Peace
Oil in the balance in Sudan-South Sudan war
April 30, 2012A full scale war may be developing between two key oil-producing countries in Africa, Sudan and South Sudan.
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Afghanistan “strategic partnership” is bad news
April 24, 2012The initialing of a draft strategic partnership foreshadows American military involvement stretching at least a decade beyond the projected 2014 withdrawal of combat troops, and perhaps indefinitely.
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Veterans, families mark 9th anniversary of Iraq War
March 20, 2012Speakers, many Iraq Veterans against the War, called for proper care for the war's veterans, many of whom suffer the "invisible wounds" of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury as well as physical injuries.
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U.S. mum on humanitarian visit for Cuban 5 prisoner
March 5, 2012The lawyer for Rene Gonzalez filed an emergency motion in federal court Feb. 24 seeking a two-week humanitarian visit to Havana to visit his brother who reportedly is seriously ill.
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New U.S. military strategy: concerns and a ray of hope
January 17, 2012The Defense Department's new strategic guidance released this month offers a modest foothold in the struggle to reverse the ever-upward swing of U.S. military spending.
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