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CIA family jewels exposed
July 6, 2007WASHINGTON — Call it the “family jewels” or the “skeletons in the closet,” the 702 pages of classified CIA files released June 26 expose the agency, once again, as deeply involved in assassinations, the Watergate conspiracy,...
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Midnight thoughts on a lovelorn mockingbird
July 6, 2007Every night, just after midnight, the mockingbird that resides in the holly tree outside our bedroom window begins to sing. He is so loud, his songs so varied and complex, he wakes me up. I lie...
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Darfur, oil and the China card
July 6, 2007Darfur has almost become a household word, and with good reason. The first human-made catastrophe of the 21st century, its death count combined with the huge humanitarian crisis staggers the imagination. Whether it’s the 400,000 claimed...
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Blairs successor: more of the same?
July 6, 2007News Analysis LONDON — You could almost hear a sigh of relief at the eagerly awaited departure of Tony Blair. The man who took Britain into more wars than any other prime minister, who worshiped at...
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New party makes gains in Venezuela
July 6, 2007Venezuelan leaders are preparing to put their Bolivarian Revolution on a more permanent footing. Organizing for a unified socialist party moved into high gear recently, and President Hugo Chavez described proposals for constitutional changes. Both Chavez...
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