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Morning Brief: Dozens killed across Iraq ahead of Arab League summit
Dozens killed across Iraq ahead of Arab League summit Top story: At least 36 people were killed in a series of bombings across Iraq on Tuesday. The attacks, which threaten to derail next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad, appeared to be the work...
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Tue, Mar 20 2012 4:51 AM
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Iran Watch: In the zone?
There are times when the United States and Israel seem miles apart on the question of how to confront Iran over its nuclear program. As in when President Obama talked about wielding "crippling sanctions" and diplomacy when meeting with Israeli...
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Mon, Mar 19 2012 5:08 PM
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Iran Watch
Ted Koppel's guide to the media
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Ted Koppel, the 25 year veteran anchor of Nightline and former Managing Editor of Discovery Channel, used to appear on John Stewart's The Daily Show as the standard of journalistic...
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Mon, Mar 19 2012 12:06 PM
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Ehud Barak: Kibbutznik-turned-tycoon
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Israeli Defense Minister and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak can now add another title to his resume: real estate mogul. On Sunday, it was reported that Barak had sold his notoriously...
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Mon, Mar 19 2012 9:03 AM
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North Africa
Clooney! Theater! Naked meltdowns! What were we talking about again?
Last Friday was an odd news day, particulaly in the world of white-dude-to-the-rescue humanitarian advocacy. It was a day that began with George Clooney's arres t outside the Sudanese embassy, continued with This American Life 's retraction of...
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Mon, Mar 19 2012 8:40 AM
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Morning Brief: Violence rocks Damascus
Violence rocks Damascus Top story: Syrian rebels are engaged today in some of the heaviest fighting yet with security forces in Damascus, according to opposition activists. Witnesses say the violence erupted in the capital's al-Mezze district, which...
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Mon, Mar 19 2012 4:33 AM
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Afghanistan shooter quoted in 2009 Army article from Iraq?
The Army has just released the name of the suspect in last weekend's shooting rampage in Afghanistan: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales: His lawyer, John Henry Browne, said on Thursday that the suspect was a 38-year-old man who had been injured twice while...
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Fri, Mar 16 2012 3:49 PM
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The U.S. and Egypt: A friendly status quo
After it was reported this morning that the United States intends to "release at least a portion of $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt," a Brookings Institute Panel this afternoon discussed the future of U.S.-Egypt relations. Shadi Hamid, the director...
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Fri, Mar 16 2012 2:39 PM
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Latin America
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Egypt
This American Life retracts Apple story from China
Oops. Public radio show This American Life announced early today that they could no longer stand by an episode they broadcast in January featuring Mike Daisey, the author of a popular monologue about Apple supplier Foxconn in China. A Marketplace reporter...
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Fri, Mar 16 2012 12:29 PM
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The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Slouching Toward Tampa
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Southern man don't need him around, anyhow Frontrunner Mitt Romney 's difficulties in the South continued this week with Rick Santorum picking up wins in Mississippi and Alabama on Tuesday. Despite...
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Fri, Mar 16 2012 11:59 AM
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Take a cruise on Hannibal Qaddafi's supervillain yacht
The yacht that Muammar al-Qaddafi's ne'er do well (even by the standards of the Qaddafi family) son was having built for himself was everything you would expect it to be : Replete with marble columns, gold-framed mirrors and huge statues, the...
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Fri, Mar 16 2012 8:50 AM
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Morning Brief: Karzai pushes to speed up U.S. withdrawal
Karzai pushes to speed up U.S. withdrawal Top news: Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a surprise announcement on Thursday, insisting that U.S. troops be confined to bases by the end of this year, and suggesting that the transition of security duties...
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Fri, Mar 16 2012 5:28 AM
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Beijing's Black Jails
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This is a guest post from Phelim Kine, a senior Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch. Last Friday, Al Jazeera's China correspondent Melissa Chan dropped in on a "black...
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Thu, Mar 15 2012 3:10 PM
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HIV and malaria return to Greece
Earlier this month, Greek journalist Nick Malkoutzis wrote a piece asking the question, " Is Greece a Failed State? " The title was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but at the Guardian reports, Medecins Sans Frontieres, more accustomed to working in...
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Thu, Mar 15 2012 2:51 PM
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Iran Watch: Israel and Iran agree: Open SESAME
Today's news paints a picture of an Iran increasingly hemmed in by sanctions. SWIFT, a Belgium-based organization that facilitates banking transactions, announced that it will block Iranian banks targeted by EU sanctions, effectively cutting Iran...
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Thu, Mar 15 2012 2:06 PM
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