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President Barack Obama bounded up the stairs to the stage at FNB stadium in Johannesburg to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. The first person he saw was Cuban President Raul Castro. Obama…
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Writing about Nelson Mandela is a daunting task. It's not just the greatness of the man or the fact that so much already has been written about the liberator and founder of the modern,…
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Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua had refused to endorse a World Trade Organization trade reform agreement because it did not address the United States' blockade of Cuba.
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Mandela was a political activist and agitator. He did not shy away from controversy and he did not seek — or obtain — universal approval. Here are some of the things he believed that…
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To fully grasp the meaning of Nelson Mandela’s death, at the age of 95, imagine for a moment that his life had turned out differently. What if he’d perished as a child, like so many…
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Israel condemned the deal struck in Geneva, with PM Netanyahu calling it a "historic mistake" & warning that his country would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
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PM Netanyahu is trying to throw a wrench into negotiations in Geneva between Iran and the P5+1 group of nations (the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council + Germany) over…
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The NSA spied on 60.5 million calls in Spain just between December 2012 and early January of this year, according to a graphic that is part of the secret documents of former NSA agent…
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The Palestinian-Israeli conflict plays a significant role in U.S. domestic politics. That politics is all on one side, Israel's. Politicians seeking to reach or retain the White House…
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The pope’s statement is a sharp departure from many of the other leaders in the Church, who have recently been pressuring him to take a stronger stance on those issues.
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