Dec 19 2011
Why we’re celebrating hope this Christmas By Victor Batarseh, Thursday 15/12/2011 … It all started in Bethlehem. From here, the Christmas message was revealed to mankind; a message of joy, love and peace. And here we are today, after more than 2,000 years, reviving this eternal remembrance in faith and love, happily cheering and singing …
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Dec 18 2011
Merry Christmas (or click here for your choice of alternative winter holidays) to all, from high atop the Fidel Castro observation tower, overlooking the United Nations penal facility for war criminals (formerly known as Guantanamo Bay detention camp)… Note: This is a slight adaptation (for the holidays) of an earlier work titled “Spandau Reborn,” a …
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Dec 16 2011
Last Post in Iraq: this is the death knell of the American empire By George Galloway, Thursday 15 December 2011 09.30 EST … So the Yanks are going home. Apart from the thousands of their servicemen and women whose lifeblood they are leaving in the sands of Iraq, and the tens of thousands too maimed …
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Dec 16 2011
Was Democracy Just a Moment? By Robert D. Kaplan, Friday, December 16, 2011 … IN the fourth century A.D. Christianity’s conquest of Europe and the Mediterranean world gave rise to the belief that a peaceful era in world politics was at hand, now that a consensus had formed around an ideology that stressed the sanctity …
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Dec 15 2011
Peace on earth? The end of the Iraq war By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, 11:01 AM ET, 12/15/2011 … “Peace on earth!” (Luke 2:14) heralded the angels, announcing the birth of Jesus. It is appropriate, in this Advent season, when Christians wait for the announcement of the birth of Jesus, that we also receive the formal announcement …
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Dec 14 2011
Newt Gingrich may be able to occupy Palestine, but Israel can’t By Bradley Burston, 15:17 13.12.11 … Speaker Gingrich, if you’re serious about becoming president, it’s time that you got to know us a bit better. Let’s start with the Occupation, our 44-year-long experiment in re-inventing the Palestinian people. This is what you need to …
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Dec 14 2011
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