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Two More countries opt out of using dollar

When China and Russia did it back in 2010, the move to use their own currencies for bilateral trade rather than the dollar was a choice spawned by...
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Wars and Rumors of Wars in the Middle-east

I saw an article on DEBKAfile this morning entitled: "Barak vs US: We can't wait until Iran declares it has a nuclear bomb", and I...
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Military is trickle-feeding democracy to change-hungry Egyptians

by A.E. SOUAIAIA*It is not quite clear if the Egyptian military rulers are miser politicians or experts in brinkmanship. Whatever the case may be,...
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Tripoli military council’s leader asks for an apology from the US, UK

The complicated and complex US relations with Islamist movementsby A. E. SOUAIAIA*For many Americans, the US-Islamic interaction is borne out of...
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Arab spring going global

Eight months ago, while discussing the Arab revolutions with a friend and colleague, an expert in Jewish Studies, I told him that the Arab Spring...
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The ‘American dream’ and the freedom to worship…or not

One of several reasons that the founding fathers left their homeland and forged a new nation was about freedom to worship within the context of one...
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Former Muslim, Iranian naval officer warns U.S. of political correctness dangers

The Director of Concerned American Citizens, Mano Bakah, is doing his best to warn America about embracing a naïve approach to Islam. And Baka...
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President Barack Obama and the message beyond the photograph

Just before I logged on to check my email and found a request from the Red Room website asking authors to blog about leadership, something...
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Are Arab World Revolutions different?

by Ahmed E. Souaiaia*When the first demonstration took place in Sidi Bouzid after Tarek (Mohamed) Elbouazizi ignited the Arab revolutions by...
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Why use the social media just to stir up more hate?

  • Facebook page encourages Palestinians to commit violent acts agains Israelis
  • March 29, 2011
Facebook, a highly powerful and electrifying force, the new cyber world-house, was ostensibly meant to bring people together. I write today to...
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