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Lawmakers consider dissolving Detroit
With Detroit set to go bankrupt by mid-December, one state legislator has suggested that Michigan’s largest city should be dissolved as a municipality and merge
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Gilad Sharon, Son Of Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Writes Op-Ed: ‘We Need To Flatten Entire Neighborhoods In Gaza’
Gilad Sharon, son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, wrote an op-ed on Sunday calling for even more aggressive Israeli strikes in Gaza. “We need to
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Bradley Manning demands dismissal of his case due to inhumane punishment
Bradley Manning is expected to testify in a pretrial hearing that he has been punished illegally by being locked in solitary confinement. The whistleblower hopes
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UN implicitly recognizes Palestinian statehood
The UN General Assembly has voted to upgrade Palestinians’ diplomatic status to a “non-member observer state,” thus implicitly recognizing a Palestinian state. This comes despite
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Condemned…again: ‘Genocidal’ US embargo on Cuba slammed by UN for 21st year
The UN has urged the US to lift the 52-year trade embargo with Cuba in an almost-unanimous vote. Cuba likened the blockade to “genocide” and
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Puerto Rico Divided on Statehood, Majority Demands Decolonization
by Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D. The opening line of President Obama’s victory speech — “Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to determine
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The Humiliation of Bradley Manning
by Ray McGovern It is a bitter irony that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, whose conscience compelled him to leak evidence about the U.S. military brass
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10,000 US troops to stay in Afghanistan past 2014 deadline
Ten thousand US troops will stay in Afghanistan past 2014, senior officials say, despite earlier demands from President Barack Obama to end the war during
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100,000 Egyptians protest as ‘Pharaoh’ Morsi digs heels in over power grab (PHOTOS)
Police in Cairo used teargas against protesters after clashes erupted on Tahrir Square, leaving one dead. The violence came before a 100,000-strong rally demanding the
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Free Leonard Peltier!
Nov. 22 will mark 13,439 days of incarceration for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. This year’s commemoration of the National Day of Mourning, to be
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