Why Democrats Are Laughing (ContributorNetwork)
Posted by on January 10, 2012
COMMENTARY | I’ve seen a few election years in my life, but never have I seen so much comedic license taken with candidates as we are enjoying with this campaign. Everywhere I look I am amazed. Tonight I was roaming the Internet and stumbled onto Yahoo!’s hilarious “funny or die” GOP cyberdebate. I was howling [...]
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Should U.S. Fear China’s Commitment to Increase Military Might? (ContributorNetwork)
Posted by on January 3, 2012
COMMENTARY | The current ruckus over satellite pictures of a Chinese aircraft carrier represents misdirected panic at the moment but it is a good wake up call for the American people. The aircraft carrier, photographed by DigitalGlobe, is a refurbished or completed carrier from Russia, according to a CBS News report. There have been several [...]
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Russian tycoon to compete with Putin in election (AP)
Posted by on December 13, 2011
MOSCOW ? Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia’s richest tycoons and the owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team, said Monday he will run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the March presidential election. Prokhorov, whose wealth the Forbes magazine has estimated at $18 billion, has been cautious not to cross Putin’s path in the [...]
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Egyptian election results deepen Israeli fears
Posted by on December 6, 2011
JERUSALEM?? For Israelis, the Islamist election surge in Egypt is depressing confirmation of a deeply primal fear: An inhospitable region is becoming more hostile still. This sentiment has been accompanied by a bittersweet sense that Israel was dismissed as alarmist when it warned months ago that the Arab Spring ? widely perceived as [...]
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Liberia counts votes after opposition poll boycott (Reuters)
Posted by on November 10, 2011
MONROVIA (Reuters) ? Votes were being counted on Wednesday in the run-off of a Liberian presidential election that was meant to shore up peace in the war-scarred state but which instead appears to have deepened divisions. Presidential challenger Winston Tubman, who boycotted the election over allegations of fraud in the first round, said his supporters [...]
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