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UN vote on Palestine shakes things up

December 6, 2012 By Emile Schepers

Last week's vote in the UN's General Assembly, which afforded "nonmember observer state" status to Palestine, and the Israeli government's response, has created controversy.

Huge Argentina human rights trial begins

November 29, 2012 By Emile Schepers

On Wednesday, the trial of no less than 68 former military and civilian officials of the 1976-1983 Argentine military dictatorship began in Buenos Aires.

Middle East: the next four years

November 15, 2012 By Conn Hallinan

Over the next four years the U.S. will face a number of foreign policy issues, most of them regional, some of them global.

War in the East

October 29, 2012 By Joseph Zimmermann

As Veterans Day in the United States approaches we will likely see a temporary increase in television programming focusing on the wars in which Americans have fought.

A ragged ragout from Berlin and Swabia

October 29, 2012 By Victor Grossman

This bulletin is a mix of items - decent news, and not-big news.