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Protests mark G-8 summit in Germany
June 15, 2007News Analysis Demonstrators from throughout Europe flooded Germany last week to protest the G-8 Summit held June 6-8 in the coastal town of Heiligendamm on the Baltic Sea. Security measures for the summit, which was attended...
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Missile base flap shows Czech rightward trajectory
June 15, 2007NewsAnalysis A dispute has arisen within the Czech Republic over Bush administration plans to set up a “Star Wars”-type anti-missile base south of the capital, Prague, and another in Poland. Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted angrily...
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Social Security: keep your eyes on the prize
June 8, 2007Don’t blink your eyes; keep your eyes on the prize. If you don’t, then you’re sure to lose it. Wasn’t it only a couple of years ago that Wall Street and its Bush administration waged a...
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Venezuelans rally against destabilization moves
June 8, 2007News Analysis Watchers of U.S. television coverage of the last couple of weeks’ events in Venezuela might be forgiven for thinking that leftist President Hugo Chavez has been trying to silence the opposition press and that...
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Moore flap could help change U.S. Cuba policy
May 25, 2007News Analysis Earlier this month, filmmaker Michael Moore announced that he had received a letter from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accusing him of illegal travel to Cuba, and threatening prosecution. Moore...
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