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US Top Court Refuses to Hear Guantanamo Wiretap Case (Agence France Presse)
A member of the US military mans the guard post before sunrise at Camp Delta. (AFP) Oct. 4, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Agence France Presse) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a plea by 23 ...
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Farewell to Arms: Jenny, Iraq and the Next War (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 30, 2010 -- Let’s call her Jenny. Jenny was alone, and clearly confused. Her face was dotted with acne, and her short, blond hair was stiff at the ends. As the ...
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Regarding US Muslims: A Misguided Debate (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 17, 2010 -- Laurie Goodstein’s article, "American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?" was intended as a sympathetic reading of the concerns of U.S. Muslim ...
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Noam Chomsky: “President Obama is Involved in War Crimes Right Now” (Alyssa McDonald)
Sept. 15, 2010 -- The New Statesman Interviews: Noam Chomsky Do you consider yourself to be primarily a scientist or a political activist? If the world would go away, I would be happy to keep to the ...
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WikiLeaks Collaborating With Media Outlets on Release of Iraq Documents (Newsweek)
Sept. 9, 2010 (Newsweek) -- A London-based journalism nonprofit is working with the WikiLeaks Web site and TV and print media in several countries on programs and stories based on what is described ...
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The Photo before the Storm: Peace Talks Already Failed (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 9, 2010 -- A picture is not always worth a thousand words. The recently released photographs of Palestinian and Israeli leaders in Washington during their ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Toward a New Public Diplomacy - Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy. Edited by Philip Seib. (Jim Miles)
Toward a New Public Diplomacy -- Redirecting U.S. Foreign Policy. Ed. Philip Seib. Palgrave MacMillan, New York. 2009. Sept. 7, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- This collection of essays could be ...
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German Military Report: Peak Oil Could Lead to Collapse of Democracy (Daniel Tencer)
The sun sets over an oil platform waiting to be towed out into the Gulf of Mexico at Port Fourchon in Louisiana in May. According to Der Spiegel, the report from a think-tank inside the German ...
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Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 2, 2010 -- Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book -- or any piece of writing for that ...
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Secret 'Kill Lists' Fly in the Face of US and Int'l Law (William Fisher)
Aug. 31, 2010 -- NEW YORK (Inter Press Service) -- Two of the nation's most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government's authority to carry out "targeted ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Palestine Betrayed. By Efraim Karsh (Jim Miles)
Palestine Betrayed. Efraim Karsh. Yale University Press, London, 2010. Aug. 27, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Was Palestine betrayed? Of course it was, by the British, the United States, France, the ...
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