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Sarah Shourd reunited with mother following release from Iranian prison

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  • September 14, 2010
American Sarah Shourd has finally been reunited with her mother in the capital city of Oman following her release froman Iranian prisonearlier...
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The end of the American Empire

Since President George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq in 2003, many commentators have been describing the newly energized American Empire. People...
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Israel will not bomb Iran this year

by Ahmed E. Souaiaia*I recognize that it is injudicious to make emphatic predictions like this one and it is especially impolitic to do so without...
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China tries to pass off clip from movie “Top Gun” as air force footage

Footage that aired recently on China Central Television purportedly showing training maneuvers by the country’s air force caused some viewers...
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START stalls in the Russian parliament: A snub to Obama

President Obama may have been in a hurry to get START ratified before the final curtain fell on the 111th Congress, but the Russians don’t...
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The Supreme Leader swings for the fence

So the newspaper owned by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran has called the First Lady of France, Carla Bruni, a prostitute. I think he...
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Another round of sanctions: North Korea

U.S. sanctions against North Korea have become so common-place in recent years that it hardly phases political vigilantes when they read about them...
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The Afghan Solution

I have spent enough time and money at IKEA over the last couple of weeks to qualify for Swedish citizenship. Not that I wanted to go to IKEA, but...
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Iran announces new Ministry of Thwarting

Over the weekend, Iran announced that it was forming a committee funded by $20 million dollars to thwart American plots…essentially, a...
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U.N. Security Council fails to agree on North Korean rocket launch

What a surprise.The Sunday emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, called to consider North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile,...
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