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While the international community pledged over $10 billion for relief and reconstruction following the quake, much of that assistance ultimately went to agencies and contractors from…
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When the only thing you’re reverent of is irreverence, you eventually get chan culture—people who shout racial slurs and think they’ve accomplished something in the name of 'free…
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The main question confronting us today is not really about capital in the twenty-first century. It is about democracy in the twenty-first century.
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Both Iraq and Syria faced devastating levels of killings in 2014.
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It's that time of the year when everyone writes about the most important events of the last twelve months. The more audacious may go out on a limb and predict what will happen in the…
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Left in the dark over Washington’s reunification plans with Havana, while not wanting to alienate key Republican allies, Israel has opted not to publicly support the Obama…
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A dialogue between Cuba and the United States, leading to a normalization of relations between the two countries, does not indicate a "drift" in Havana's relationship with Moscow, said…
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Washington may be moving closer to Havana, but Moscow is not moving away, to judge by the presence in the Cuban capital last week of Russia's deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Olegovich…
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Confirmation that Cuba will reopen a consulate and travel office in St. Petersburg, Russia's second city, was issued last week in that city by its mayor, Georgiy Poltavchenko, and Cuban…
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The answer is water. The question is whether the Senate will stand up and do the right thing for women and children, national security, and a brighter global future.
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