable'

NBC Chicago | CAROL MARIN and DON MOSELEY | Posted 08.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Violence, Ceasefire, Chicago School Violence, Chicago Shootings, Eric Holder, Chicago News

While police say homicides are down in Chicago this year, the number of shootings is up. In fact, over the past 4.5 years, there has been a marked in...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Nuclear Program, Clinton, Economy, Missile, Iran, Drugs, Obama, Tibet, Non-Military Goods, Ceasefire, Taliban, Nato, Bribe, Kurds, Turkmenistan, Security, Pakistan, Swat, Mexico, United States, Uzbekistan, Us, Nukes, Instablity, Human Rights, State Department, Guam, Mosul, Qaeda, China, North Korea, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: American Economic Leadership Recognized Facts: US President Barack Obama made his first address to Americ...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Gates, Pakistan, Energy Deal, Obama, Ceasefire, Hamas, Manas, Kyrgyzstan, News Review, Nato, Egypt, Swat Valley, Russia, Taliban, Chavez, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, Israel, China, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Foreign Policy, Ukraine, World News
Christopher Herbert

By Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Afghanistan Facts: US commander in Afghanistan Da...

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US, Israel Sign Agreement To Ensure Hamas Cannot Rearm

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK and AMY TEIBEL | Posted 02.16.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Ceasefire, Us Israel Agreement, Tzipi Livni, Gaza, Us Israel Deal, Condoleezza Rice, Israel, Gaza Ceasefire, Hamas, Ceasefire, World News

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel said it was approaching the "endgame" of its three-week offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers and scheduled a Sec...

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What Israel's Really Afraid Of

Russ Wellen | Posted 02.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Defense Force, Palestine, Israel, Ceasefire, Hamas, Gaza, Middle East, World News
Russ Wellen

It was while reading Gareth Porter's latest piece at IPS News, Israel Rejected Hamas Ceasefire Offer in December -- Israel at its peremptory best -- t...

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It's Time for a Sustained Focus on a Lasting Middle East Peace

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Muslim, Gaza, Conflict, Middle East, Israel, Ceasefire, Security, Religious Leaders, Peace, Israeli, Jewish, Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Hamas, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Politics News
Jim Wallis

What we continue to lack is the kind of real political solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that could finally make a "ceasefire" endure.

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Amnesty vs. AIPAC: Senate to Consider AIPAC Resolution Endorsing War in Gaza

Robert Naiman | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Senate, Gaza Blockade, Warwire, Gaza, Congress, Ceasefire, Israel, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

The Senate could consider as early as today a resolution promoted by AIPAC intended to effectively endorse the continuation of the Israeli military as...

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Reigniting Violence: How Do Ceasefires End?

Nancy Kanwisher | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ceasefire, Israel-Palestine Data, Gaza, Israel, World News
Nancy Kanwisher

79% of all conflict pauses were interrupted when Israel killed a Palestinian, while only 8% were interrupted by Palestinian attacks (the remaining 13% were interrupted by both sides on the same day).

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House Dems Align With Bush On Gaza

The Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: One-Sided Truce, House Democrats, European Union, Obama, Ceasefire, Congressional Resolution, Politics News

House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that leading House Democrats are currently drafting a non-binding congr...

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How Propaganda Hijacked Israeli Strategy in Gaza

David H. Young | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Propaganda, Palestine, Ceasefire, Lull, Hamas, Gaza, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Mahmoud Abbas, Israel Ground Invasion, Palestinian Territories, Fatah, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
David H. Young

While Israel's explicit goal is to cease all attacks on southern Israel, senior IDF and intelligence officials have privately signaled that this is unrealistic, even with a ground invasion.

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As the New Year Begins, Issues to Think More Deeply About

Danny Schechter | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Ceasefire, Gaza, Media Spin, Economy, Chris Hedges, Israel, Un, Propaganda, Ponzi Schemes, Media News
Danny Schechter

The New Year may be here but last year's problems and crimes have stuck to our shoes and we can't seem to scrape them off. This was the least festive...

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Arab World Furious With Egypt Over Gaza

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Israel Attacks on Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Abbas, Muslim Brotherhood, Israel Air Strikes, Fatah, Arab League, Palestine, Ceasefire, Hamas, President Hosni Mubarak, Middle East, Israel, Gaza Strip, Egypt Gaza, Gaza and the Rol of Egypt, Arab World Furious With Egypt Over Gaza, World News

In the wake of Israel's ongoing air strikes against Gaza, the Arab World is not only protesting Israel's actions, but also Egypt's. Bloomberg tells ...

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The Gaza War is Completely Stoppable

Robert Naiman | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Ceasefire, Diplomacy, Hamas, Gaza, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Robert Naiman

The question is how long it will take international outrage to build to the level necessary to force the US government to stop backing the Israeli military action.

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