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Settlements contradict the essence of peacemaking: a Palestinian view
January 4, 2008The policy of establishing and expanding settlements may well be the only constant in Israeli practices on occupied Palestinian territory since 1967. Yet it is possible to discern several distinct phases in this policy depending on...
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Tribunals examine U.S. role in Colombia
January 4, 2008In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40...
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Whose way of life is at risk? Not yours
January 4, 2008Each year as the calendar moves toward the New Year, I find myself thinking about Dick Cheney. The vice president once called energy conservation a “matter of personal virtue” not part of a national energy plan....
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Fidel Castro sends greeting to Cuban parliament
January 1, 2008‘There hasn’t been a day in my life in which I haven’t learned something’ The following note and message from Fidel Castro was sent to President of the Cuban National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon on Dec. 27,...
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Movie Review: Charlie Wilsons fascist war
January 1, 2008Charlie Wilson’s War Directed by Mike Nichols, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin 2007, 97 min., Rated R I went to see Charlie Wilson’s War last night and was surprised that the title was not “The South shall...
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