Obama Calls for UN Reform Without Reduction in U.S. Funding
“The United Nations does extraordinary good around the world — feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, mending places that have been broken....
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Liberian War Lord and Dictator Worked With CIA
Infamous war lord and dictator Charles Taylor of Liberia — accused of mass murder, rape, war crimes, involvement in sex slavery, child abuse,...
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French Judge Wants to Investigate Claims of Gitmo Torture
The Associated Press is reporting out of Paris that a French judge is seeking permission from American authorities to investigate claims of torture...
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Poll: GOP Voters Split on Foreign Intervention
Despite the rhetoric of most GOP presidential hopefuls, almost half of all Republican primary voters believe the U.S. government must stop spending so...
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British and U.S. Intelligence Accused of Aiding Torture of Libyan Rebels
Late last week, British prosecutors announced that they were initiating an investigation into allegations that agents of MI6, British intelligence, participated in the...
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Gitmo’s Chief Defense Counsel to Lawyers: Defy Letter-Reading Rule
On Sunday, the head of the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel for Guantanamo Bay military tribunals, Colonel J.P. Colwell, sent an e-mail...
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Two Years After Haiti Earthquake, Where Did the Money Go?
Two years after the Haiti earthquake on January 12, 2010 — which killed 316,000, injured 300,000 more, left one million homeless, and destroyed $8...
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Obama Signs Belarus Sanctions; Calls Belarus President a “Dictator”
On January 3, President Barack Obama signed into law legislation imposing sanctions on Belarus. The Belarus Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2011...
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Mideast Expert, Ron Paul Agree: U.S. Actions Make War with Iran Likely
U.S. sanctions on Iran are “acts of war.” The Iranian government, which views the sanctions, along with assassinations of its nuclear scientists and...
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The ICC’s “Philanthropists”: the Usual Suspects
This is a follow-up article to yesterday's "Big Push for UN’s International Criminal Court" ...
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U.S. Sanctions State-owned Central Bank of Iran
U.S. President Barack Obama signed legislation this week imposing tough sanctions on Iran’s relatively unique state-owned central bank, prompting a steep drop in...
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U.S. Still Fueling Arms Race in the Middle East
The $30 billion sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, announced by the Obama administration on Thursday is a continuation of a history of...
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Was the Iraq War Worth it?
The Council on Foreign Relations recently asked the above question of some of its favorite commentators. One of the answers sent to...
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Federal Reserve Secretly Bails Out European Banks … Again
Despite assertions from Federal Reserve officials that the United States would not play a role in bailing out European banks, that is exactly...
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U.S. Gave Iran-friendly Regimes Nuclear Technology
As the debate over the Iranian regime’s pursuit of nuclear technology heats up, commentators are pointing out that just a few years ago,...
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