International
When a terrorist is our terrorist
September 14, 2007Recently, a 20-year-old American, Din Dona Thin, took an American Airlines flight from Miami to La Paz, Bolivia. She declared to Bolivian customs officials that she was bringing “cheese” into the country, but a search of...
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Is Bush planning war on Iran?
September 7, 2007News Analysis The Sunday Times of London is reporting that the Pentagon has plans for three days of massive air strikes against 1,200 targets in Iran. Last week, Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security...
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A look behind the housing crisis
August 31, 2007Close to a million families lost their homes last year. This year, it will likely be 2 million. There were 25,000 layoffs in the mortgage industry in the first three weeks of August. Building supply and...
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Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2007: Aim for a nuclear-weapon-free world
August 24, 2007Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba gave this speech on the morning of Aug. 6, the 62nd anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack. It was translated by the Mainichi, Japan, Daily News. That fateful summer, 8:15. The...
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Mining black gold, and profits, from northern sands
August 24, 2007Imagine for a moment that you’re an American oil executive. You’re pondering the prospects for the next big oil strike overseas — and dreaming of a place where the government is stable and compliant, the royalties...
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