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Israel has the right to self-defense, says the writer. Surely. But he goes on to question what definition of self defense could justify the kind of massive military action being carried…
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The leaders of the Brics countries took another step toward carving a larger role for themselves in the global financial system when they agreed Tuesday to base a new development bank…
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The Spanish government will not pardon Ángel Carromero, the Popular Party politician who drove the car that crashed in Granma, Cuba, on July 22, 2012, killing his Cuban passengers,…
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Maybe you don't know it, but the World Cup is over. Little matters what happens on Sunday; little matters that Germany does what almost everyone expect from it and pummels this badly…
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A 19-year-old by the name of Boyan Slat has made it his mission to clean the ocean he calls the Pacific garbage patch. His project, called The Ocean Cleanup, right here in our own…
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The recent announcement of Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Cuba and the write-off by Russia of Cuba's debt to the Soviet Union have stirred the memories of many veterans of…
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The Americans fought gallantly Tuesday, but the Belgians were just too good, winning 2-1 in extra time to move on to the quarterfinals against Argentina. U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard put…
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This past week a version of Guantanamera was released where Cuban musicians, led by Carlos Varela and Manuel Galban, and under the direction of Jackson Browne and Mark Johnson, reminded…
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The final chapters in George W. Bush's Iraq misadventure are being written in blood now. The Islamist threat that Bush's war was supposed to destroy now threatens to dominate a wide…
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Sunday’s political landslide in the French elections was human-made and predictable. What is shocking news is that a highly scoring, and even domineering, National Front has come to be…
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