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Moses vs. the Death Panels: Obama Brings the Ten Commandments Into the Health Care Debate

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Red Sea, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Republicans, Moses, Barack Obama, Ten Commandments, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

Despite harsh criticism that Obama is injecting religion where it doesn't belong, "bearing false witness" has a long presence in American jurisprudence, as do most of the Ten Commandments.

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Charlton Heston the Face of the USA? How Moses Was Chosen for the Great Seal

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Adams, Charlton Heston, Thomas Jefferson, Moses, Fourth of July, Red Sea, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

The committee's report offers vivid, behind-the-scenes evidence that the founders of the United States viewed themselves as acting in the image of Moses.

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Israel Warships Cross Suez In Possible Iran Signal

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — Two Israeli warships sailed through the Suez Canal on Tuesday, Israeli and Egyptian officials said, a move that appeared to be a new...

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Terrorists, Pirates and Anarchy, Somalia Style

John Prendergast | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Black Hawk Down, Islam, Airstrikes, Ransom, Africa, Muslim Extremists, Terrorism, Somalia, Mosques, Indian Ocean, Jihadist Militias, Al Qaeda, African Pirate, Jihad, Red Sea, Bush Administration, Somalian Pirates, Pirates, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Johnny Depp, Tripoli, Extremism, Etheopia, World News
John Prendergast

Somalia has become the poster child for transnational threats emanating from Africa.

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Yemen hosts African refugees despite economic woes, social problems

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Yemen hosts thousands of African refugees fleeing unrest and poverty in their countries every year - with Somalis topping the list - despite its own e...

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Somalia: Getting in Front of the Story

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Baidoa, Red Sea, Mogadishu, Somalia, President Obama, 9/11, President Bush, Steven Decatur, World News
Reese Schonfeld

Get your talking heads on television before the other guy does, slant the story your way, and maybe the American public will let you off the hook.

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Pirates Free 29 Hostages From Two Ships

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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PARIS — Pirates freed 20 hostages aboard a Turkish freighter commandeered off the Somali coast, as nine captives on a French boat were released ...

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Killing the Dead Sea Twice Is Good for Politicians, Not the Environment

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Jordan, Politics, Red Sea, Shimon Peres, Ecology, Middle East, World Bank, Environment, Israel, Palestine, Treehugger, Dead Sea, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

The Dead Sea, shared by Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians should be listed as one of the Wonders of the World -- and it's in danger of drying up.

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Bin Laden Brother's Bridge Project: Plans World's Largest Suspension Bridge Crossing The Red Sea

Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home

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Nobody has walked across the Red Sea since Moses parted the waters. But it could happen again under an audacious plan to build the world's longest sus...

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