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A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, President Obama, Abuse, Henry Kissinger, Sacrifice, United States, Prophecy, Pray, Bill Kristol, Gandhi, Weapons, Rush Limbaugh, Commitment, Desmond Tutu, Presidency, Peace, Prayer, America, Foreign Policy, Muslim, Nelson Mandela, Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize, Conflict, Martin Luther King Jr., Military, New York Times, Worldview, Israeli, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.

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Will Japan Go Nuclear?

Joe Cirincione | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hu Jintao, Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Posture Review, Start Treaty, United States, Japan, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear-Free World, World News
Joe Cirincione

A small group of conservative Japanese defense officials have spread the view that if the United States reduces its nuclear arsenal, then Japan will build its own nuclear bombs.

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Britain Ranks As Top Financial Capital, Besting U.S.

Telegraph | James Quinn | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Nouriel Roubini, Hedge Funds, Economy, Financial Center, Great Britain, United States, London, Investment Banking, New York City, World Economic Forum, Business News

The poll will fuel the ongoing debate as to whether London or New York is the best place to do business for financial communities, amid recent reports...

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It's About the Bomb, Not Obama

Joe Cirincione | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Leadership, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Start Treaty, Nobel Peace Prize, United States, Barack Obama, Nuclear Terrorism, World News
Joe Cirincione

After the circus quiets down, we should think about what this award is really about: There is real danger out there. If we do not change course, nuclear bombs will explode in our cities.

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Defining Justice for Environmental Refugees

Wade Norris | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Climate Refugees, Tuvalu, Carbon Emission, United Nations, Copenhagen, European Union, United States, Maldives, Carteret Islands, Barack Obama, Relocation, Legal Status, Fossil Fuels, Environmental Refugees, Vanuatu, Industrialized Countries, Fiji, Senate, Kivalina, Kirabiti, Denver News
Wade Norris

There is a growing group of people in our world who are in a legal limbo: environmental refugees. And this problem is only going to get bigger as time goes on.

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Guantanamo Prisoners To Be Tried in U.S., Congressional Agreement Allows

nytimes.com | DAVID JOHNSTON | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, GuantáNamo Bay, Obama Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, United States, Guantanamo Trials, Gitmo, Cuba, Guantanamo Detainees Tried, United States Justice System, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders have decided to allow detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be brought to the United States to face civ...

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G-7 To Meet, Talk Less As G-20 Ascends: Officials

Bloomberg | By Rainer Buergin and Simon Kennedy | Posted 10.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Uk, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Imf, United States, Canada, G7, G-20, Pittsburgh, Global Policy, Japan, France, G-7, g20, Global Economic Policy, Us, Un, Economy, Business News

Group of Seven finance chiefs said they will meet less and issue fewer statements as the G-20 becomes the main arena for setting global economic polic...

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Iran Agrees To Send Enriched Uranium To Russia

New York Times | Steven Erlanger and Mark Landler | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, United States, Enriched Uranium, Iran. Uranium, World News

Iran agreed on Thursday in talks with the United States and other major powers to open its newly revealed uranium enrichment plant near Qum to interna...

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Welcome Back, Mr. Polanski

Anna Wainwright | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: France, United States, Extradition, Rape, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, Entertainment News
Anna Wainwright

Polanski has certainly experienced terrible tragedy. But it's not an excuse, legally or morally, and Polanski should be extradited.

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Outmaneuvering Iran

Joe Cirincione | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Strategy, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, United Nations, Non-Proliferation, United States, Obama, Iran, UN Security Council, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News
Joe Cirincione

The key to understanding today's announcement on Iran is this: President Obama knew about the secret Iranian facility nine months ago.

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Presidential Leadership: "The Future Does Not Belong to Fear"

Joe Cirincione | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Nuclear Weapons, Ctbt, Speech, Barack Obama, United Nations, Non-Proliferation, North Korea, United States, Start Treaty, Nuclear Posture Review, Multilateral Diplomacy, Iran, Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Joe Cirincione

Obama's priorities are spot on. Nuclear threats are growing. The previous administration's military approach to the problem failed.

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Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Upper East Side, Facebook, Performances, That, Shanghai, Afs, Pakistan, Jaffna, Hong Kong, Asian Art, Vishakha Desai, John D. Rockefeller, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Muslim, Andy Warhol Foundation, Indonesia, Hindu, Vietnam War, Korea, Williams College, Buddhist, Elephant Story, Nigeria, Mumbai, Brookings Institution, Sri Lanka., Robert B. Oxnam, Thought Leader, Manila, University of Massachusetts, Education, Asian Women Leaders, United States, Asia Society, Mathew Luce, Barack Obama, Global Citizen, Boston University, Asian-Americans, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Columbia University, Bombay University, U.S.-Asia Relationship, Hillary Clinton., Youtube, Taliban, India, International Relations, Asian Art History, Gates Foundation, New York News
Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

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77 Percent Of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name The First President Of The U.S.

News9.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Oklahoma, United States, George Washington, Home News

Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today....

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What!? Racism Still in America?

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, President Obama, Voting, Racial Equality, Head of State, Racial, Black, White America, Civil Rights, Republican, African-American, Citizens, Conservative, Martyr, Inauguration, Justice, Health Care, Equality, Lying, Conservative Friends, Politics, Racist, Congress, Health, United States, First Black President, President of the United States, Minority Race, Race, Racism, Apologies, White, Disagreements, Party, Ethnicity, Rhetoric, Politics News
Jim Wallis

I see racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric.

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Unconventional Wisdom on Dubai

Jennifer Nix | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Energy, Chuck Schumer, Obama Iran, Jim Krane, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Terrorism, Oil, Environment, United States, Iran, Hillary Clinton, Dubai, Capitalism: A Love Story, World News
Jennifer Nix

A new book, City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism paints a very different picture of the events and politics leading up to the nixing of the Dubai ports deal.

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U.S. To Accept Iran's Proposal To Hold Talks

New York Times | MARK LANDLER and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Talks, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, United States, Obama Administration, World News

The Obama administration said Friday that the United States would accept Iran's offer to meet, fulfilling President Obama's pledge to hold uncondition...

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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
Janice Taylor

"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

Read More: Russia, Gas, Foreign Affairs, Rule of Law, Robert Amsterdam, International Law, Democracy, United States, Barack Obama, Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, Human Rights, Central Asia, Oil, Osce, Political Prisoners, Freedom of Press, Europe, Yevgeny Zhovtis, World News
Robert Amsterdam

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
Beth Arnold

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
Janice Taylor

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
Joe Cirincione

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
Vickie Karp

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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