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OPINION: India-Pakistan and the significance of Kashmir’s elections
January 2, 2009The Jammu and Kashmir State of India had legislative assembly election results declared last month. The separatists had given a boycott call, but not many listened to them. Not a single political outfit offered a word...
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‘We owe the American people a reckoning’: Eric Holder vs. Karl Rove
January 2, 2009Karl Rove launched an effort last month to block Barack Obama's nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General. As part of this campaign, Rove has raised memories of Holder's ill-conceived advice to Bill Clinton about his...
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Cuba’s revolution has inspired humanity for 50 years
January 1, 2009Jan. 1, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It is an occasion for rejoicing by all who love justice and struggle as partisans for the working class, the poor and the oppressed. On...
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Gaza crisis: challenge and opportunity for Obama to turn the page toward peace
January 1, 2009Time to break with disastrous Cold War policies It’s possible a temporary Gaza truce may emerge in the next few days, but, more than ever, the underlying issues will at long last have to be resolved....
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OPINION: End corruption – take corporate money out of politics
January 1, 2009The brazen corruption of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is detestable. But some would ask - what's the big deal? Chicago is renowned the world over for corruption by machine politics, gangsters and moneyed interests. Corruption is...
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