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By Baher Azmy This important new book tells the story of the world’s most famous prison from the perspective of the lawyers who toiled under notoriously difficult conditions on behalf of the detainees.
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After a tumultuous lead-up, the U.S. Senate has voted to hold full debate on the health care bill, with all 58 Democratic senators and two independents voting to surpass the 60 needed to avoid a filibuster.
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As the world preps for Copenhagen, President Obama is at last pondering a provisional target that would cut the U.S.‘s world-leading greenhouse gas emissions levels, a move that many consider the biggest obstacle to an climate change agreement later this year.
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Hamas has ordered militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets into Israel, which could not only avoid another bloody invasion, but could signal progress toward a deal to release a captured Israeli soldier.
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Iran has announced it will conduct a set of week-long war games exercises centered around the country’s nuclear sites after Western powers, especially the U.S., moved to a full-court press over Iran’s nuclear program.
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Obama’s on-the-job performance is slipping, as both Gallup and Quinnipiac University have found that more than half of those polled do not approve of the way the president is conducting his presidency.
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The British foreign secretary visited Kabul this week and had a stark warning for opponents of British troops in Afghanistan: The Afghan government could fall apart within weeks of NATO pulling out, if the coalition decided to leave the country.
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Britain’s foreign secretary visited Kabul this week and
had a stark warning for opponents of the NATO
effort in Afghanistan: The Afghan government could fall apart within weeks of a coalition pullout, David Miliband said. The Guardian: ...
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Truthdig is pleased to present the second excerpt from Gary Phillips’ novel “Freedom’s Fight,” which interweaves real historical figures and situations in a fictive narrative about World War II, focusing not just on the black soldier’s struggle, but also on the debates various civil rights ...
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At long last, it seems that members of Congress, of left- and right-leaning persuasions alike, are harboring serious doubts about a couple key players on President Obama’s economic task force. The right-leaning Tony Blankley thinks that this signals the cyclical, and helpful, breakdown ...
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Now that he’s been cut loose from his
contract at CNN, former anchor Lou Dobbs is free
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President Barack Obama has signaled an escalation in the ongoing nuclear dispute with Iran, warning that punitive measures could come soon after Tehran rejected a proposal to send its enriched uranium to Russia or France for further processing.
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With punitive measures potentially coming “within weeks,” President Obama has signaled an escalation with Iran after the country refused a proposal to send its enriched uranium to Russia or France for further processing.
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Taking a step forward for deaf users as well as transcription technology, Google has announced it will automatically bring text captions to many videos on its YouTube video site. This move also will allow videos to now searched through text, rather than keywords.
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After the UC Board of Regents approved a 32 percent increase in fees, a collection of university students occupied Campbell Hall at UCLA. The last of those students peacefully left the building Thursday evening, ending protests that saw four tased and dozens arrested.
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By David Sirota Any hope that we aren’t
turning into a full-on slobbering idiocracy was snuffed out
last week by two of the Washington intelligentsia’s most respected voices. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 20, 2009 ...
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By Eugene Robinson If killing a terrorist in Kandahar creates one in Killeen, we’ll never make progress.
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November 20, 2009 Claire Wasserman on Europe’s Islamic Immigrants
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Christopher Caldwell explores in his recent book what he terms Islam’s “adversary culture” now challenging Europe’s own sense of historical identity.
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November 19, 2009 Enough G-2 Talk Already
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By Louis Freedberg and Hugo Cabrera, California Watch
Most of California’s largest school districts are increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, eroding the most expensive education reform in the state’s history.
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