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Studio Notes on the Declaration of Independence

Spencer Green | Posted 08.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Liberty, Independence Day, July 4th, Pursuit of Happiness, Edward Rutledge, United States, Button Gwinnett, King, America, Life, Comedy News
Spencer Green

Focus groups show that only 66 percent of citizens hold these truths to be self-evident; 22 percent hold them to be rather ambiguous; 12 percent are undecided.

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China May Ban US Chicken: WSJ

Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: US China Relations, Global Economy, US China, Foreign Affairs, United States Protectionism, United States, Protectionism, China Us, China Chicken Ban, China, Advocacy, China Protectionism, World News

China is expected to ban imports of U.S. chicken in coming days, a move likely to deliver a blow to the struggling American chicken industry and escal...

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Osama Visited America For 2 Weeks

New Yorker | Steve Coll | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: United States, Osama Bin Laden US Visit, Osama Bin Laden, World News

The question of whether Osama bin Laden has ever visited the United States, a subject on which I have expended an unhealthy amount of energy in the co...

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China's "Green Dam" Overflows and Bursts

Leslie Harris | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Yahoo, Microsoft, Chinese Government, United States, China, Human Rights, Google, Content-Control Software, World News
Leslie Harris

Chinese Internet users won an important victory this week when the Chinese government indefinitely delayed implementation of the widely condemned "Green Dam" filtering software.

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You Can be Great at Soccer or Globally Dominant -- You Can't be Both

Zachary Karabell | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Empire, Global Economy, Soccer, Economic Crisis, Argentina, Fifa-Confederations-Cup, United States, China, Sports, Brzail, World News
Zachary Karabell

The United States lost to Brazil in the final of the FIFA Confederations cup. All I can say is, thank God.

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North Korean Ship Kang Nam Turns Around

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Kang Nam, Kang Nam North Korea, USS John Mccain, North Korea Sanctions, United Nations, United States, Myanmar, Kang Nam Ship, North Korean Ship Turns Around, Kang Nam Turns Around, North Korea Kang Nam, Korea, North Korean Ship, Korean Ship, North Korea Ship, North Korean Ship Turns Around Fox News, Kang Nam 1, North Korea Ship Kang Nam, World News

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back toward the north where it came from, afte...

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The Children In The Middle: A Perspective On Human Rights

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: The Hague, Nyu, Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Children, Betty Mahmoody, Globalization, United States, David Goldman, Brazil, Bruna Bianchi, Human Rights, New Jersey, Not Without My Daughter, Binational Couples, Internet Dating, Human Rights of Children, Sean Richard Goldman, Sean Goldman, World News
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

International parental child abduction is not a new phenomenon but its increasing frequency appears to be a by-product of globalization.

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Mexican Man Allegedly Tries To Sell Woman, 4 Kids To U.S. For $2,000 Each

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Mexico City, Man Sells Woman, United States, Mexico, Sonora, Prostitutes, Cananea, Human Trafficking, Mexico City Tries to Sell Four People, Mexican Tries Selling Girls and Stepsons as Prostitues, World News

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A Mexican man has been detained for allegedly plotting to sell a young woman, two girls and two boys for $2,000 apiece in the Unit...

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Obama is Doing Right by the Iranian People, So Far

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Lebanon, Hugo Chavez, Britain, Afghanistan, Iranian, President Obama, Sunni, Violence, Paramilitary, Hezbollah, Iran, Taliban, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Basij, George W. Bush, Arab, Revolution, United States, Protest, Tiananmen Square, Shiite, Occupied Territories, Mass Movement, Iraq, John McCain, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Territories, which Bush et al either supported or outright committed, actually strengthened the Ahmadinejad government.

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Food Inc.: What is the Food Industry Hiding?

Janice Taylor | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Safety, Health & Wellness, Farmers' Market, Michael Pollan, Escherichia Coli, Slaughterhouse, Janice Taylor, Cattle, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Industry, United States, Us, New York City, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Eric Schlosser, Green News
Janice Taylor

Food, Inc. is a mind-blowing, stomach-twisting, eye-opening and ultimately heart-breaking film.

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After North Korea: Why Reporters Take Risks (VIDEO)

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Oscar Grant, Twitter, Current TV, Laura Ling, United States, North Korea, Youth Radio, Journalist, Reporters, Euna Lee, Obama, Youthradio, San Francisco, Josh Wolf, World News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Josh Wolf was willing to spend 226 days in jail for his story. We visit him in San Francisco to talk to him about why reporters put themselves in dangerous situations.

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A Coup Manual: What We Should Know About Iran's Election

Omid Memarian | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Fraud, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, United States, Iran, Dictatorship, Coup, Election, Barack Obama, Protesters, World News
Omid Memarian

No matter what happens in the coming days, Obama should not congratulate Ahmadinejad for his victory. He did not win the election, he stole it.

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Painting a Bulls-Eye on the First Amendment

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, First Amendment, Richard Blumenthal, Communications Decency Act, United States, Attorney General, Craigslist, Classified Advertising, Media News
Leslie Harris

The Connecticut Attorney General's assertion that online speech has lower First Amendment protection than speech in newspapers is shocking. He clearly needs to brush up on First Amendment law.

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Cap and Trade Part 2: Walking the International Tightrope

Bill Chameides | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Cap and Trade, Global Economy, Economics, Economy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, United States, Policy, China, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Legislation, Politics, U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Paul Krugman, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Any international climate treaty that omits an eventual cap on China's emissions will be a treaty that fails to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference on the climate.

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Cuba: Human Rights Watch Is In America's Pocket

AP | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Human Rights Watch, Cuba Human Rights Watch, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, United States, US-Cuba Relations, United Nations, Juan Antonio Fernandez Palacios, World News

GENEVA — Cuba's U.N. ambassador in Geneva says Human Rights Watch and other groups are "mercenaries" paid by the U.S. government. Juan Antonio ...

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US Negotiating With North Korea Over Journalists

AP | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: United States, Captured-Journalists-in-North-Korea, North Korea, North Korea Labor Camps, Lisa Ling, Hard Labor Prison, Lisa Ling North Korea, World News

The Obama administration is working "through all possible channels" to secure the release of two young women journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard...

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US: Mideast Peace Talks Should Start Immediately

BBC News | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israel-Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United States, Middle East Peace, George MItchell, Mid-East Talks, Politics News

President Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, has said that the US wants immediate talks between Israel and the Palestinians....

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The Reality of Aid (II)

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Norway, Netherlands, Aid, United States, Luxembourg, Sweden, Humanitarian Aid, Denmark, Foreign Policy, Germany, Egypt, Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Japan, Austria, Italy, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Portugal, Israel, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Greece, Spain, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

Only five countries (Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden) have met the United Nations' target of providing 0.7 percent of their gross national income in aid to poor countries.

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Nuke, Sessions, Guantanamo, Judge Sotomayor, Extremist, America, Israelis, Muslim, Assalaamu Alaykum, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Midotw, Sotomayor, Racism, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Christians, Quran, Jesus, Terrorist, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Judge, Mddotw, Sonia Sotomayor, Israel, Taliban, Respect, Christian, Egypt, Al Qaeda, President Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Speech, Fact, Cia, Jeff Sessions, Opinion, Obama, Iraq, Nuclear, Religious Tolerance, Friday Talking Points, Koran, Republican, Iran, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Islamic, Shah of Iran, Mohammed, Islam, Npt, Judiciary Committee, Nuclear Weapon, Palestinian, Palestine, Democracy, United States, Settlements, Moses, Jewish, Zakat, Womens Rights, Barack Hussein Obama, Chris Weigant, Cairo, Shah, Afghanistan, Stereotype. Terrorism, Obama Cairo Speech, Torture, Turkey, Ankara-Turkey, Jerusalem-Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran, Indonesia, Lebanon, South Africa, World News
Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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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
Leslie Harris

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
Bradley Burston

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
Evelyn Leopold

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
Pye Ian

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
Walden Bello

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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