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House Of Cards -- California Style
Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of The WorldPost. When we look at what is going on in Washington, American democracy seems hopelessly dysfunctional, mired in gridlock and paralysis. Rather than...
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This Before-And-After Photo Of Independence Square Tells You Everything You...
Nearly three months into demonstrations against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, fierce clashes erupted this week between protesters and riot police. Dozens have died and hundreds have been...
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Erich Ferrari on the 5+1 Nuclear Talks: Iran vs. Sanctions Architects
While the Iranian negotiators sit down to nuclear talks with 5+1 in Vienna this week, Erich Ferrari, a lawyer who provides counsel to those who wish to get off the sanctions list, says the Iranians are...
View ArticleJoe Biden Speaks To Ukraine President, Warns U.S. Is Prepared To Sanction
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says the United States is prepared to sanction Ukrainian officials who are responsible for deadly violence in Kiev. The White House says Biden spoke to...
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Video Of Sinking Sharks Reveals Grim Reality In Australia Cull
Disturbing new video has brought Western Australia's shark culling program under attack yet again. The video shows two seemingly lifeless, "undersized" sharks sinking belly-up to the bottom of the...
View ArticleWhy Are Latinos Way Ahead of the Climate Change Curve? 3 Latino...
In the battle against climate change, Latinos are in the line of fire. And our musketeers are our scientists. We Latinos disproportionately suffer the effects of climate change because of our...
View ArticleWhite House Bars Media From Obama's Meeting With Dalai Lama
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House defended its decision Friday to bar reporters and photojournalists from a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, while acknowledging the news...
View ArticleWhite House Hails Ukraine Deal, Awaits Concrete Action
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday praised an agreement between Ukraine's president and the opposition to end violence and said it should be implemented immediately. White House press...
View ArticleTurkey and Iran's Growing Alliance
Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan's visit to Iran last month symbolized a pivot toward Tehran and a shift in Ankara's Middle East foreign policy. Declaring a desire to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with...
View ArticleFDA To Boost India Staff Overseeing Drug Imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration says her agency will add more inspectors in India to better monitor drugs from the country's burgeoning pharmaceutical industry, even as...
View ArticleTed Cruz On Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro 'Taking A Page' From Castro Playbook
WASHINGTON -- With all eyes on the bloodshed in Ukraine, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) offered a sharp warning Friday on another political crisis: demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro in...
View ArticleClimate Change May Lead To More Crime As Planet Warms, Researcher Says
It may be time to prepare for a warmer world with some hot-headed inhabitants. New research suggests that as our planet continues to warm due to continued greenhouse gas emissions, humanity will...
View ArticleObama's Political Nominees for Ambassadorial Positions
The United States is the only major country that still nominates non-career persons as its ambassadors to foreign countries. Despite the protestations of the American Foreign Service Association...
View ArticleMoms Call Delta Airlines' Breastfeeding Policy Into Question
It all started with a simple tweet. "What's your breastfeeding policy?" Lindsay Jaynes asked Delta Airlines' customer service Twitter account, @DeltaAssist. The California mother was preparing for an...
View ArticleMatthew Robinson Dead: Paralympic Snowboarder Dies In Air Ambulance Stop...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Paralympic snowboarder Matthew Robinson has died during a refueling stop while being transported in an air ambulance to Australia from Spain with neck and spinal injuries...
View ArticleWhistleblowers, Painted from Life by Florence Hartmann
I have long reserved judgment on the whistleblowers who periodically make public the bundles of documents, confidential diplomatic cables and eavesdropping transcripts that they come across in the...
View ArticleUkraine Protester Olesya Zhukovska Tweeted After Being Shot In Neck
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — "I am dying," Olesya Zhukovska, a 21-year-old volunteer medic, wrote on Twitter, minutes after she got shot in the neck by a sniper's bullet as deadly clashes broke out in the...
View ArticleThe Coup That Wasn't
The last seven days have been eventful ones in Libya. A senior army officer with three decades of links to the CIA announced a military coup and the suspension of parliament. Two heavily armed militias...
View ArticleItaly: The Show Must Go On
I am convinced that behind the decisions of Grillo (suggested by his internet guru Casaleggio) exists a true subversive plan in Italy that could take us to a civil war. If somebody doubts of what I am...
View ArticleThe Lost Children of Alexander the Great: A Journey to the Pagan Kalash...
The New York Times recently published an article that had a fascinating description of the Kalash, an ancient ethnic group living high in the remote mountains of Pakistan's Hindu Kush. For centuries...
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