Feb 10 2012
World Press Photo of the year awarded to Samuel Aranda By David R Arnott, 2/10/2012 … The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest announced Friday that it had selected a picture by Samuel Aranda as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. Jurors said the photo of a veiled woman …
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Feb 08 2012
What To Do About Violent Biblical Texts? By Philip Jenkins, 02/ 3/2012 4:11 pm … Every few weeks, it seems, Islam makes headlines in the U.S., whether the topic is a television show like All-American Muslim, a state prohibiting Sharia law, or just a grandstanding platform statement in a primary. No less predictable are the …
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Feb 05 2012
U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners By Glenn Greenwald, Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 8:51 AM 16:08:00 CST … On December 30 of last year, ABC News reported on a 16-year-old Pakistani boy, Tariq Khan, who was killed with his 12-year-old cousin when a car in which he was riding was hit with a missile fired …
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Feb 05 2012
The opposition in Syria needs our help, and now By Joan Smith, Sunday 05 February 2012 … Here is the brutal truth about Syria: no one knows what to do. Six months after Barack Obama said bluntly that Bashar al-Assad should go, and with the Arab League calling for him to resign, there is no …
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Feb 04 2012
An attack on Iran must be stopped By Andrew Murray, Saturday 4 February 2012 09.00 EST … The Anglo-American aggression addicts haven’t kicked the habit. The team that brought you shock and awe and Operation Infinite Justice is gearing up for yet another crack at winning a senseless war in the Middle East. This time …
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Feb 03 2012
An attack on Tehran would be madness. So don’t rule it out By Robert Fisk, Saturday 04 February 2012 … If Israel really attacks Iran this year, it – and the Americans – will be more dotty than their enemies think. True, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a crackpot, but then so is Avigdor Lieberman, who is …
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Feb 03 2012
Still Britain rattles sabres. Nothing has been learned from Afghanistan By Simon Jenkins, Thursday 2 February 2012 16.00 EST … The Afghan war, the longest in US history, is “scheduled to end” a year early, according to the Pentagon. Wars these days run to electoral timetables. The endgame is couched not as victory, let alone …
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