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Post Views: 8 Little hope for Afghan peace council By Habiburahman Ibrahimi KABUL – The long-awaited announcement of the peace council tasked with talking to the Taliban has been greeted with skepticism by some Afghans who believe its composition and
Read MoreTrapped Chilean miners: countdown to the party of a lifetime 0
Post Views: 40 Waiting families are focus of nation’s euphoria Rory Carroll and Jonathan Franklin at the San José mine Chile’s mining minister, Laurence Golborne (centre), addresses the media as the rescue of the trapped miners approaches. Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty
Read MoreNoam Chomsky says the North of Ireland peace process can be a model for solution of the Kurdish problem. 0
Post Views: 15 Chomsky — a world-renowned linguist and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Richard Falk and other academics, intellectuals and journalists met this weekend at Istanbul Bilgi University for the 7th annual “Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom
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I DISSIDENTI REPUBBLICANI GODONO DI UN CERTO SOSTEGNO – RAPPORTO 0
After the journey 0
Post Views: 4 A UN man’s open letter to Tony BlairHans von Sponeck, UN humanitarian co-ordinator from 1998-2000, demands answers from the former prime minister to a simple question: Why is Iraq in such a mess? Tony Blair. Photograph:
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Tres escenarios para una transición
Post Views: 12 Raúl Zibechi La realidad política y social en América Latina, y de modo particular en Sudamérica, es cada vez más compleja, intrincada y por momentos confusa. Los hechos de los últimos meses, las recientes elecciones en Venezuela,
Read MoreThe burden that haunts Obama 0
Post Views: 4 Regardless of his actions, the financial crisis continues to take its toll on the Obama administration. Danny Schechter Lawrence Summers was brought in by Obama to solve a problem he helped create, however, like most sequels his
Read MoreChinese human rights campaigners celebrate as Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel peace prize 0
Post Views: 3 Jailed dissident’s award gives campaigners ‘happiest day in years’ but Chinese government calls decision ‘blasphemy’ Tania Branigan in Beijing Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong raise pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside China’s
Read MoreArab League urges US to call halt on Israeli settlements 0
Post Views: 10 Committee has backed the decision of Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, to suspend peace talks with IsraelIan Black, Middle East editor Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas (left) listens to Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani during a
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