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Syria: Look who’s talking

[Saying they are] “deeply concerned at the escalation of violence” that threatens to widen the [Syrian] conflict into a regional…

July 17, 2012
Hezbollah analyzes Syrian crisisHezbollah analyzes Syrian crisis

Hezbollah analyzes Syrian crisis

The following observations about Syria are excerpted from a conversation between Ernesto Gomez Abascal, a journalist, writer and former ambassador…

July 17, 2012

Libor: Another way banks steal

It doesn’t sound malevolent. Libor — the London interbank offered rate — is presented as a series of interest rates,…

July 17, 2012

Tito Kayak paddles Caribbean to free political prisoners

Some might consider traveling solo in a kayak on the turquoise — but sometimes treacherous — waters of the Caribbean…

July 17, 2012
Workers in Japan protest nuclear plantWorkers in Japan protest nuclear plant

Workers in Japan protest nuclear plant

The Executive Committee for the 50th International Antiwar Assembly in Japan has issued an official call for the annual anti-war…

July 16, 2012
Cuban asks court to be allowed to go homeCuban asks court to be allowed to go home

Cuban asks court to be allowed to go home

Attorneys for René González on June 22 renewed legal action to allow him to return to his home and family…

July 16, 2012
Africans applaud China’s role in developmentAfricans applaud China’s role in development

Africans applaud China’s role in development

An op-ed piece by Dambisa Moyo in the New York Times takes a firm position that the role of the…

July 16, 2012