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Obama Campaign Returns Funds to Fugitive Rojas-Cardona’s Family
Barack Obama’s election campaign fund has decided to re-pay donations from relatives of a fugitive, Juan Jose Rojas-Cardona. The family had donated $200,000, and has also sought a pardon for Rojas-Cardona, who fled to Mexico in 1994 to escape a variety of fraud and drug charges.
Apple, Human Rights, and Us
The concerns have been mounting for years, but suddenly, with last week’s blockbuster NY Times series on Apple’s supply chain, the question is on everyone’s lips: have the defining consumer products of our time been created at an intolerable human and environmental cost?
Police Chased Out of Revolting Chinese Village
A land revolt in a village in southern China has been resolved peacefully with protesters in Wukan seem to have won a victory.
The Arab Spring Fear Factor
Fear, in all its manifestations, played an important role in the Arab Spring revolutions in 2011.
Profile of Hockey Enforcer Boogaard Stirs Up Old Debate in Canada
Derek Boogaard was a hockey enforcer who died from a lethal mix of booze and oxycodone this past summer.
What Gaddafi’s End Means for the Arab Spring
Lisa Mullins talks with New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid about how events in Libya fit into the broader arc of the Arab Spring.
Islamist Cleric Killed in Yemen
President Barack Obama says the killing of American-born cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki is a “major blow” to al-Qaeda.
Death Toll Rises In Yemen Unrest
Security forces in Yemen have killed more than 50 people in two days of violence against anti-government protesters, activists say.
Libyan Rebel Accuses CIA Of Torture
The possible foreign policy implications of the alleged US role in the 2004 torture of Libyan rebel leader, Abdul Hakim Belhaj.
Outsourcing the Battle Against Somali Islamists
Problem of US reluctance to commit troops is solved by outsourcing to private companies.
The Joint Visitors Bureau, the ‘Rick’s Café’ in Baghdad, Set to Close
The once hip spot to go in Baghdad will close.
Japan Celebrates World Cup Win
Japan is celebrating what’s being described as its greatest sporting triumph ever.
US Tabloids Fuel French Public Anger over Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The French are angry at the handling of Strauss-Kahn’s image.
US intensifies ‘secret campaign of Yemen airstrikes’
US forces have reportedly intensified their airstrikes against militants in Yemen.
America’s Involvement in Yemen
The costs and benefits of the US becoming more deeply involved in Yemen.
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