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World’s Richest Gain $21.4 Billion as Batista Falters
The world’s richest people added a combined $21.4 billion to their collective net worth this week as the wealth gap between billionaire Carlos Slim and
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Why Washington and Moscow want a backroom deal over Syria
The scene is set for a Clinton-Lavrov meeting that could still ring the death knell for the Assad regime Months of futile diplomatic tussling, UN
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Is Turkey moving toward ‘hard power’ over Syria?
The downing of a Turkish jet over the Mediterranean last Friday by a Syrian missile took Turkish-Syrian tensions to a new level. Though the Turkish
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Troops have withdrawn from Iraq, but U.S. money hasn’t
By Walter Pincus The State Department is planning to spend up to $115 million to upgrade the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, already its biggest
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Uganda’s Oil: A Bonanza Beckons
Hope and peril for the Great Lakes A DETERMINED push by Western wildcatters and big oil companies from fast-growing Asian economies such as those of
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Deadly Drone Strike on Muslims in the Southern Philippines
Marking the first time the weapon has been used in Southeast Asia Early last month, Tausug villagers on the Southern Philippine island of Jolo heard
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Discrimination, Economy, Elections, Government, Healthcare, History, Labor, Prisons, Statements, U.S. News, War, WomenGame Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters
For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece
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Rodney King, who struggled with demons after beating, dead at 47
Rodney King, who died Sunday at 47, struggled with demons in the years after his beating by LAPD police officers made him a household name.
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Social scientists build case for ‘survival of the kindest’
By Yasmin Anwar, Media Relations BERKELEY — Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be
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Is the US Poised to Regain Control of Latin America with Regional Proxy Wars Through Colombia?
The Summit of the Americas, Drug Legalization, ‘Asymmetric’ Relations & Security Cooperation by ANNIE BIRD The Summits of the Americas began in 1994 as forums
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