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Can You Hear Me Now?

Omri Marcus | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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Palestinians were furious to discover that now not only Fox News ignores their side -- but now even during commercial breaks are they invisible.

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Lockerbie Terrorist's Release Debased Justice with Misplaced Mercy

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

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Today's release is devoid of any compassion for those blown out of the skies over Scotland -- or their families.

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The 'One-state Solution' Only Stokes Palestinians Self-Delusion

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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Until the Palestinians eager to bury the Jewish state finally recognize the legitimate national aspirations of 5.7 million Jews, there may not be peace. But there will always be an Israel.

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Finland says ransom demanded for missing ship

Posted 09.15.2009 | World

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JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW - A ransom demand has been received for the return of a Russian-manned freighter that went missing last mo...

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Hamas Crushes Challenge By Al Qaida-Inspired Rival

Posted 09.15.2009 | World

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By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer RAFAH, Gaza Strip - The leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip blew himself up during a s...

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Bagram Isn't The New Guantanamo, It's The Old Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

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From what I have been able to gather about the workings of Bagram, I have no reason to conclude that the prison is now being run according to the Geneva Conventions.

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The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.

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Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Via Campesina, Food Sovereignty, Rice, Charity, Trade, Food Crisis, Haiti, Food Politics, Financial Crisis, World News, Food Security, Ngos, World News

Instead of spending their money revitalizing the agricultural sector, NGO programs round up small-scale farmers to build roads and clean out sewage systems in return for food vouchers.

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Eva Joly on Iceland's Devastating Plight

Alda Sigmundsdottir | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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In her article, Mme Joly denounces what she calls the "blackmailing of Iceland" by a number of states, as well as the IMF and the EU, into taking on billions of Euros in debt.

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World In Photos: August 10, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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HuffPost's World News Quiz

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge of international events by taking our Weekly World News Quiz based on the past week's ma...

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You Are Pretty and I Like You, and I Want to Have Sex with You

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living

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It's time to acknowledge those who endure rape and sexualized violence/ A villain's life becomes all the people he touches/ A rock exploding a thousand grains of sand

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A Plea to Barack Obama from the Guantanamo Uighurs

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Four months ago, 17 unjustly detained prisoners wrote a letter to Obama asking for their release. The government censors have only just cleared it and I have reprinted it here.

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Fighting or Whitewashing Nazism: Will the Real Norway Please Stand up?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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A review of official Norwegian websites shows a virtual whitewashing of Knut Hamsun's Nazi connection, while glorifying his literary career.

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Guantanamo As Hotel California: You Can Check Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Prisoners who do not face ill-treatment on return to their homelands are still held, no matter how many times their release is approved by various representatives of the U.S. government.

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Obama "Deeply Saddened" By Corazon Aquino's Death

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.01.2009 | World

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This morning, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs released a statement from the President, honoring the recently deceased former President of the Philippines...

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Happy Inauguration Day, Dr. Ahmadinejad: Don't Count on Success

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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Next week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term in office as Iran's president. He faces a hornets' nest.

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As Judge Orders Release of Tortured Guantanamo Prisoner, Government Refuses to Concede Defeat

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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I still have no firm idea why Obama and Holder have allowed the Justice Department to pursue unjustifiable and unwinnable habeas cases, resulting in humiliation after humiliation.

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"Generation 3.0" of Intervention in Haiti: What Is Bill Clinton Doing on the Island Anyways?

Salena Tramel | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

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Here in Haiti, a country all too often characterized by internal instability, the biggest scandals of all have external origins. Just ask the Haitians.

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Iran's Red Tulip Revolution

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.

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Hillary Clinton's Nuclear Defense Umbrella for the Oil Price Gougers -- Who Pays?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Clinton, in her recent tour to Southeast Asia suggested clearly that the United States might well extend a "defense umbrella" protecting its Arab allies should Iran develop a nuclear weapons capability.

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The Basij Are Cordially Invited to Join the Opposition

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.25.2009 | World

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Thanks to their new duties, which include increasingly violent and inhumane acts, reports of Basiji taking protesters up on their invitations to join the opposition movement are growing.

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World In Photos: July 24, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

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Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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On Patriotism and Principle: An Open Letter to the President (aka "The GOP's Bridge to Anywhere But Here")

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Mr. President, talk to us directly. Tell us again why your election was only the first step, not the culmination, of a genuine movement to change the way we understand power, democracy, and our own roles in those phenomena.

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