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    Obama Press Conf to Respond to Rev. Wright


    Obama's Pastor Goes At It


    Pelosi Manuevers for Greater Power


    Clinton: $2.3B in earmarks!


    Is Jeremiah Wright a colossal disaster for Barack Obama or a press trick?
    Ahha...turns out there's a big Clinton supporter behind this National Press Club appearance by Obama's reverend... hmmm

    Bollywood Legend Takes to the Blogosphere


    Top McCain Adviser Suggests Adopting Obama Foreign Policy approach


    Syria Photos Photoshopped and/or More?
    Real questions haven't been answered about this; not to mentno the 8 month delay...

    Big Clinton Supporter Organized Wright Event at National Press Club
    It also turns out that Reynolds - introduced Monday as a member of the National Press Club "who organized" the event - is an enthusiastic Hillary Cl ... more

    NYTimes - video bloggerheads - Hillary's chances


    A Tantalizing Look at Iran’s Nuclear Program


    Obama's Pastor's Resurrection Tour


    Obama on FOX News Sunday


    Arianna Discusses The Right Wing's "Lunatic Fringe" On ABC's 20/20


    McCain Strongly Rejected Long-Term Iraq Presence: "Bring Them All Home"


    Carter on Larry King about Obama, Pastors, Hamas, et. al.


    LATimes Asks Readers About WAR with IRAN


    Aziz Told Truth in 2002 - Now the U.S. and Iraqi regime Want to Hang Him


    Hisham Ahmed speaking at AUB in April 2008


    Palestinian Disaster Continues as Israelis Squeeze and EU keeps giving


    Iran and Russian Discuss Nuclear Proposals
    With the Americans and Israelis getting set to attack, this from the Iranians and the Russians.

    Israeli Commander of Exodus Dies at 90


    Jerusalem - Patriarch: Greek Orthodox Church recovering from crisis


    Shipments of Nuclear Fuel from Russia to Iran held up in Azerbajan


    Gas could go to $10 gallon!


    Wright: Coming After You Obama on 5 November! - VIDEO


    Huge Drop in NYTimes Sunday Circulation


    Press Club Mayhem: Rev. Wright on Obama


    The Monstrous Cancer of the Military-Industrial Complex by Jacob Horneberger


    The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam


    Hezbollah Building Up To Confront Israel


    Henry Siegman - Tough Love for Israel


    Tom Hayden Looks at Clinton's 60s Past


    Pentagon Chief Threatens IRAN


    Washington Setting Stage for War with IRAN?


    Clueless in America


    Vanity Fair Once Again Strikes Controversy with Photo - However Tame


    Tom Hayden Looks at Clinton's 60s Past


    Shh! In British Library Reading Rooms, Flirting and Even Giggling


    Jimmy Carter: Pariah Diplomacy


    Columbia’s Radicals of 1968 Hold a Bittersweet Reunion


    Dems Watch In Horror As Hillary Keeps On Kicking
    “The time has come. The time has come. The time is now. Just go. ... I don’t care how. You can go by foot. You can go by cow. Hillary R. Clinton, will ... more

    Surrender Already, Dorothy - Maureen Dowd


    Israel's 60th Birthday - Palestinian Website


    Bush Pledges to go to Israel's 60th....IF...


    Bush Going to Israel for the 60th Anniversary Birthday
    Israel's president said Wednesday that a conference next month marking the Jewish state's 60th birthday — including attendance by President Bush and B ... more

    Karzai, US Amb, NATO Commander All Escape Attack in Kabul
    President Karzai narrowly escaped with his life yesterday after Taleban gunmen attacked an Independence Day ceremony in Kabul, sending ambassadors and ... more

    American Politics as the Dems Battle Each Other


    Hillary Risks Black Rage In Quest for Presidency


    More Madness and Bloodletting in Chechnya


    N Korea and Syria Prepare for WAR


    US warns Iran of retaliation over Iraq action
    America's top military officer has ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by issuing an unusual public warning that the Pentagon is planning for “potential ... more

    DNC Ad Hammers McCain On Iraq: Watch Video


    Global Food Crisis Worst In A Generation, World's Poor Suffer Most


    Hillary Strangelove - Boston Globe


    Afghan Pres Karzai Escapes Assassination


    IRAN Holding Brit Hostages
    Now comes this latest 'leak'...it all seems like quite an orchestrated campaign to get IRAN.

    IRAQ - Wobbling all over the place


    When my finger was on the button for Israel
    I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon. more

    US Marines Deploying in Afghanistan for First Time in Years
    U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but sti ... more

    Adm. Mullen: U.S. Preparing Strike Option Against Iran
    Making it crystal clear to Iran, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday that the United States is preparing for "pote ... more

    Gates: Iran Hell Bent on Getting Nukes


    VIDEO - The Coming Bombing of IRAN


    Hamas Chief Sees Truce as a ‘Tactic’


    TOUGH LOVE FOR ISRAEL - Henry Siegman


    IRAN - Setting Stage for WAR


    Bush Keeps Crying Palestinian State Now
    That's the chant; but it's nowhere near the actual reality.

    PBS Teams Up With Pentagon for Whopping 10-Hour Series


    SDHC Transcend 16gb


    Protest over 'goons' remark reflects a shift in Chinese Americans' views


    U.S. military steps up criticism of Iran
    In unusually public accusations, it says Tehran is working to destabilize Iraq via attacks on U.S. troops.

    Top Friedman - Pies In Face at Brown U


    Top Military Now On Board for IRAN WAR


    Hillary's Global Repercussions - OBLITERATE IRAN!


    NYTimes Condemns Racist, Shameful, Ugly Ad
    The big big problem with all this is that in some not inconsiderable quarters and ways, these kinds of ads work.

    China Moves on Dalai Lama


    Big Clinton Fundraiser Defects to Obama


    Jeremiah Wright - Moyers PBS 25 April


    Dems Fear Big Divide - Page 1 Washington Post


    TIME COVER - Hillary and Obama


    McGovern on Election 2008


    Hillary Vows to Obliterate IRAN


    Chris Matthews: Media Created Illusion that Hillary CAN Win


    Hillary: Won PA Primary; Lost Nomination War


    Karzai criticizes US, Britain on war
    The most important part of all this is that the fingers are pointing in two directions now: PAKISTAN and IRAN.

    Hillary Clinton goes nuclear - Obama and IRAN!
    First things first. She has yet to dispose of Mr Obama. Of course, Mrs Clinton’s reinvention of herself as the mad general in Dr Strangelove is not u ... more

    Obama wary of Carter's report of breakthrough with Hamas


    Abbas: I failed in U.S., no progress in peace talks
    WASHINGTON - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that he failed to achieve any progress in Middle East peace talks with U.S. President Geo ... more

    Israeli envoy to UN calls Carter 'a bigot' for meeting Meshal


    Clinton Campaign Debt Even Bigger Than 'Advertised'


    OBAMA WATCH Bags Obama for FOX News Sunday


    Chinese Sue CNN for $1.3 billion for insulting and defaming Chinese


    UN: Risiing Global Food CRISIS


    Gates: Iran Hell Bent on Getting Nukes


    Hillary Vows to Defend U.A.E., Kuwait, From Iran


    Hillary's Terrorist Ties - Dick Morris


    Obama's Minister Finally Has His Say on Moyers PBS


    Five years on, shattered Iraq limps to uncertain future - Chatham House


    David Newsom and Jimmy Carter Failed, the Shah Came, the Embassy and Hostakes Were Taken, U.S. and World History Were Changed
    Eventually, the supporters of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi prevailed, and President Carter reversed himself. The shah, who had lived in exile in the Mid ... more

    David Newsom Obituary - NYTimes. How The Shah Changed History Till the End
    April 5, 2008 David Newsom, 90, Diplomat in Iran Crisis, Dies By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON - David D. Newsom, a career diplomat who was a go-between in ... more

    David Newsom Obituary - Iran Hostage Crisis Changed U.S. President and World


    U.S. Fingers IRAN for Most Attacks in Baghdad and IRAQ


    International Herald Tribune - Carter Says Hamas Ready for Peace with Israel


    The Hamas Hardliner in Gaza - Mahmoud Zahar (Zahhar) (Zohar)


    Washington Post Editorial about Hamas, Zahar Op Ed and Carter


    No Peace Without Hamas - Mahmoud Zahar - Mahmoud al-Zahar


    Israelis Claim Secret Agreement With U.S.
    A letter that President Bush personally delivered to then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon four years ago has emerged as a significant obstacle to ... more

    Barack Obama limps on tainted by Hillary Clinton's encore


    Not Ready for Black Pres


    First Car in China


    Carter accuses Rice of being untruthful over Hamas meeting
    "President Carter has the greatest respect for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and believes her to be a truthful person," the statement said. "H ... more

    Canon HG10


    Sanyo HD1000 - Trusted Reviews


    It's OBAMA...even with Clinton's PA win
    Pennsylvania Democrats, in other words, suffer from future shock. They welcome old, established ways and embrace dynasties happily because they are s ... more

    Clinton says US could and would 'obliterate' Iran


    President Shimon Peres Welcomes the Support of Jewish Leaders Worldwide for "Facing Tomorrow" Conference in Israel in May


    Jewish Davos Has Roots Going Back to 2006 and Katsav
    Back before he was facing indictment on rape charges, Israeli President Moshe Katsav hitched his star to the creation of a body of Jewish intellectual ... more

    California Foreclosures Surging


    Clinton: If Tehran nukes Israel, U.S. could 'totally obliterate' Iran


    Hillary's Terrorist Ties Says Dick Morris
    Her relationship with terrorists began in the mid-1980s when she served on the board of the New World Foundation, which gave funds to the Palestine Li ... more

    When my finger was on the button for Israel
    I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon. more

    Hillary Vows to Defend U.A.E., Kuwait, From Iran
    "Of course I would make it clear to the Iranians that an attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation from the United States. But I would do the ... more

    Gates: Iran Hell Bent on Getting Nukes
    Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran: Gates: Iran Hell Bent on Getting Nukes : Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believes Iran is "hell be ... more

    Top WSJ Editor Resigns; Murdoch Wins Again


    Bush has a sneering contempt for the law.
    He says that on his say so alone he can identify anyone in the United States as creating a "significant risk of undermining reconstruction program in ... more

    Abbas says Carter visit lacked "positive results"


    "Hero" John McCain as Phony and Collaborator
    McCain is probably the most unstable man ever to have got this close to the White House. He’s one election away from it. Republican senator Thad Cochr ... more

    Iraq's Sadr cannot be defeated by force: experts
    "The Sadrists represent a strong popular movement with deep roots in Iraqi society, and it is entirely unrealistic to deal with them through military ... more

    Bush's disapproval rating worst of any president in 70 years
    President Bush has set a record he'd presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup ... more

    U.S. Snubs IRAN at Conference of Iraq's Neighbors
    Tuesday's conference was a rare occasion where top diplomats from Iran and the United States were even in the same room. Rice told reporters she did g ... more

    Murdoch now buys NEWSDAY


    Jimmy Carter's Hamas talks yield little progress


    Female suicide bomber kills four in Iraq


    RAQ: The Arab media gang up on Rice


    Hamas Says OK to Ceasefire in Gaza First


    Army veteran charged with passing secrets to Israel in '80s


    A ‘Surge’ for Refugees
    It's about time!

    Hamas and Syria are ready for peace, Carter says
    Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president, said Monday that he had obtained a significant concession from the Palestinian group Hamas regarding Israeli ... more

    CARTER'S HUGS FOR THUGS


    Dem 'Dream' Ticket Still Possible?


    Small Church's Obama Sign Causes Big Controversy


    Bill Clinton Says Obama Played Race Card on Him


    Now Al-Qaida Versus IRAN
    Osama bin Laden's chief deputy in an audiotape Tuesday accused Shiite Iran of trying to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida terror network by spreading the c ... more

    Rice Says Carter Was Clearly Warned Not to Meet With Hamas


    DESERT STORM OVER NYU'S ABU DHABI CAMPUS


    Has NYU Sold Out for Big Oil Money?
    NYU president John Sexton has been promised a blank check to duplicate his university on a desert island in Abu Dhabi. The expansion will leave both c ... more

    U.S. and Iran Find Common Ground in Iraq’s Shiite Conflict


    Pentagon PsyOps - The Modern-Day Military-Industrial-Media Complex
    “I’m an old intel guy,” said one analyst. (The transcript omits speakers’ names.) “And I can sum all of this up, unfortunately, with one word. That i ... more

    VIDEO - Using Archos 605


    Protests of the West Spread in China


    Obama and Clinton Westle Ahead of PA Primary
    he challenged Mrs Clinton's "slash-and-burn, say-anything, do-anything special interest-driven politics". "Trying to score cheap political points... d ... more

    CMEP Middle East Peace Advocacy Conference


    U.S. Churches Gather for Two-State Israel-Palestine Solution


    Muslim call to adopt Mecca time
    Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth. ... more

    U.S. Churches Gather for Two-State Israel-Palestine Solution


    Israelis Target and Kill Reuters Cameraman - VIDEO OF SHOT


    HRW: Israel Targeted and Purposefully Killed Journalist in Gaza


    Carter Says Hamas Will Recognize Israel


    Plans for West Bank Palestinian Housing to Bolster Abbas and Fatah


    British prime minister calls for global `interdependence'


    Pope's Speech to the U.N. - 18 April 08


    Clinton Needs Whopping Numbers..and Even Then...


    Anybody but Bush, McCain, or Republicans


    FACTBOX: Iran's interests and influence in Iraq


    Arab States Rebuff U.S. about IRAQ


    Israeli Housing Plans Roil Peace Negotiations


    Pressures Grown on Carter to Cease and Desist!


    It's looking grim - but Clinton won't exit


    Food Rationing and Restrictions in USA?


    IRAQ War Timeline - MSNBC Interactive


    Gates: Air Force Not Doing Enough in Iraq and Afghanistan!
    Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the Air Force is not doing enough to help in the Iraq and Afghanistan war effort, complaining that some mil ... more

    Chelsea Hits the Philly Gay Scene To Get Attention and Votes


    Clinton Camp Predicting BIG PA Victory
    Hmmmm...Just why is the Clinton Camp racing to put this out Monday morning just hours before PA voting begins? Why are they taking the risk of inflat ... more

    Dem Party Heavyweights Considering What to Do


    The Brilliant Issue - Brilliant Blogs, Etc.


    Carter: Hamas Willing to Accept Israel If...
    Carter said Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking has "regressed" since a U.S.-hosted Mideast conference in Annapolis, Md., in November. He faulted Israel f ... more

    Stretching the Weak Dollar Traveling Overseas


    Stress Eraser - StressEraser.com


    Israel kills 7 Hamas militants after suicide bombings


    From a Beirut cell, an Iraqi watches the U.S. take his advice


    IRAN Brokered CeaseFire


    U.S. Military Seeks to Widen Pakistan Raids


    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/world/asia/20pstan.html?ref=todayspaper


    NYTimes Exposee of MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL-MEDIA Complex Propagandists
    To the public, these men are members of a familiar fraternity, presented tens of thousands of times on television and radio as “military analysts” wh ... more

    BITTERGATE. Shoddy! Tawdry! A Televised Train Wreck!
    ABC would not have been so widely pilloried had it not tapped into a larger national discontent with news media fatuousness. The debate didn’t happen ... more

    Look Out Below. The Arms Race in Space May Be On.


    Revoke Carter's Passport Congresswoman Screams


    Washington: Such a MISERABLE PLACE Charges Obama
    Barack Obama on Saturday accused rival Hillary Clinton of internalizing "a lot of the strategies and tactics that have made Washington such a miserabl ... more

    The PA Polls Just Before the Primary


    Dan Rather Speaks Up in Very Candid Interview


    'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy' Leader's Newspaper Backs Clinton


    Shah of Iran on Persian Gulf, and American Jewish Lobby - 1976


    Now Broadcast Spoofs from The Onion


    VIDEO - FOX ATTACKS: Iran


    Pentagon institute calls Iraq war 'a major debacle' with outcome 'in doubt'
    The war in Iraq has become "a major debacle" and the outcome "is in doubt" despite improvements in security from the buildup in U.S. forces, according ... more

    Dowd on Obama Brushing It Off
    Even though his supporters raised Cain about ABC, Obama is smart enough to know he will need a better game against a canny war hero. Campaigning in ... more

    IRAN ATTACK: therealnews.com


    NDI - National Defense University Paper on IRAQ WAR - April 2008


    Battle Hymn of the Republic - Text and Story
    In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea; With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make men h ... more

    Now Broadcast Spoofs from The Onion


    Backgrounder: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U.S. Economy - CFR


    No Peace Without Hamas - Mahmoud Zahar - Washington Post Op Ed
    History teaches us that everything is in flux. Our fight to redress the material crimes of 1948 is scarcely begun, and adversity has taught us patienc ... more

    Mr. Zahar and Mr. Carter - Washington Post Editorial
    ON THE OPPOSITE page today we publish an article by the "foreign minister" of Hamas, Mahmoud al-Zahar, that drips with hatred for Israel, and with pra ... more

    The Costs of Containing Iran - CFR


    I Lost My Love in IRAQ


    Brown Urges Global Push to Solve Global Problems
    Europe and the United States must increase their efforts to solve global problems like terrorism, the environment, hunger and poverty, Prime Minister ... more

    Brown Urges Global Push to Solve Global Problems


    Leaked: ABC's Stephanopoulos interviews John McCain
    Ahha....clever.

    New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days


    Gore-Lieberman: Now Poles Apart
    In a recent television interview he said of Mr. Obama, “I’d hesitate to say he’s a Marxist, but he’s got some positions that are far to the left of m ... more

    Environment Castrophe Now Affecting Flowers, Scents, and Bees


    OLED Display Coming - But Oh So Nice and Expensive


    How Big is Google?


    Struggling to Evade the E-Mail Tsunami
    Eventually, someone will come up with software that greatly eases the burden of managing a high volume of e-mail. But in the meantime, we perhaps shou ... more

    Selling out NYU


    Williamsburg to Be Populated by Perfect, Plastic People by 2010


    Dem RoadMap To 2008 Defeat
    "That raucous laughter you hear in the background is coming from the likes of Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, President Bush and Senator McCain. They can’t be ... more

    Al-Sadr followers denounce wall Americans are building
    That crackdown saw some 1,000 Iraqi soldiers refuse to fight the militiamen, and the Mahdi Army was largely able to battle troops to a standstill. The ... more

    Clintons Face Dissertions By Old Friends and Allies
    But there is something more wrenching at work as well, a reckoning of whether the Clintons, on balance, have been good or bad for the party. It has th ... more

    Chinese Urge Anti-West Boycott Over Tibet Stance
    Over the last week, Ms. Zhu and her classmates have been channeling anger over anti-China protests during the tumultuous Olympic torch relay into a bo ... more

    Phil Donahue's IRAQ WAR Movie


    Pentagon Propaganda Machine
    The effort, which began with the buildup to the Iraq war and continues to this day, has sought to exploit ideological and military allegiances, and al ... more

    Since 2001, a Dramatic Increase in Suicide Bombings
    The weapon and phenomena of Suicide Bombers really began in 1983 as a result of the Israeli invasion and U.S. shelling of Lebanon.
    Pope addresses United Nations on human rights


    Democrats Are Deeply Worried Their Nominee Will Lose In November


    Victims of 1983 bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut remembered
    "It was a disaster. But most people didn't realize we had a problem with these guys until 9/11."

    EU Authorities lose patience with collapsing dollar


    Gingrich: Left Wing Of The Democratic Party "Admires" American Terrorists


    Carter Meets Again With Hamas Leaders
    It's obvious Carter is 'negotiating' with Hamas, however 'unofficially'. It's also obvious that he is pushing Hamas to deliver things via him to enha ... more

    China tries to limit Internet vitriol toward the West


    Pope's Day 1 In NYC Ends At Synagogue,


    Pope Makes First Visit to a U.S. Synagogue


    Carter meets Hamas chief over Israeli, U.S. objections


    Pentagon Institute: Iraq War "A Major Debacle," Outcome "Is In Doubt"


    Victims of 1983 bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut remembered


    Obama Philadelphia Rally - 18 April 2008


    PA Primary Pivotal for Clinton and Obama


    Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq


    Pentagon Institute: Iraq War "A Major Debacle," Outcome "Is In Doubt"


    YouTube Clips - Bomb, Bomb, Bomb IRAN


    Letter to Hillary: Remember When John McCain Slimed Your Daughter?
    McCain made the joke at a 1998 Republican Senate fundraiser. "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?" he asked. "Because her father is Janet Reno." Chelsea w ... more

    Video - Rabbi Schneier Introduces Pope
    Pontiff Asks Jewish People To Continue 'Building Bridges Of Friendship' With All Religions Everywhere

    Kristol, Lieberman, and Will Unmask Obama's Secret Marxist Agenda


    Hamas suicide bombers attack Israel-Gaza crossing; 13 hurt


    Pope worries that big powers control decision-making


    Pope Makes First Visit to a U.S. Synagogue


    Carter Goes Damascus and Hamas


    Rove et. al. on how MOVEON.ORG got started and how Eli Pariser came on board


    Pentagon institute calls Iraq war 'a major debacle' with outcome 'in doubt'


    McCain links Obama to Hamas - End of Nice and Principled Campaigning!


    Choosing War: IRAQ and AFTERMATH


    Divorce by Blog and YouTube


    British PM Meets the Next American Pres


    Hunger Across The Globe - Front Page NYTimes


    Clinton: Burning Down The Village to Save It
    They? They? It's not the far right wing relentlessly using these comments for political gain, Senator. It's your candidate, Hillary Clinton, adopting ... more

    China Demands CNN Apologize for Commentary


    Coca-Cola Faces Critics of Its Olympics Support


    China: Sympathy on the Streets, but Not for the Tibetans
    “It’s just appalling that people would tarnish an event that the Chinese people have been awaiting for so long,” said Wu Tianren, 79, a retired econo ... more

    U.S. Iraqis Abandon Posts in Sadr City - Front Page NYTimes
    “Every house in Sadr City probably has one of their sons in the Mahdi Army,” he observed when American soldiers visited his position on Monday. “So i ... more

    U.S. Now Building Concrete Walls in Sadr City


    John McCain Should Go on Vacation, Hillary Clinton is Doing His Job for Him


    Wall Street Journal Parody — With A Topless Ann Coulter — Rankles Murdoch In Real Life And On YouTube


    Jon Stewart Eviscerates Media's Pope Coverage


    History Is a Nightmare


    China summons CNN Beijing chief over commentator's remarks
    CNN said Wednesday that commentator Jack Cafferty was referring to China's leaders - not the Chinese people - when he described them as a "bunch of go ... more

    Iwo Jima Veterans Blast Time's 'Special Environmental Issue' Cover


    A Neo-Conservative International Targets Iran


    NYTimes - Biggest Loss and Decline Ever


    New 'Liberal' Israel Lobby - How It Was Born


    The Already Big Thing on the Internet: Spying on Users


    Obama, The Jewish Left And AIPAC


    A Liberal Israel Lobby


    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/opinion/05sat4.html?_r=1&em&ex=1207540800&en=c144c7ae87fd4d26&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin


    On Hypocrisy Over Tibet
    Furthermore, how reasonable is it to hold China responsible for the human suffering resulting from multiple separatist insurgencies and governmental ... more

    Freedoms Watch In Trouble as Benefactor Sheldon Adelson Holds Up the Money


    CAIRO; Constant Deafening Noise All The Time


    Chinese Student in U.S. Is Caught in Confrontation - Accused and Threatened by Chinese as SPY


    Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?


    Israelis Themselves Eager to See A Second but "Alternative" AIPAC
    This past June, on my last day working as a speechwriter for the Israeli government -- first at the United Nations and then in the prime minister's of ... more

    Back to the Jordanian Option?


    Bibi Joins Hamas: Won't Carry Out Any Agreement with Abbas
    Opposition leader favored by polls to sweep elections if held today rejects proposal to divide Jerusalem, says would toss out agreement between curren ... more

    'Gaza violence similar to uprising in Warsaw ghetto,' says Hamas official
    Senior Hamas lawmaker Mahmoud al-Zahar published op-ed in Washington Post, says Gazans live in open-air prison, Judaism 'corrupted itself' < ... more

    The other Israel lobby - Salon, Dec 2006


    New group offers alternative to AIPAC


    New Group Using Web to Counter AIPAC


    Iraq and Saddam's Mention of Genghis Khan


    Israelis Kill More Palestinians in West Bank raids


    Obama reassures Jewish leaders on Hamas, Wright


    Obama criticizes ex-President Carter's Hamas meeting


    ABC News and Network News Big Looser in Latest PA Debate - Tom Shales


    McCain's IRAQ Confusion


    Bush's Double Talk on Iraq - SLATE


    Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC


    Washington Post Discussion about the new 'liberal' AIPAC
    Los Angeles: Hopefully your article, "Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC," indicates a better approach to Middle East peace than the st ... more

    Could Israel use submarines against Iran?


    New Bus Washington and New York City
    A Trip to N.Y. for the Price Of a Trip to the Soda Machine By Raw Fisherfrom Marc Fisher's Blog Tuesday, April 15, 2008; B03 I went from the Distr ... more

    Risk of Nuclear Attack on Rise Say Senators
    "The scenarios we discuss today are so hard for us to contemplate and so emotionally traumatic that it is tempting to push them aside," said Sen. Jose ... more

    Does the Former Holy Inquisitor Refuse to Eat with Torturers?


    Web Sites Want You to Stick Around


    1776: The Greatest Counter-Insurgency Failure Ever


    Condi Must Go


    Iraq Parliament Speaker Calls for US Withdrawal - 2006


    The Iraqis Want Us To Go - Tom Hayden in 2007


    How New Energy Order Will Dramatically Change our Daily Lives


    Jeremy Ben-Ami of Israel and the Democratic Party


    The new and other and 'liberal' Israel/Jewish Lobby
    A new alliance, including financier George Soros and former Bill Clinton advisor Jeremy Ben-Ami, aims to take on the powerful lobbyist group AIPAC -- ... more

    Jeremy Ben-Ami on the Past of the Jews and Israel


    Jeremy Ben-Ami Tells of How he Plans to Lead American Jews


    New group offers alternative to AIPAC


    A pro-Israel lobby and an F.B.I. sting.


    New "Liberal" AIPAC


    Israelis Attack And Kill Reuters in Gaza
    The Reuters cameraman, Fadal Shana, 23, apparently was killed along with two bystanders in an airstrike in the same area, according to his colleague ... more

    On Hypocrisy Over Tibet


    Large Numbers of Palestinians Killed in Gaza as Carter Meets With Hamas


    Blocked from Going to Gaza, Carter to meet Gaza Hamas leaders in Egypt


    Lieberman Wants Big Role at Republican McCain Convention


    Hear the Six Best Minutes of Tim Robbins' Controversial NAB Speech


    J Street on the Map
    Today's announcement of a new Washington-based pro-Israel lobby is long overdue. Finally, there is a lobby working for what Israel and the U.S. really ... more

    The Politics of Distraction in an Age of Gotcha Capitalism
    On the Sunday talk shows, it is the same couple dozen members of the opinion oligopoly. There is Bill Kristol bringing home the neocon bacon with drea ... more

    Palestine: Far Worse Situation Than Apartheid Ever Was
    I saw when Mavivi cried for the first time. Mavivi had then been in Gaza for less than 24 hours. During a day, she had spoken to 30 representatives fr ... more

    CAIRO - Big Noise All The Time
    This is not like London or New York, or even Tehran, another car-clogged Middle Eastern capital. It is literally like living day in and day out with a ... more

    Petraeus Sets Up Iran - Paul Craig Roberts


    Thousands of Police in Pakistan 'Guard' the Olympic Torch


    State Department warns diplomats of compulsory Iraq duty


    Tim Robbins Decries Media 'Abyss' in NAB Keynote


    Massive Security for Pope in NYC and DC


    UN report demands urgent action on soaring food prices


    Israel Snubs and Rebuffs former U.S. President Carter


    Hamas Planning Gaza Breakout Again


    Arabs Love Nasrallah the Best!


    Noise Epidemic Grips Cairo


    The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan


    US and Iran holding 'secret' talks on nuclear programme


    "Woman" Tells Hitchens He Has a Small Penis During Debate


    Petraeus Sets Up Iran - Paul Craig Roberts
    But American Hegemony is Not Guaranteed Petraeus Sets Up Iran By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Last week's congressional testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and G ... more

    Petraeus Sets Up Iran
    The moral hypocrisy of US politicians is unrivaled. McCain says that if he were president he would not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olym ... more

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    ‘I Won’t Be Smiling’: Obama Gets In Verbal Confrontation With Photo-Seeker


    Vatican seeks to reassure Jews following prayer controversy


    Barack Obama: ‘I Stopped Watching Cable News’


    Hamas says its gunmen wound Israeli minister's aide


    Elite Colleges Reporting Record Lows in Admission


    Rising Leader for Next Phase of Al Qaeda’s War


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    "We don't want a country like China, with a bad human rights record, to hold the Olympics, which symbolize humanity, peace and brotherhood," protester ... more

    Would-be plane bombers made suicide videos: prosecutor
    "Martyrdom operations upon martyrdom operations will keep on raining on these kuffars (non-believers) until they release us and leave our lands," he a ... more

    More Than 1,000 in Iraq’s Forces Quit Basra Fight


    Intel's New Classmate Further Blow to OLPC


    Robbing a bank ain’t what it used to be


    Beijing Peking...Today and Yesterday


    Hamas's battle for hearts and minds
    How Palestine's Islamists are working to consolidate their support

    Shrinking ad revenue realigns U.S. newspaper industry
    Critics of the industry - including many executives within it - say that newspapers have done a poor job adapting to the Internet and working creati ... more

    A dream deferred? 40 Years after MLK
    Forty years after the murder of Martin Luther King, is America any closer to realising his dreams?

    Israel's Future. Israel's Next Generation
    Israel at 60 is as prosperous and secure as it has ever been, but its future looks increasingly uncertain, says Gideon Lichfield (interviewed here). C ... more

    From a Beirut cell, an Iraqi watches the U.S. take his advice
    BEIRUT: More than a decade before the first U.S. tanks rolled into Baghdad, Mudher al-Kharbit and his family began slipping out of Iraq to meet secret ... more

    After Bush - America and The World - The Economist
    America's foreign policy may change under the next president, but confusion over Iraq, worries about overstretch and divisions over the country's role ... more

    American foreign policy - All Change?
    Whether it is Clinton, McCain or Obama, the world will still quarrel with America's foreign policy

    All About PNAC - Project For The New American Century


    The Chutzpah Rewards: Iraq Five Years Along
    The Chutzpah Rewards: Iraq Five Years Along

    Israel: The Next Generation


    Iraq Wobbling all over the place
    Five years after America invaded, the military and political situation is improving in fits and starts. But this week's intra-Shia violence underlines ... more

    Israel's ultra-Orthodox drive a thriving kosher economy


    Ted Turner: Too Many Earth People


    New Harper Collins Book Division to deal with Internet in new model


    Google: Now Downward?


    Pope heads to arthur Schneier's Modern Orthodox Synagogue


    Hillary Tutors Obama
    But the ultimate favor Hillary can do for the Illinois freshman is to fight him full-out until the finale and then gracefully release him so he can f ... more

    NYTimes Ed: Condi Adrift...Palestinian State Now
    When it is the NYTimes, the USG, and leading Israelis who keep talking about creating a "Palestinian State" now this year; it's not that hard to reali ... more

    The Sunni Time-Bomb Awaits Us
    While the Sons of Iraq movement has been a leading contributor toward the reduction of violence against American troops, it remains highly fragile. S ... more

    Internet In Your Pocket Coming


    Zbig on What Now To Do In IRAQ
    He's a man with quite a controversial past himself, including fomenting the Russian invasion of Afghanistan decades ago now and selling out the Palest ... more

    Lastest Basra Maliki Bungle


    Tired of Juggling Remotes? Take Control With a Universal


    Gazans dying because of Israeli delays


    Technology widens cockpit view of Iraq


    Israelis Keep Destroying Palestinian Homes in Jerusalem
    An Israeli wrecking crew knocked down Shadi Hamdan's home in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem in just a couple of hours, reducing the upholsterer's s ... more

    Al-Sadr stronghold brims with confidence
    those loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr are showing a renewed confidence after his Madhi Army militiamen rose up against an Iraqi government crackdown last wee ... more

    British inventor of teen-repellent device wants laws regulating it


    Yahoo Launches Site Focused on Women


    Lee Hamilton to Endorse Obama


    Bush Urges Patience in Afghanistan Fight


    FLIP - Camcorder Brings Zen to the Shoot


    Google Starts Letting Users Edit Documents Offline


    Synching Just Became a Cinch


    Angry journalists vent their frustrations to the world
    They're angry at their demanding editors. They're angry about the mushrooming workload in shrinking newsrooms. They're even angry about other angry jo ... more

    Online Chat, as Inspired by Real Chat
    Compared with other forms of human interaction, online social networking is really not all that social.

    Google Starts Letting Users Edit Documents Offline


    The Bin-Laden Family of Saudi Arabia


    A Civil War Iraq Can’t Win
    A Civil War Iraq Can’t WinBy ANTHONY H. CORDESMANWashingtonEVEN if American and Iraqi forces are able to eliminate Al Qaeda in Iraq, there are still t ... more

    Students of Virginity
    There was a time when not having sex consumed a very small part of Janie Fredell’s life, but that, of course, was back in Colorado Springs. It seemed ... more

    Brzezinski on How to Smartly Get Out of a Foolish War
    The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War By Zbigniew Brzezinski Sunday, March 30, 2008; B03 Both Democratic presidential candidates agree that the United ... more

    The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War


    President Goheen of Princeton Dies


    Hamas Radio and TV and print - Targeting Israel, the Jews, and the U.S.
    Hamas’s grip on Gaza matters, but what may matter more in the long run is its control over propaganda and education there, breeding longer-term probl ... more

    Tangent 22-inch all-in-one


    The Opium Brides of Afghanistan - Another Result of the US/NATO Invasion
    In the country's poppy-growing provinces, farmers are being forced to sell their daughters to pay loans

    When a Great Power Goes Mad - IRAQ after 5 years
    With the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War and the grim milestone of 4,000 U.S. dead, the nation has been awash with news retrospectives on the war an ... more

    National Pentagon Radio? PBS and NPR - Norman Solomon
    There was a time when PBS and NPR had a much deeper commitment to the public good, taking on difficult or controversial topics – like apartheid in Sou ... more

    Iraq War Planned Long Before 9/11
    The Iraq War, which was predicated on the existence of weapons of mass destruction and fear of another 9/11, has resulted in the deaths of nearly 4,00 ... more

    Iraqi Refugees Remain in Syria and Jordan
    "Iraq Is Not a Suitable Place To Live as a Human"Why more than 1 million Iraqi exiles remain in Syria.

    America's Mandela: Obama is the change that America has tried to hide
    Only one candidate offers the radical departure for the 21st century the US needs, for its own sake and the rest of the world's more

    CIA enlists Google's help for spy work
    US intelligence agencies are using Google's technology to help its agents share information about their suspects

    Shrinking ad revenue realigns U.S. newspaper industry
    In just the past few weeks, The San Diego Union-Tribune eliminated more than 100 jobs, one-tenth of its work force. The Chicago Sun-Times began a roun ... more

    USA 2008: The Great Depression
    Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive – a ... more

    The Long Fuse to the Iraq War


    HP TouchSmart IQ775 Desktop PC


    Extravagant Saudi Royals Now Plan MILE HIGH TOWER OF BABEL


    Zogby Poll: Over 70 Million American Adults Support New 9/11 Investigation
    The poll is the first scientific survey of Americans' belief in a 9/11 cover up or the need to investigate possible US government complicity, and was ... more

    Clinton didn't pay health insurance bills
    Among the debts reported this month by Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign, the $292,000 in unpaid health insurance premiums for her ca ... more

    For a Temporary Best-Friend Fix, Rent a Dog (Kibble Included) for a Day


    Tired of Juggling Remotes? Take Control With a Universal


    McCain Runs - Kristol in NYTimes


    PBS on Iraq: A Compilation of Deceit

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