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Israel

In Defence of Neve Gordon

Friday 18 September 2009 by Michael Warschawski

Towards a “Israeli War Criminals Watch”

Friday 18 September 2009 by Michael Warschawski

Afghanistan: What Are These People Thinking?

Friday 11 September 2009 by Conn Hallinan

One of the oddest — indeed, surreal — encounters around the war in Afghanistan has to be a telephone call this past July 27. On one end of the line was historian Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History. On the other, State Department special envoy Richard Holbrooke and the U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal. The question: How can Washington avoid the kind of defeat it suffered in Southeast Asia 40 years ago?

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The Virtues of Deglobalization

Friday 4 September 2009 by Walden Bello

Sri Lanka

Coercion of the Media

Thursday 3 September 2009 by Anonymous

President Rajapaksa’s treatment of the independent press is a shocking indictment of a regime that refuses to tolerate criticism.

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Israel

Did Leviev’s Empire Succumb to Boycott?

Wednesday 2 September 2009 by Shir Hever

The Iranian Opposition’s Second Life

Thursday 27 August 2009 by Max Burns

On July 22, a week into Iran’s foreign media reporting ban, a group of Iranian protesters gathered on a grassy hill to speak out against Supreme Leader Khamenei’s continued support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Some wore black T-shirts with a blood-spattered slogan: "Where Is My VOTE?" By midday, the protest had attracted several hundred attendees. One woman arrived wearing little more than a thong swimsuit and a pair of purple angel wings.

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Afghan Elections: Taliban Exposed, U.S Licked

Wednesday 26 August 2009 by Farooq Sulehria

Iran Gas Ban: Step toward War with Iran?

Monday 24 August 2009 by Michael Klare

As the Obama administration struggles to devise a strategy for dealing with Iran’s intransigence on the uranium enrichment issue, it appears to be gravitating toward the imposition of an international embargo on gasoline sales to that country. Such a ban would be enacted if Iranian officials fail to come up with an acceptable negotiating plan by the time the UN General Assembly meets in late September — the deadline given by the White House for a constructive Iranian move.

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