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'Arab Spring,' once an inspiration, now a more cautionary tale
Two years ago, the "Arab Spring" that deposed dictators and demagogues was an inspiration to hundreds of millions of repressed souls across the Middle East who yearned for a say in how they were governed. Today, with the Egyptian economy in ruins,...
Tags: Politics, Government, Religious Conflicts, Islam, Lebanon
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COLUMN: Syria could be next bipartisan abdication
"President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily virtually anywhere without the consent or the approval of Congress, at his own discretion and for as long as he wishes." — Jim Webb WASHINGTON...Tags: U.S. Congress, The Washington Post, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Parliament
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Old animosities thrive in post-Kadafi Libya
ZINTAN, Libya — The prized scion of Moammar Kadafi is a prisoner of tribesmen in these mountains of scrub and ocher rock. The rebels who captured him after the 2011 civil war that toppled his father have refused to turn him over to the central...
Tags: International Criminal Court, U.S. Congress, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat
ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in Afghanistan, including a "selfless, idealistic" young diplomat on a mission to donate...
Tags: Taliban, The Washington Post, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism
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North Korea belligerence looms ominously over Iran nuclear talks
More carrot, less stick. That’s the advice of some nonproliferation experts for the United States and its five partners in negotiations that resume Friday aimed at dissuading Iran from building a nuclear bomb. But with threats of nuclear...
Tags: Germany, Tehran (Iran), Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, South Korea
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McManus: Inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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COLUMN: US is inching toward Syria
Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding...Tags: Bashar Assad, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Qatar, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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A bipartisan abdication
"President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily virtually anywhere without the consent or the approval of Congress, at his own discretion and for as long as he wishes." -- Jim Webb WASHINGTON -- As...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Parliament
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What we learned in Iraq
Ten years ago this week, Americans were about to be introduced to a strange new concept, as they awaited the U.S. war to bring regime change in Iraq. Coined by American military officers, it encapsulated a situation in which everything went right until...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq, Armed Conflicts, Iran
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Turkey: Embassy bombers cling to Cold War ideology
ISTANBUL (AP) — Long before al-Qaida, when the Cold War gripped the world, leftist terrorists staged spectacular attacks in a doomed campaign to overthrow governments and impose their vision of a socialist utopia. The bulk of these extremist...
Tags: Bashar Assad, Germany, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Terrorism
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60 Minutes serves the president some softballs
In the days of the late Mike Wallace, "60 Minutes" was known for hard-hitting, aggressive journalism that asked the questions viewers wanted answered and held the powerful accountable. The Jan. 27 program on which Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama...Tags: Barbara Walters, The Washington Post, Politics, CBS Corp., Unrest, Conflicts and War
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France, Western allies likely to be mired in Mali for years
French troops backing a Mali government campaign to retake the northern half of the country from Islamic militants have been cheered as liberators since their convoys rolled into historic Timbuktu this week and hundreds of paratroopers dropped from the...Tags: North Africa, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Islam, Religion and Belief
Apr 17, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 7, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 28, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 2, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 2, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 30, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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